The father of Ye Mingliang, Ye Qing, Ye Huan, and Ye Mingqiang. He is a seventh-grade fitter earning 85 yuan per month. He remarried Li Xiufen after his first wife died. He favored his children from his first marriage, Ye Mingliang and Ye Qing, due to guilt over their losing their mother young. He agreed to let Ye Qing marry Chen Yongqing.
