Du Heng feigned mild surprise with an 'Oh,' then pointed to Shi Kaimin, who was chatting with Dong Yuezhang and others, and asked, "What do you all call him?"
"Grandpa."
"Why didn't you go to kindergarten but instead came to work with your Mother? Don't you want to go to school?"
The two kids seemed to be about one or two years apart, one slightly older, about five years old, and the other slightly younger, about three or four years old. The younger one was busy playing, while the older one was playing and chatting with Du Heng.
"I want to go to school, but my Mother can't afford the kindergarten tuition." The older child looked a little aggrieved, pouting and gently telling Du Heng the reason, and the movement of his hands playing slowed down as well.
Du Heng looked at the child with some surprise and couldn't help but ask, "What about your dad?"
"Dad abandoned us because Mother is sick."
