Female protagonist, an educated youth who learned Traditional Chinese Medicine in the countryside. She can give injections and diagnose illnesses. Currently unemployed and desperately seeking a job. She is resourceful and street-smart, having worked as an A Piao (speculator) before. She disguises herself as a young girl to sell old books on the side. She found an ancient medical text at a scrap collection station where she works evening shifts sorting trash for twenty cents. She is calm, composed beyond her years, and negotiates firmly with middlemen.
