Female protagonist, an educated youth sent to the Nanjiao Brigade. Daughter of a university professor and a woman with overseas family connections. At 18 years old, she was previously a pampered, sheltered young lady who had barely washed a dish in her life. After her parents were reported and sent to a labor camp during the Cultural Revolution, she was hurriedly sent to the countryside as a refuge. She is delicate, not suited for farm work, earns only five work points a day (half of the full ten), and has artistic talents in music, painting, singing, and dancing. She is described as exceptionally beautiful with a slender figure, delicate arm gleaming like fine jade, delicate chin, soft pink lips, and clear bright eyes. She is proud, not thick-skinned enough to consume without contributing, and perseveres despite her struggles.
