Provincial Capital, Donghui Residential Area.
Carrying bags large and small, Wang Chen knocked on the door of Building 7, Room 501.
A graceful middle-aged woman answered the door. Upon seeing Wang Chen standing outside, she nodded. "Come in."
Then she turned and called loudly into the apartment, "Zhengyang, Wang Chen's here!"
This woman was Wang Chen's aunt, Tian Wenxiu.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
No sooner had she spoken than a bespectacled man wearing an apron hurried out of the kitchen. Smiling broadly, he said to Wang Chen, "Wang Chen, you're here."
Wang Chen had called ahead, so he knew Wang Chen was coming over.
"Mm."
Wang Chen set down what he was carrying and greeted them politely. "Hello, Uncle. Hello, Aunt."
Wang Chen's younger uncle, Wang Zhengyang, was considered the most highly educated member of the Wang family. In his early years, he had been admitted to Provincial Capital University, then pursued graduate studies. After graduating, he passed the national civil service examination and entered government work.
By now, he was a section chief of middling rank.
A full section-level cadre.
His aunt Tian Wenxiu had been Wang Zhengyang's university classmate. Her father had once served as deputy director of a bureau in the provincial capital and had given this son-in-law of his considerable help during the early stages of Wang Zhengyang's official career.
Moreover, Tian Wenxiu had a strong personality, while Wang Zhengyang was rather soft-natured. Thus, she had always been the one calling the shots in this household.
Back when Wang Chen had attended No. 5 High School in his Previous Life, he had known that this younger aunt did not particularly like relatives from Wang Zhengyang's hometown. Unless absolutely necessary, he therefore never came to disturb them.
This time, he had mainly come to deliver homemade cured