Female minor character, mother of Deputy Regiment Commander Zhang Hongqi from the Second Regiment. She is known in the family compound as a freeloader who would visit new families to take advantage of their food and goods. She had dirt on her clothes and grime under her fingernails. She tried to meddle in Lin Zhitang's affairs, criticizing her spending as decadent, but was sharply rebuked by both Lin Zhitang and Xia Qingqing. She fled embarrassed and later started spreading rumors about Lin Zhitang at the big tree gathering spot.
