No matter how many storms raged in the outside world, life here remained as normal and mundane as every other day.
From afar, everything seemed busy and calm, like a scroll of paintings unfolding, each frame soaking in the tranquil beauty of fleeting time.
The towering archway at the entrance of the Wang family was bathed in sunlight, looking grand and majestic.
This archway was bestowed by the Government Office, representing the prominent family's facade. The higher the family's status, the more majestic the archway, and the more intricate the carvings on it.
Commoners often referred to the advancement of a prominent family as "changing the door lintel", which is derived from this practice.
Over the past two decades, the Wang family's archway had been replaced twice. The current wooden archway, representing a 7th-rank Aristocratic Family, stood over nine feet tall and was indeed awe-inspiring.
Under the archway, a group of people had gathered at some unknown time.
