A researcher from the Agricultural Science Institute who developed a cold-resistant wheat strain capable of surviving winter in black soil with double the yield of old varieties. He was sent down due to jealousy and political persecution—his work was denounced as capitalist-style high yield. Someone slipped laxatives into his food, and Grandpa Liu arranged for someone to pose as a cook to retrieve pill residue from the slop bucket. He is one of the three important figures being sent down.
