Yang Chunmei's husband, a soldier in the military compound. He is around twenty-five or twenty-six, not very tall, with a dark complexion and a smile revealing white teeth. He is described as a man of few words but honest and reliable. He treats his wife well, always ordering one meat dish for her while sticking to vegetarian dishes himself. He works at the cafeteria and lives in the dormitory to give his sister-in-law and wife privacy.