Hill Village isn't large, and all the households are clustered together.
Before long, Ning Fan had already taken a stroll through the village.
The houses in the village all had the same design, differing only in size.
And they all faced the ocean, with the forest at their backs.
Being several hundred meters away from the shoreline, there's no need to worry about erosion from the seawater.
In Hill Village, only after reaching adulthood at fifteen does one qualify to receive an independent wooden house.
If there are too many people to fit in the main house, they can build next to it to save lumber.
This rule, it's said, was established by the first village chief and strictly adhered to by subsequent chiefs.
Hill Island lies in the ocean, marked by innate poor conditions and scarce resources.
Despite the lush forest behind, reckless deforestation could lead to the tragedy of draining the pond to catch fish or burning down the forest to hunt.
