Elderly woman known as Grandma Xie who lives near the educated youth spot. She sold an old hen to Song Wanyue for five yuan. She bears grudges against Gu Weimin because her younger son was passed over for tractor driver training in favor of Gu Dacheng, Gu Weimin's nephew. Her father joined the army and died in battle with 130,000 men, his body never found.
