Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 906: Han Ma's Good Luck

The houses in the old city, whether they are the emperor's palace, the mansions of nobles, the courtyards of princes and ministers, the houses of wealthy merchants, or the small homes of ordinary people, all emphasize the principle of "the east is the most important and the west is the second most important".

The room on the east side of the main house (north house) is the upper room, and this upper room can only be occupied by the owner of the house or the most authoritative person in the family. Other people should not be considered.

The same goes for the east and west wing rooms in the courtyard. The east wing room has always been reserved for the eldest son, which represents that the person living here will be the future owner of the house.

The west wing is reserved for the second son or the eldest daughter. No matter whether they are the second son or the eldest daughter, those who live in the west wing can only be considered guests, which means that they will leave here sooner or later.

If it is a larger courtyard, such as a large three-courtyard house, the ear room of the east wing (abbreviated as east ear room) will generally be used as a small kitchen, while the ear room of the west wing can only be used as a toilet. This is the different treatment between east and west, and between the primary and the secondary.

Of course, this rule has existed since ancient times. The most detailed record of it was in the "Quli Chapter" of the "Book of Rites": The host sits on the east steps and the guest on the west steps, which shows that the east is the host's honorable position and cannot be shaken.

After this rule spread, "Dong" is used in most occasions to represent the host and respect.

For example: the royal prince is called "Donggong", tenant farmers and workers call their clients "Dongjia", tutors, legal advisors and other professions call their clients "Dongweng", and so on.

Therefore, although there is no difference in size between the east wing and the west wing, the east wing is slightly different from the west wing in terms of purlins, columns, beams (rafters), thresholds, rafters, doors and windows.

Han Li just felt something was wrong in the west room, but did not think about it carefully. It was only after he arrived at the east room that he realized what was wrong.

First of all, there is a kang (a somewhat excessively large one) in both the east and west rooms. It’s nothing to say about this. It’s normal for a family with many people to have a bigger kang. Moreover, when coal was not rationed before, almost every room in the city had a kang.

Later, there was a rationed use of coal, and the campaign to eliminate the four pests was carried out, with rats being the most harmful. The space inside these kangs was their best hiding place. Whether for their own safety or for political achievements, all these reasons combined meant that very few houses in the city still had kangs.

Half of the east room of this courtyard was cut out to serve as a street gate. This can be said to be a helpless move, because if not done this, people living in this courtyard would have no way to go.

This way, the originally decent east room has become smaller, but why did the original owner build such a large kang in the house? And both the east and west rooms are like this, is it really because there are too many people in the family? If there are too many people, why would they sell the house?
Han Li didn't know the original owner's situation, but he looked at the two oversized kangs and felt something was wrong, so he stretched out his mental power. This investigation allowed him to discover a lot of things.

There is no problem with the flue of the kang in the east room, but there are two wooden boxes stacked in the corner near the wall. Both boxes are filled with small yellow croakers. Although the boxes are not big, each box contains one hundred small yellow croakers.

Han Li quickly ran to the west room and found three wooden boxes in a similar position. Two of the boxes contained small yellow croakers, and the other one was full of various gold and jade jewelry.

Han Li was immediately delighted when he saw this situation, and in his heart he exclaimed that his mother was awesome. His mother had such great luck that she bought a shabby yard and got so many valuables for free. If he used these things to exchange for other things, he could at least get ten courtyard houses with three entrances and six entrances according to the current market price.

However, just when Han Li was about to put these boxes into the decomposition space, he stopped and thought in his mind. There were quite a lot of gold and jewels in his decomposition space, and putting these things in would only increase the number a little.

He currently does not have the time, connections, or information to turn them into houses.

But it's different for Han Ma. She has worked in the street office for so many years, and she is far better than Han Li in every aspect.

In addition, Han Li also thought that although he had given a small amount of gold to his parents last time.

But if Han Ma has a nice house and the family doesn't have enough money, he can't always use the excuse that he was lucky enough to pick up gold, right?
Therefore, it would be better to give the gold to his parents. With this gold as a foundation, they will no longer be restricted in spending or buying a house in the future. If his parents live a comfortable life, Han Li can better follow them and be a rich second-generation who lives a life of idleness and waiting to die.

However, the amount of gold in front of him is still a bit too much. There are 400 small yellow croakers in the four boxes, and there is also a box of gold and silver jewelry.

Han Li was worried that his parents would be too shocked to get so much wealth at once, so he put the three boxes in the kang in the west room into the decomposition space.

After finishing it, Han Li came to the east room and decomposed the place where the gold was hidden on the kang to make it collapse, just enough to reveal the box. He broke the lock on the box, and then tore off a few pieces of newspaper from the wall to cover it.

Next, Han Li locked all the doors of the house and the street, and rode his bicycle to the street office where Han Ma worked.

Han Li had just entered the street office and had not had time to call for help when he was immediately surrounded by the aunties and grandmas who were enjoying the cool air in the yard.

"Han Li is here. You are getting more and more handsome. Come and show your auntie." "My nephew is not only getting more and more handsome, but also more and more promising. When others worked hard to earn work points, my nephew became the vice president through his own efforts. When others failed the exam, my nephew not only passed the exam to Yan University, but also became an assistant teacher."

"Isn't it true? Han Li has been smart since he was young, and he is even more promising now."

"How can you be so silly? How come you got engaged when you went to the countryside? Otherwise, I would like to introduce my niece to you. My niece has a good fertility body and can definitely give your mother more grandchildren. Since you haven't gotten married yet, why don't you consider my niece?"

"Please stop talking about that. Is your niece good at giving birth? She is strong and sturdy. If you want to talk about good at giving birth, my niece is the one."

Han Li hadn't even parked his bicycle yet when he was asked a series of questions by these aunties and grandmas, without even a chance to interrupt. Fortunately, the street office was not big, and Han's mother quickly came out to help him out.

After some polite exchanges and showing off, Han Li took his mother and left the street office as everyone saw him off.

As soon as the mother and son left, the discussion in the yard became more intense.

"Zhang Ping's children are really good. I wish my children were half as troublesome as Han Li."

"Half? You're really imagining that. Sister Liu, your son's monthly salary should be thirty-six yuan now, right?"

"Yes, his salary is considered high in the factory at his age."

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"Do you know how much Han Li's monthly salary is?"

"The salary of a deputy section-level cadre in the Northeast should be more than 50 yuan, right? This is a little less than our city, but the salary of cadres increases slowly, unlike workers who can get a salary increase as long as their skills are improved. My son has made great progress recently, and it won't be long before his salary catches up."

"Catch up? Sister Liu, Han Li is an assistant teacher at Yan University. The monthly salary of an assistant teacher is 67 yuan. Adding his salary in the Northeast, this kid's monthly salary is nearly 120 yuan. Your son can only catch up with his salary by becoming a technician."

“Teaching assistants also get paid?”

"Good fellow, one hundred and twenty dollars a month?"

"What's the big deal? You won't get this salary as a teaching assistant after you graduate."

"It would be nice to receive it for a few years."

"I should have introduced my niece to Han Li earlier."

Han Li was unaware of the discussions among the aunties and grandmas in the street office after he left. At that moment, he was dealing with his mother's inquiries.

"Son, what happened? I asked you all the way but you didn't tell me."

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