Male minor character. Qin Nian's biological father, middle-aged and skinny. Sixteen years ago, he and his wife conspired to abandon baby Qin Nian in the woods behind the village because she was a girl. He has only appeared a few times over the years, always with ulterior motives. During the famine, he came to take Qin Nian back, intending to sell her for food. He is confrontational and abusive, lunging at Qin Nian and calling her a shrew.
