When Li Long and the others reached the alley, the young man was waiting eagerly at the gate. Seeing Gu Xiaoyu and Li Long approaching, he immediately broke into a broad grin and waved.
"Come on, come on... you're finally here."
His voice was quiet, clearly being deliberately kept down.
Li Long found it a little strange. Why was he lowering his voice?
They entered the courtyard and, sure enough, saw the old furniture Gu Xiaoyu had mentioned piled there.
Li Jianguo glanced at it a few times before going to inspect the courtyard. Li Juan and Li Qiang were even less interested in the old furniture.
"Is this... huanghuali wood?" Li Long leaned closer to examine it, picked at it with a finger, and asked the young man.
"Oh, you know your stuff?" The young man had assumed they were country bumpkins from out of town, but this man actually knew quality when he saw it. He smiled and said, "Interested? Sorry, though, it's already sold. The buyer is coming to collect it... ah, these days, a whole courtyard like mine is harder to sell than this shabby furniture..."
"That's what good timber does for you. If it were golden silk nanmu, it would be worth several courtyards." Li Long joked along, looked around, and said, "Nice courtyard."
"Ha, you give me too much credit." The young man hurriedly waved his hands. "If I had golden silk nanmu, would I need to sell the courtyard? Never mind that. You're the actual buyer, right? No Yanjing household registration? I need to make this clear: without local registration, this won't be easy... of course, if you have some US dollars to spare, it's not impossible..."
Li Long had originally thought he might as well put it in Gu Xiaoyu's name. Hearing