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Lao

This person is strong-willed though greatly bound by custom, tradition and expectations.

Liu-Yi-tze

This person is fully addicted to opium and sells everything the family has to feed the addiction.

Wen Chuan

This person is a hard worker who clings to the old ways of life.

Lao's Mother

This person is a disciplinarian but also spends time trying to figure out how to find a good husband for her child.

Yintze

This person marries at fifteen, has some sort of mental breakdown and runs away from home, wandering the streets and speaking incoherently.

Mantze

This person is something of a selfish child who grows into a selfish adult and blames others for life problems.

Chinya

This person is sold twice and is never seen again.

Liu Ma

This person takes an oath to help as a mother would have cared, now that the birth mother has died...

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