Wang, a ashamed father named Guohua, opened a "Wang Daxing" tofu shop in the old lotus leaf shop in Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, selling tofu and making paper. He and Zeng Guofan are in-laws, and Wang Yichen's great-aunt Zeng Guolan is Zeng Guofan's elder sister, so Wang Yichen is Zeng Guofan's cousin.