Hu Yao's mother, a middle-aged woman with a sharp and sarcastic voice. She remarried a man from the same village after Hu Yao's father disappeared, bringing Hu Yao and Hu Qiao with her, and later gave birth to a younger son Hu Yaoguo. She treated Hu Yao increasingly poorly after remarrying, making her do all household chores and beating and scolding her. She wanted to sell Hu Yao to a wealthy family for a large sum of money. She sold Hu Yao for 200 yuan to the old cripple, but Jiang Han outbid her with 300 yuan. She was blinded by money and readily agreed to the sale, running away quickly after collecting the money.
