Tao Tao's father, a baker in his early thirties in 1997. He previously worked at Huanhuan Food Factory on the pie production line before the factory shut down in 1995 during state-owned enterprise reforms. He received about three thousand yuan in severance pay and opened South Street Bakery. He is described as cheerful, sometimes sneaky (pretending dinner was ready to get Tao Tao to do chores), and deeply devoted to his daughter. After his second divorce from Auntie Yu, he was devastated and aged rapidly.
