Chapter 994 The Town
"Why did I find that all these houses are two-story?"
Bai Xiao also didn’t understand why, despite not being wealthy, every household here had two-story wooden or bamboo houses.
Though they were dilapidated, they were still two-story.
Xiaoyu laughed, "This is our local tradition, and these houses are called stilt houses.
Don’t be fooled by the two stories. The first floor is never used for living; it’s for livestock. The second floor is where people live. Because of the damp climate here, these houses are better ventilated and get more sunlight. Otherwise, people living here would get moldy."
Only then did Bai Xiao realize that this unique house structure was due to the geographical and climatic conditions here.
Upon closer inspection, the lower level consisted mostly of just a few columns, with railings instead of walls. Through the railings, you could see the interior divided into several square compartments—one for pigs, another for tools and sundries, one for firewood, and one empty one, but outside you could see chickens and ducks foraging, so that must be their coop.
"But why does the hospital use the first floor for the clinic?"
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
As they walked out of the hospital, they saw more clearly this time that the hospital indeed had the clinic on the first floor and living quarters on the second floor.
"Don’t think it’s odd that the clinic is on the first floor; the hospital has been elevated. There’s actually half a floor left open beneath the clinic for ventilation. Since there’s no need to keep livestock, the first floor of the hospital is only for moisture protection, so the hospital appears taller.