Don Anselmo was in no hurry to sell his land because?

In the story Gentleman of Rio en Medio, Don Anselmo isn't in a hurry to sell his land because he has lived there a long time and he is happy. The land has been in his family for hundreds of years. In the story it says "what he had the most of was time." I think from that, and the fact that he insists on a lower price, that he is agreeing to this for the sake of the people who want to buy, but he has no burning need for the money.