Tian Xiao'e is a supporting character, the wife of Zhao Daqiang and a victim of domestic abuse. She is beaten by her mother-in-law Lan Da'niang with a broom over a food dispute. Her face is swollen and bleeding when she stumbles out of the courtyard. She is passive and compliant, making no move to resist the abuse and crying quietly while covering her face. Her children rush out to shelter her, but they dare not fight back. She is malnourished and thin, in stark contrast to the well-fed children of Lan Da'niang's eldest son. She represents the weak woman who endures abuse without fighting back, though Song Nanting encourages her to seek help from the army's political department or Family Committee.
