Zhong Yizhu's mother, a pale middle-aged woman. She traveled with her son but fell ill just two days after setting out and could no longer continue. She brought hidden money including two silver ingots, dowry jewelry, and a banknote worth three hundred taels concealed inside a hollow silver bracelet — money their late husband/father had secretly prepared for them. She was deeply worried about finding a good husband for her son who would soon turn eighteen.
