He worked for the Japanese during their rule, specifically in a mine where he checked ore piles for escaping miners using steel pitchforks. He once secretly let a miner escape when his colleagues had left early. The miner's disappearance was discovered days later, and over ten people were fired, but his colleague never reported him. After the founding of the PRC, feeling his past was dishonorable, he fled to Xiaotai Village with his family. After Zhang Yue's mother gave birth to Da Lin, he left the village, leaving a ring for her mother as a token.
