After they marry into their husband's family, wives of sons are counted as naturally born children in the family. So it was that everyone in her husband's clan got into the habit of referring to Lin Congzhi as "# 8" (the eighth child, or in Fujianese, "Ah Bei").
在湄洲女人沾了媽祖的光，嫁入夫家後，妯娌間相互有排行，因此大家習慣叫這個在家族排行第八的林聰治「阿八」。