A shrewd woman over sixty years old who works at the street youth league office in charge of rural affairs. She is warm-hearted and sympathetic toward Chen Xi's plight as a favored-over-girl. She accepts White Rabbit milk candy and a valuable watch from Chen Xi, then goes above and beyond by changing Chen Xi's gender on the official records to male so she can be placed in a single room at the educated youth center in Heilongjiang Province, protecting her from the dangers female educated youth faced in the countryside.
