The owner of the dilapidated adobe house with fruit trees, whose face was covered in black coal dust from working at a coal shop. His parents had both passed away, and his sister's family had moved away. He had been trying to sell the property for almost two years, initially asking 20,000 yuan, then lowering it to 18,000 yuan without success. He finally agreed to sell for 12,000 yuan with full payment at once.
