Ruan Yuan's beloved grandfather. A kind and loving old man with poor health who could not work. He lived with seven-year-old Ruan Yuan in an old house in a coastal city. He would catch chickens and stew them with mushrooms for her, and always gave her one egg daily from their hens. He lovingly teased her and was deeply moved when she insisted he eat the chicken drumstick she saved for him. He passed away from illness when Ruan Yuan was ten years old.
