"What? That's way too much! We're just swapping houses to make up the difference, not buying or selling. This isn't a situation where you can demand a sky-high price!"
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "If it were a sale, you wouldn't be able to buy this house for less than three hundred yuan."
He paused and added, "Even though buying and selling isn't allowed now, you should still be aware that a courtyard house could only sell for about two hundred and some odd yuan in the past. I'm only asking for an eighty yuan difference, which means you're still making a profit."
The director laughed and said, "That's true. Courtyard houses used to sell for around two hundred yuan. But your house wouldn't sell for three hundred, would it?"
