Also known as Old Bai, a former deputy director at the Ministry of Commerce who was sent down to Dayang Village. He fought along the Xiangxi front. His son Bai Aijun died on a mission six years ago. His wife Zhou Shuxian is nearly blind. He is kind-hearted and takes in Bai Fumei as his granddaughter. He has to undergo ideological re-education and physical labor after being sent down.