The eldest brother, 37 years old, who dropped out of school in his teens to work. He looks older and wearier than his age with sun-darkened rough skin. He was a truck driver and couldn't make it home for New Year's Eve. He marries Zhang Xinghong and they decide to go work in Hong Kong. He leaves his family after a major argument with his sister Yu Meilan over their treatment of Zhang Xinghong.
