Character List
枝丫1
老李 Lǎo Lǐ: Eldest member of the Li family; Xiao Li's father and Xiaoxiao Li's grandfather
小小李 Xiǎoxiǎo Lǐ: Youngest member of the Li family; Lao Li's grandson and Xiao Li's son
小李 Xiǎo Lǐ: Son and only child of Lao Li; Xiaoxiao Li's father; employee at 安全新能源公司*
刘依诺 Liú Yīnuò: (刘 Liú surname, 依 yī to depend on; 诺 nuò promise); bookstore customer; software programmer; employee at 安全新能源公司*
张老板 Zhāng Lǎobǎn: Hutong bookstore owner
史太太 Shǐ Tàitài: Mrs. Shi, hutong resident
大厨 dàchú: hutong street food chef; further identified in 枝丫2 as 小陈 Xiǎo Chén, founder and owner of 一个小吃窗口
王雪梅 Wáng Xuěméi: (王 Wáng king, 雪 Xuě snow, snowfall; 梅 méi plum flower) Wife of Liao Li (李太太); mother of Xiaoxiao Li; an employee of 安全新能源公司* ; currently working in Shanghai
Mentioned in 枝丫1：
继父 jìfù: stepfather of Liu Yinuo
妈妈 māmā: mother of Liu Yinuo
*安全新能源公司 Ānquán Xīn Néngyuán Gōngsī, Safe New Energy Company, specializes in developing electric vehicles. They are frontrunners in the development of 锂离子电池 lǐ lízǐ diànchí lithium-ion batteries. Xiao Li and Xiao Li’s wife work in the 研究与开发部 yánjiū yǔ kāifā bù research and development department. Liu Yinuo works at the company as a 程序员 chéngxù yuán software developer.
枝丫2
张老板 Zhāng Lǎobǎn: hutong bookstore owner
老李 Lǎo Lǐ: old friend of Zhang Laoban, eldest member of the Li family
陈太太 Chén Tàitài: wife of 陈房东 Chén Fángdōng Landlord Chen; mother of 小陈 Xiǎo Chén
小陈 Xiǎo Chén: 大厨 dà chú hutong street food chef; founder and owner of 一个小吃窗口; son of 陈太太 and 陈房东
杨英雄 Yáng Yīngxióng, 杨助理 Yáng Zhùlǐ: assistant to 张老板
刘依诺 Liú Yīnuò: bookstore customer, long unseen after involvement with 小李 and the 对树 meeting hosted by 张老板; software programmer, now with another company
Mentioned in 枝丫2
张老板的妻子 Zhang Laoban’s wife, deceased
张老板的女儿 Zhang Laoban’s daughter, deceased
铁匠 tiějiàng blacksmith, mentor to Zhang Laoban when he was a teenager working in the countryside
出租车司机 chūzū chē sījī taxi driver who killed Zhang Laoban’s wife and child in a traffic accident
陈房东 Chén Fángdōng Landlord Chen, owner from whom Zhang Laoban rented, then bought, the portion of the 四合院 holding the bookstore
杨助理的妈妈和爸爸 Yang Zhuli’s mother and father