Also called Brother Dong or Old Fifth. The fifth son of the Xiao family, handsome and hardworking, formerly the squad leader of the village militia. He fell into a coma after being struck on the head by falling grain while escorting a tractor carrying public grain. His parents and brothers abandoned him and hung mourning banners while he was still alive. After eleven years, Xu Huaying found him in the county hospital and cared for him back to health. He defied his abusive parents and decided to marry into Xu Huaying's family, taking his daughter Xiao Nanchu with him. He had been obedient to his parents for two lifetimes but finally broke free.
