“That’s all true,” Zhao Fu sighed. “Everyone used to say that Baohetang was for the poor. Now, when I walk down the street, everyone is talking behind my back.”
Su Wan spoke with great emotion, standing up abruptly and saying, "Zhao Fu, since you know Baohetang has a bad reputation, why do you keep staying here?"
Zhao Fu raised his cloudy eyes and looked at Su Wan: "I don't want to leave."
"You can't bear to part with it?"
Zhao Fu gently tapped his chest with his fist and said, "Before the master passed away, he sold off the family property. This is the only property left by the master and madam. I know there's nothing I can do, but I'm not willing to leave like this."
Su Wan then understood what Zhao Fu was thinking, and softened her tone, saying, "Uncle Zhao, here I am. I'm here to take back this pharmacy."
Zhao Fu shook his head and said, "Miss, what can you do? This pharmacy already belongs to Su Heng and his wife."
Su Wan said, "How could that be? The land deed for the pharmacy is still in my hands. As long as I have this land deed, those two people cannot take over the pharmacy."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Fu cried out and stood up shakily, leaning on his cane.
“Miss, Mr. and Mrs. Su Heng also own the land deed for this pharmacy.”
Su Wan was stunned, and subconsciously said, "How could that be?"
Zhao Fu said, “It’s true. They said that before the master died, he asked them to take care of the young lady, and this pharmacy was the master’s reward to them. I didn’t believe it at the time, and I even went to the county magistrate to check. The half of the official seal on the contract left by the county government and the official seal on the contract shown by Su Heng do match.”
Although Su Wan didn't know what "契尾" meant, she could roughly understand it after hearing Zhao Fu's explanation.
This was likely an ancient anti-counterfeiting measure, similar to a modern seal across the seam. Even if someone forged a contract, they couldn't possibly know the location of the official seal. Once it was verified by the government, it would be discovered that the contract did not match the official seal kept by the county government.
Could the land deed she has be fake?
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