Li Shulan's elder brother-in-law, living at the east end of the brigade. He was chatting with his wife Niu Maizi on the kang, complaining about Li Shulan's success and how unfair life is that she has two successful sons sending home forty to fifty yuan monthly. He had previously asked Niu Maizi to find information about something, and she reported finding a potential match for him - a 38-year-old radio announcer whose wife died giving birth.
