Rebirth in officialdom and rising to the top

Putting aside his doubts for the time being, Chen Wangyang looked at Wang Feihong, who looked like a panda with two big dark circles under his eyes, and couldn't help but ask:

"Just because you suspected someone was following me and spying on me, you stayed here all night?"

Wang Feihong replied naturally:

"Yes, this is my duty!"

Chen Wangyang felt warm in his heart:

"Thank you Feihong, you will send me to the Shan'an County Party Committee in a while, and then go back to rest quickly. I will give you a day off today!"

Just when Wang Feihong was about to refuse, there was a "gurgling" sound of protest from his stomach.

Chen Wangyang burst into laughter:

"Are you hungry? Come with me. There is a soup dumpling shop next to our family home that tastes really good. I'll treat you to some!"

Wang Feihong blushed, held his stomach and agreed quietly:

"Thank you Yang!"

The two got out of the car together and went to a breakfast shop called "Wanglaowu Soup Dumplings" not far from the Public Security Bureau Family Courtyard.

The breakfast shop is not large, only a dozen square meters, but it is packed with sanitation workers who get up early to go to work and students who go to school. It seems that business is very good.

It can be seen from this that Chen Wangyang was not bragging at all when he said that this store tastes great.

Chen Wangyang greeted his boss Wang Laowu who was busy at work cordially:

"Uncle Lao Wu, bring us four cages of signature soup dumplings and two bowls of tofu puffs!"

Wang Laowu looks to be in his 50s. Although his face is full of vicissitudes and he walks with a limp, his face is glowing and he is in great spirits.

Hearing Chen Wangyang's greeting, Wang Laowu, who was facing the store door, his eyes lit up, turned around and smiled at Chen Wangyang enthusiastically:

"You belong to Director Chen's family, right? Since you went to college, you haven't come to your uncle's house to eat steamed buns for a while. I miss you so much!"

There is naturally a reason why boss Wang Laowu is so enthusiastic about Chen Wangyang.

Wang Laowu is also a veteran. Many years ago, as a scout, his left leg was blown off by a landmine during the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. His current left leg was a prosthetic leg later installed.

For many years after retiring from the army, Wang Laowu's life was not easy.

Although the government and the army have paid him a lot of disability pension, it is a drop in the bucket for Wang Laowu, who has a senior and a junior, but has lost the ability to work.

Until one winter eight years ago, Wang Laowu's family was really in trouble.

Wang Laowu, who had never wanted to cause trouble to the government and the army, had no choice but to let his wife push him on a trolley to the Shan'an County Veterans Affairs Bureau in the heavy snow.

Although Wang Laowu didn't accomplish anything that day, he was lucky enough to meet Chen Xianxian, who also came to the Bureau of Veterans Affairs to handle matters.

Chen Xianxian was originally a cold-blooded person on the outside and hot on the inside. He couldn't bear to see the suffering of the world. What's more, everyone was once a member of the People's Liberation Army?

Chen Xianxian, who had already become the office director of the Public Security Bureau at that time, immediately asked for help.

Chen Xianxian first used his own money and borrowed a lot of money from outside, and then helped Wang Laowu install the prosthesis;

Later, Chen Xianxian personally sent Wang Laowu to learn the art of making breakfast from an old comrade of his who owned a bun shop for two months;

After Wang Lao Wu mastered the craft, Chen Xianxian helped Wang Lao Wu rent a street-facing storefront at a low price that belonged to the family home of the Public Security Bureau through his connections. This is the origin of this "Wang Lao Wu Soup Dumplings".

Today, "Wang Lao Wu Soup Dumplings" has become a well-known eight-year-old shop, and the life of Wang Lao Wu and his family has gradually become more prosperous.

Wang Laowu is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, so he naturally understands that everything he has now is given to him by Chen Xian, so when he treats Chen Xian's family, he has always been full of gratitude and as close as a family.

Among other things, Chen Wangyang, who was still in high school at the time, came to Wang Laowu's house for breakfast every day. Wang Laowu was never willing to accept his money.

However, Chen Wangyang dropped the money and ran away every time. Wang Laowu, who was limping, could not catch up with him. He could only look at Chen Wangyang's jumping back and sigh:

"This boy is a good person just like his father!"

Since Chen Wangyang was admitted to college, he hasn't had breakfast at Wang Laowu's house for several years, so Wang Laowu's words "Uncle misses you" are completely his thoughts, not the businessman's. of hypocritical intimacy.

"Hey, I miss you too, Uncle Wu! You are busy with your business, so there is no need to greet us, we will greet ourselves!"

Chen Wangyang saw that there was no room in the store, so he fetched a small folding square table and two plastic stools from the wall and placed them on the side of the road. Then he called Wang Feihong:

"Feihong, come and sit down quickly!"

Wang Feihong came over and sat down. After thinking about it, he said to Wang Laowu:

"Well, Uncle Old Five, put sugar in my tofu brain, thank you!"

Wang Laowu, who was filling a big bowl with tofu curd, was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief:

"Young man must be from the south, right?"

Wang Feihong smiled:

"Yes, my hometown is Qingjiang City, Nanjiang Province. Uncle, how did you guess that? My Mandarin should have no accent, right?"

Wang Laowu quickly sprinkled a thin layer of white sugar on the tofu puffs in the bowl and said with a smile:

"What's so hard to guess? We northerners all eat tofu with salty taste and only add sugar to it. But you southerners basically eat tofu with sweet taste!"

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Chen Wangyang, who was wiping the small square table with a rag, was suddenly stunned when he heard Wang Laowu's words:

That’s right, when northerners usually eat tofu puffs, they season it with marinade and vinegar, and then sprinkle with a handful of chopped green onions and coriander. They simply can’t accept the sweet tofu puffs that southerners eat!

Similarly, southerners can’t accept salted tofu, so here’s the question:

Although Chen Wangyang only ate tofu pudding once with his father-in-law Li Wenda in his previous life, he clearly remembered that the bowl of tofu pudding that Li Wenda ate was salty!

You know, according to Li Wenda's resume, Li Wenda's ancestral home is the same as Wang Feihong's, which is Qingjiang City, Nanjiang Province. He had never left the south before switching careers from the navy!

So, why does Li Wenda, a true southerner, eat salted tofu and enjoy it so much?

Could it be that Li Wenda's resume was fake?

If this is really the case, then Li Wenda's true identity becomes a huge...

While Chen Wangyang's brain was spinning rapidly, Wang Laowu had already delivered two cages of soup dumplings and two bowls of tofu puffs, and said apologetically:

"Yangyang, you can eat these two baskets of steamed buns first. You have to wait for the other two baskets!"

"Okay, Uncle Fifth, we are not in a hurry!"

Chen Wangyang, whose train of thought was interrupted, put aside his worries for the time being, greeted Wang Feihong, and started feasting together...