A poor young man from Xiangyang Brigade. Before liberation, his family was the wealthiest landlords in the area. He has five sisters who all married well. His sisters pooled together 188 yuan as bride price and his eldest sister got him a Plum Blossom watch. In his previous life's marriage with Lu Baiwei, they started a food business, uncovered buried gold and antiques, expanded into clothing factories and real estate, and inherited a billion-dollar estate in Hong Kong. He is described as clever and resourceful but incapable in certain respects - he and Lu Baiwei never had children in the previous life.
