A woman from Xiangdong Brigade and the mother of Deng Hongda. She came to the Jiang household to negotiate the marriage between her son and Jiang Yao. She offered a bride price of 100 yuan and claimed her son is a permanent worker who works at the state-run hotel. She is arrogant and looks down on Jiang Yao as a nobody. She is calculating and cast aside her pride to personally visit the Jiang family. She dreamed about Jiang Yao having grandsons for her and taking over her job.