Dongshan Village

**Dongshan Village** is small village that relies heavily on the sea. Most of its inhabitants either fish in the sea or work at Tangu Docks. It is the ancestral home of the Yu Family and the first base of operations of Yu Xiaocao.

## **Villagers**

**Yu Family** (Xiaocao's Family)

* Yu Liqiu - Grandfather
* Yu Hai - Father
* Liu Muyun - Mother
* Yu Hang - 1st Brother
* Yu Xiaolian - Twin Sister
* Yu Xiaocao - Female Lead
* Yu Fan - 2nd Brother

**Liu Family** (Related to Xiaocao)

Moved from the Northeast but after the famine they had to seek refuge with Yu Hai's family. After staying there for a bit they saved enough money to build their own home in the village.

* Liu Hu - Uncle
* Yu Caifeng - Paternal Aunt
* Liu Junping - Male Cousin, after the famine in the northeast he grew up quickly and after coming to the Village with the rest of the family he is grateful to Yu Hai's family and helps as much as he can.
* Liu Yaner - Female Cousin, same age as Xiaolian and Xiaocao.
* Liu Fangping - Male Cousin, same age as Yu Fan he often follows his cousins around looking for fun.

**Yu Family** (Xiaocao's Paternal Great Uncle)

The family separated from each other after their parents died.

* Yu Lichun (余立春) - Grand-Uncle, He cares for Yu Hai's family very much. When Yu Xiaocao was sick he would pull his family's money together to let her get treatment.
* Madam Sun (孙氏) - Grand-Aunt, wife of Lichun.
* Lu Xi (余溪) - Uncle, He is the 1st son of Yu Lichun and Madam Sun.
* Yu Lixia (余立夏) - Uncle, He is the 2nd son of Yu Lichun and Madam Sun.
* Yu Yang () - Cousin, He is the son of Yu Lixia.
* Yu Jiang (余江) - Uncle, He is the 3rd son of Yu Lichun and Madam Sun. When Yu Xiaocao was beaten by Li Guihua he was the person who carried her home. After Yu Hai agreed to buy seafood for Zhou Zixu he was hired to help Yu Hang collect it. When he received his salary (which was many times more than temp work at the docks) he became even more commited to help Yu Hai's family.
* Yu Zhou (余舟) - Cousin, Grandson of Lichun (story doesn't mention who his parents are).

**Yu Family - Seperated and Divorced**

* Madam Zhang - Mother
* Yu Dashan - 1st Son
* Li Guihua - 1st Daughter-in-Law
* Yu Ge - 1st Grandson
* Yu Bo - 2nd Son
* Zhao Meilan - 2nd Daughter-in-Law
* Yu Xian - 2nd Grandson
* Yu Caidie - 1st Daughter (Married off)

**Doctor You**

* You Yong (尤勇) male, He was the doctor who treated Yu Xiaocao after she was beaten by Li Guihua. Later on Yu Xiaocao asked her to teach him medicine which he did. When he heard news about his missing relatives he left for a while but returned with an unnamed child.

**Liu Family** (Not Related)

* Liu Shuanzhu (刘栓子) male, He is the Patriarch of the family and fisherman who is friends with Yu Hai. During the first winter Yu Xiaocao transmigrated over he had a fever that almost killed him.
* Liu Yingzi (刘英子) male, 1st son

Liu Huifang, daughter, She married Yu Hang.

* Liu Tiedan (刘铁蛋) male, 2nd son of Liu Shuanzhu and his (never named) wife.
* Liu Xiaoya () female, 2nd daughter of the family.

**Zhou Family**
Neighbors of Yu Hai's family.

* Zhou Danian (周大年) male, Patriarch of the family. He is a merchant.
* Auntie Fang (方婶) female, Matriarch of the family. She is a close friend of Liu Muyun who raises chickens. When Yu Xiaocao made a recipe using chickens for the Zhenxiu Restaurant her chickens were recommended to them which helped bring her family out of poverty.
* Zhou Wenhua (周文华) male, only son of the family. He follows his father around learning to be a merchant.
* Zhou Linglong (周玲珑) female, 1st daughter who was married off.
* Zhou Shanhu (周珊瑚) female, 2nd daughter who is close friends with with Yu Xiaocao and Yu Xiaolian.

**Qian Family**

* Qian Fugui () male, Patriarch of the family.
* Madam Mao (毛氏), She is rough speaking woman but has a great heart. Like Auntie Fang she approached Yu Xiaocao to create a dish for Zenxiu Restaurant to help her struggling family.
* Qian Wen (钱文) male, he is the 1st son of the family who studies at Ruangxuan Academy. When Yu Fan enrolled he looked over him making sure no one gave him trouble.
* Qian Wu (钱武), male, he is the second son of the family who is the same age as Yu Fan. He often gets in trouble for horsing around.
* Qian Yafang (), female, only daughter of the family

**Wang Family**
Wang Ergou (王二狗), male, He was first introduced when his unnamed pregnant wife made him go to Yu Hai and apologize for stealing a watermelon. Instead of punishing him the family offered him a job to sell the watermelons at the
. He turned a new leaf and did everything he could to his pregnant wife, after the birth of their son he became and even more studious person.

**Zheng Family**
Zhen Xiaocui (郑小翠), female, a you teenage girl that wanted to get closer to Zhu Junyang because of his power and money.