Chapter 900: Huang Huali Wood

The chubby old man glanced at Zhou Andong and stood up to walk home.

"Uncle Liu, you just came, why are you leaving?" The young man shouted.

The chubby old man waved his hand. "Suddenly remembered, there's something at home."

This old man walked home quickly, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his wife tending to those few racks of cucumbers and beans.

"Why are you back so soon?" The old lady looked up and asked suspiciously.

"Come into the room with me!" The chubby old man entered the room in a hurry.

The old lady was stunned, then her face turned red. Looking left and right like a thief, she hurriedly wiped her hands on her apron and followed into the room.

"You old thing, how old are you, why do you suddenly want to do this, and you're as impatient as a young person."

The chubby old man was stunned. Seeing his wife untying her clothes, he said in a rage, "What are you thinking?"

The old lady was stunned. "Aren't you wanting to..."

"Wanting what?" The chubby old man said with a flushed face, "I'm over sixty, even if I want to, is it still useful?"

The old lady rolled her eyes at the old man. "If you don't try, how do you know if it's useful?"

"Stop talking nonsense, if this gets out, where would I put this old face."

The chubby old man didn't give the old lady another chance to act up. "I plan to sell our courtyard."

"What?" The old lady's face changed instantly. "You didn't drink any alcohol this morning, why are you talking nonsense?"

"What nonsense am I talking!" The chubby old man said, "Old Cricket's two-entrance courtyard, do you know how much it sold for?"

"You know?" The old lady curled her lip. "That old thing, his mouth is tight, many people asked but couldn't find out."

"I don't know either!" The chubby old man shook his head. "I just ran into him, and he told me that if we sell this courtyard, we can buy two apartments."

The old lady was moved, but after thinking carefully, she shook her head. "It's good to be able to exchange for two apartments, one for the eldest and one for the second, where would we live?"

The chubby old man glared. "I exchanged two apartments for them, so what, they wouldn't let me live there?"

"What are you glaring for!" The old lady said with dissatisfaction. "Our eldest grandson is already dating, and he's getting married at the end of the year. And the eldest girl, although she's nineteen, look at her.

She's been on many dates, looking down on this one and that one, who knows when she'll be able to get married. I'm asking you, how big of a house can we exchange for?

And the second one, he has two sons, the big one is eighteen, the small one is sixteen, in another three or five years, won't they all have to date and get married?"

The chubby old man stopped talking, but looking at his appearance, he was very unwilling.

The old lady sighed. "Although our courtyard is broken and twenty-plus households live there, this is our ancestral home, recognized by national law.

Those twenty-plus households live here and pay us rent, adding up to over a hundred yuan a month, which subsidizes household expenses and makes things easier for the eldest and second. When the children get married, we don't have to worry about not having a place to live."

"Zhou Andong is here, I'll go find Old Cricket and talk to him." The chubby old man still wouldn't give up. "The price of apartments keeps rising, but the price of courtyards is also rising."

Watching the old man walk away quickly, the old lady supported her chest with both hands. The obvious sagging sensation made her sigh, then she walked to the mirror, touched her face full of wrinkles and her head full of white hair, and pitied herself for a long while.

The chubby old man arrived at the hutong entrance, didn't see Old Cricket, and asked the young man, "Where is Old Cricket?"

The young man pointed to the entrance of the underground garage not far away. "He's over there!"

The chubby old man ran all the way into the basement. It was his first time coming in; before, when people came in to look, he was dismissive, but today, good heavens, it looked bigger than the RT-Mart supermarket he went to yesterday.

The ground was paved with antique blue bricks, and above was a nine-grid ceiling. Looking at the color and pattern of the wood, one knew it wasn't ordinary pine or poplar.

At this time, Zhou Andong and a few others were surrounding the neatly stacked Huang Huali wood squares. Old Cricket was stroking them as if he were touching a young girl's skin.

"These are good things."

In his previous life, Zhou Andong had bought Huang Huali bracelets, but he didn't know if they were real or fake. Because he only knew that Huang Huali was divided into Hainan Huang Huali and Nanhai Huang Huali, as for how to distinguish them.

With eyes open, he definitely couldn't tell them apart, but with eyes closed, he could. He would just point at whichever one he thought it was.

"How is it good?" Zhou Andong asked.

Old Cricket picked up a wood square. "Look at this grain, look at this color, and you know it's Hainan Huang. This thing, the price has been rising for the past two years, and it will get more and more expensive in the future."

Liu Zhanyong said with a smile, "Only Chairman Zhou has the strength to use Huang Huali wood to renovate the basement."

Zhou Andong patted the wood square. "I don't understand this stuff, but Huang Huali furniture has been rising, so I felt the raw wood would definitely rise too. Otherwise, I wouldn't have used this stuff for the ceiling."

"No wonder Chairman Zhou can make his business so big." Liu Zhanyong flattered him again. "Everyone knows Huang Huali is a good thing, but who would have thought of using this stuff for renovation and still having it appreciate in value later."

"Old Cricket!" The chubby old man walked over with his hands behind his back, smiling.

Old Cricket's heart stirred. "Brother, is there something up?"

"Of course there is!" The chubby old man first smiled at Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu, then pulled Old Cricket aside. "I plan to sell the courtyard."

Old Cricket laughed. As for the chubby old man shouting that he wouldn't sell just now, he threw it to the back of his mind. He didn't even say a teasing word, because this old man had strong self-esteem and cared about face.

With such a big courtyard, based on Zhou Andong's generosity, if the transaction were successful, wouldn't he get at least a thousand or two thousand in commission? If he dared to tease, this old guy would definitely turn around and leave, and his commission would naturally go down the drain.

"How much do you plan to sell it for?"

The chubby old man hesitated for a moment. "I can't say how much, but it must be enough to exchange for two three-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom apartment."

Old Cricket frowned. "Old friend, I can understand your mood. But do you know what the price of apartments is now?"

The chubby old man shook his head. "I don't know!"

Old Cricket said, "In good locations, it's already risen to nearly three thousand."

The chubby old man was a bit stunned. "This... is it that expensive?"

"That's right!" Old Cricket nodded. "But this is a good location; in slightly worse places, the price is also over two thousand."

The chubby old man wouldn't give up. "Isn't our courtyard also rising?"

"Indeed!" Old Cricket agreed. "However, the rise of courtyards is not as fast as apartments."

The chubby old man opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally sighed.

"You wait a moment!" Old Cricket didn't want this deal to run away either. "I'll go talk to Chairman Zhou and see what he thinks."

"Good, good, good!" The chubby old man nodded fiercely as if he had grabbed a straw to save his life. ===== CHAPTER 901 =====