In fact, Lin Zhuangyuan's gold letter announcing the good news, which was also a letter home, was delivered to his home in Suzhou two days earlier than the official document.
Maybe it's because the title of Shoufu was borrowed from the cover, so the speed is slightly faster.
When the head of the family, Wang Shishi, saw this special letter from home, she was so excited that she trembled all over and finally calmed down.
No matter what method is used, this is a miracle, and who doesn’t want a miracle to happen in their own home?
Wang Shiwu touched his already huge belly. The day of delivery was probably within these two days. The miracle was the best news he had heard before giving birth.
However, Mrs. Wang suppressed her excitement and did not tell anyone about it for the time being. She just kept the gold-gilded post announcing the good news.
Then I sent someone to tell me that I was going to meet my parents-in-law.
Suzhou Canglang Pavilion Lin Mansion is a large house with five roads and seven entrances. Lin's father, Guozhong, and Lin's mother, Lin Song, both live in a courtyard in the northeast.
It's not that Lin Tailai is unfilial, but that he has organized a quarter of the farmland in the northeast corner so that Father Lin can continue to enjoy the joy of rural life.
The old couple were not very polite people. When their daughter-in-law said she wanted to meet, they quickly replied and told her daughter-in-law, who was about to give birth, to lie still and wait for the old couple to pass by.
Gao Changjiang, the executive vice president of Hengtang College, the general manager of the Storyteller Office, the informal foreign affairs officer of the Lin Mansion, and the self-proclaimed think tank of the Lin Group, was also called over.
He entered the outer hall in the second door and saw the Queen lying on her back, talking to the old master of the Lin family and the old mistress.
Wang Shiwu invited Gao Changjiang to sit down and said: "For two days in a row, I dreamed that hundreds of beasts surrounded the house and bowed their heads in unison, and then the stars in the sky turned into unicorns and came into my arms. Then the room was filled with red light and a strange fragrance lingered."
Gao Changjiang: ""
Mrs. Wang, are you ready to create a god now?
As a former storyteller, Gao Changjiang is no stranger to these traditional cultures.
Then Wang Shiwu looked at Mrs. Lin Song again and continued: "I heard that my mother-in-law had the same dream when she gave birth to my husband?"
Mrs. Lin Song was a little embarrassed and said: "Ah, ah, yes, it is such a dream. In the past, I was afraid of being laughed at by others, so I never dared to tell it.
I just didn’t expect that my wife would have the same dream as me again.”
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Lin Song lowered her head in shame. This was the first time in her fifties that she said such nonsense.
Gao Changjiang couldn't complain in his heart. Is there still a statue of the supernatural that will be added more than 20 years later? Is it necessary for the father and son to have supernatural powers?
Oh, this is what is done in the history books? That’s okay.
Wang Shiwu looked at Gao Changjiang again and asked: "I heard that Mr. Gao is knowledgeable and proficient in interpreting signs. I wonder why this is a sign?"
Gao Changjiang hurriedly congratulated loudly and said from the bottom of his heart: "When a miraculous statue appears, a miraculous person must emerge at the right time! It can stabilize the country at the top, and light up the lintel of the gate at the bottom!"
Wang Shiwu thanked him and said: "Then I would like to thank Mr. Gao for your good wishes!"
After Gao Changjiang came out of the Lin Mansion, he went directly to the Storyteller's Office and began to arrange public opinion dissemination work.
Regardless of whether he believed it or not, he still had to do what he had to do.
Generally speaking, only outsiders will believe in supernatural things. The closer you are to yourself, the less likely you are to believe it.
However, even if these close believers do not believe in themselves, they will encourage outsiders to believe and defend their divinity in front of outsiders.
Two days later, Mrs. Wang of the Lin Mansion was about to give birth. It was said that she had the same miraculous dream for three consecutive days before giving birth.
Father Lin, the eldest and third brothers of the Lin family, as well as Mr. Shen, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Youyu, Song Quan, Gao Changjiang and other close people gathered in the outer hall and waited.
I don't know how long I waited, but I vaguely heard a burst of women's cheers coming from the inner courtyard.
A maid rushed over from the backyard and shouted from a distance: "Master! It's a young master!"
Before everyone in the hall could react, they saw the disciple leading a government clerk rush into the courtyard.
The clerk of the government office held up a big red sticker and shouted loudly: "Great news! The government office has received the spring communiqué from the imperial court!"
Mr. Lin Tailai from Guifu came out on top, and won the first prize in the capital competition, winning the first prize in a row!"
The relatives and friends in the hall were all shocked. They all secretly speculated that Lin Tailai might be able to become a Jinshi. After all, he had a career as a chief minister.
But I didn’t expect that Lin Tailai would play so big! After becoming the first scholar in martial arts, he became the first scholar in literature!
Could it be that in the capital, Wen Zhuangyuan could also be defeated by martial arts?
When everyone calmed down, the scribe shouted again: "The Holy One is virtuous, the Emperor's kindness is mighty, and the civil and military talents are astonishing in the past and the present!"
After shouting these words, I got a large sum of wedding money, which was very satisfying.
Fortunately, the prince of the government office admired me recently, so he appointed me to wait at the gate of Lin Mansion to announce the birth of the new baby.
When any normal person hears something like the Civil and Military Nine Elements, their first reaction is a miracle, and they are shocked!
Second Master Shen was the youngest and was the first to react and said: "Brother Lin won nine yuan in a row and his legitimate son is here. Isn't this a double happiness?"
Gao Changjiang, who had read the book but was thrown into confusion after reading the book, was in a trance. He once dismissed the so-called miracles from others, but now maybe he is superficial?
Could it be that the magical dream that the old lady and Mrs. Wang said about all the beasts bowing their heads and the stars turning into unicorns in their arms is actually true?
Lin Zuoguan and the newly born baby, are they really the ones who came into being?
When the Lin family encounters such a huge happy event, it must be made grand and celebrated.
But the person who is most capable of managing the household is still lying in the inner courtyard, and will soon be in confinement.
So Lin Guozhong could only shoulder the heavy burden and quickly called the eldest brother Lin Shilai, the third son Lin Fulai and the accustomed Gao Changjiang to the side hall to discuss the next arrangements.
Boss Lin has always been in charge of engineering projects, and the first thing he thought of was large-scale construction
"This glorious ancestor has to rebuild his hometown ancestral hall!" Boss Lin said, "Also, I think other people's homes have memorial arches, but my fourth brother has never built it, so this time we should build it together!"
Father Lin hesitated and said: "When Wu became the champion three years ago, wasn't the ancestral hall already renovated?"
Boss Lin said: "This time we have to repair it, and it needs to be bigger. Otherwise, how can we ask for the blessings of our ancestors?"
Father Lin thought twice and nodded, then asked: "How to repair the archway?"
Boss Lin said proudly: "My fourth brother's archway cannot be weaker than anyone else in Suzhou! Since he is said to have won nine yuan in a row, he will build nine archways!"
Next to him, Gao Changjiang was unable to complain. This person is really a nouveau riche bumpkin!
Father Lin also felt that he was too old to be reliable in cultural matters, so he asked Gao Changjiang: "What does Mr. Gao think should be done?"
After careful consideration, Gao Changjiang replied: "In my opinion, building two archways is enough.
A person's literary skills and military skills are enough to show off the lintel of the family and boast about the village."
Boss Lin was a little unconvinced and said: "How can two be enough? I see some families have several, and they even have to get one to hold an exam."
Gao Changjiang retorted: "But these two archways can be built with the best stones to create the largest and most perfect building in the world!"
"How to fix it?" Boss Lin became a little more interested.
Gao Changjiang continued to answer: "Each archway can be supported by eight stone pillars, two rows and four columns. Each stone pillar is three feet high, with a distance of one foot and a half, and above it is a three-story archway!
In this way, the entire archway is three to five and a half feet wide in front, about one to two feet in depth on the side, and four feet high. It can be engraved on all sides.
There are two archways like this, one for civility and one for military affairs. Who wouldn’t admire it!"
Now even Mr. Lin was shocked. Is this design an archway or a mixture of stone pavilion, stone pavilion and stone gate?
Just imagine how spectacular it would be to see these two large stone buildings spanning the street.
Then Gao Changjiang talked in detail about what kind of cloud pattern to use, what kind of engraving to use, and who to invite to inscribe it.
Father Lin, who had never expressed his opinion, looked at Gao Changjiang in confusion. The design plan of the eight-column stone archway was so detailed that it didn't look like it was thought up on the spur of the moment.
Gao Changjiang smiled bitterly and said: "When I was a child, I often fantasized about what kind of archway I would build as a souvenir after I grew up and made great achievements.
Unfortunately, after thinking about it for many years, I have no chance to use it. Today I will dedicate this design to Lin Zuoguan!"
Father Lin, who is kind-hearted by nature, patted Gao Changjiang's shoulder to express comfort, and then said to Brother Lin: "The front door of Lao Si's mansion is too quiet, and it seems not suitable for building an archway."
For the sake of safety, the gate of Lin Mansion did not open to Wolong Street, the main road to the west, but to a private alleyway between it and the Canglang Pavilion Garden. It was also a dead end alleyway with no access at the other end.
Pedestrians walking on Wolong Street would not leave the main road and pass by the Lin Mansion.
Anyone who shows up uninvited and wanders outside the gate of Lin Mansion must be a suspicious person.
So here comes the question. The purpose of building an archway is to publicly display your achievements and show off to the countryside. What's the point of building it in an alleyway where no outsiders pass by?
That's why Father Lin said that it is not suitable to build an archway in front of the gate of Lin Mansion.
Boss Lin was caught up in the excitement of building the grandest stone archway in Suzhou, and he had already begun to figure out the construction plan.
When he heard his father's worries, he said disapprovingly: "Fourth brother's achievements are the pride of Suzhou!
No, the archway should be built on Wolong Street next to it, not just in front of the gate!"
Father Lin added: "If we go by what Mr. Gao said, it's five and a half feet across, I'm afraid the street isn't wide enough."
Boss Lin still disagreed, "First select a suitable place. If the width is not enough, then demolish it and spend money to buy houses on both sides of the street, and then demolish the houses."
Gao Changjiang reminded again: "You can talk to the government and change the name of the road next to it to Jiuyuan Street.
A hundred years ago, there was a Bachelor Street in the west of the city because of the Wang University Shiyi Laoyuan, and now it is natural that there is a Jiuyuan Street next to the Lin Mansion."
Damn it! Even Father Lin is not calm now. You scholars still dare to think that you can play!
The road next to it is Wolong Street, the most important main road that runs through the north and south of Suzhou City, and is also the dividing line between Wu County and Changzhou County in the city.
Have you, Gao Changjiang, lost your mind and gone crazy by changing the name of such an important road in the city to Jiuyuan Street?
Gao Changjiang added: "You don't need to change the whole thing, just rename the south section to Jiuyuan Street. You can try it. How will you know if it works if you don't try it?"
Father Lin couldn't help but ask: "Is this what you fantasized about when you were a child?"
Gao Changjiang: ""
It should be said that this is what all readers have imagined.
