Lu Shen's mother. A plump woman of about forty-five years old, wearing a floral blouse and black trousers, holding a large palm-leaf fan. Initially astonished when she saw Lu Shen bring home a beautiful girl, she became eager and warm once she learned Jiang Rao had brought a dowry. She called Jiang Rao 'eldest daughter-in-law' and offered her the fan.