Qian Xiaohe is a female minor character, a dropout student from last year. She is not Su Ye's student but Su Ye helps her anyway. Her father is a drunkard who relies on the state's iron rice bowl. He wants to exchange her for fifty kilograms of grain due to family poverty. Her mother opposes her return to school, citing too many children and not enough food. Su Ye confronts the father about illegal child marriage, threatening newspaper exposure. Qian Xiaohe is deeply moved, tears streaming, and agrees to return to school on Monday.
