The Precious Lady – Chapter 418

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第418章 和好
于是,沙发区只有罗小娘子笑眯眯的搭话:“贾夫人今日怎么有空来红楼坐坐?”

“早就听说红楼是播州城内最别具风格的酒楼。”贾氏脸色苍白,瞧着不过几个月不见,鬓边已有白发,“这身子一好转,就来跟大家一起凑凑热闹。”

呵。

罗娘子心中冷笑。

别是春日楼生意做不下去,又来温婉这里偷师学艺的吧?

要她说,温婉脾气还是太软,碰见这种无赖直接大棒子撵出去就好。何必跟她虚与委蛇?
不等罗娘子发问,贾氏又自顾自的说着:“哎,说起来也不怕你们笑话。前段日子我家遭了变故,我这一时钻牛角尖,脑子也不清醒,得罪了温小娘子。后头去庙里静修了一个月,得大师点化,也想清楚啦。这不,立刻来找温小娘子赔罪了。”

罗娘子眉梢一挑,哟,太阳打西边出来了!

贾氏也有主动求和的一天?
这是被温婉打痛求饶了?

温婉浑然不察二楼小娘子们的交锋,她来到接待处,只问杨氏:“她买了瑞果浆?”

杨氏是红楼里唯一一个认字的女工,因此温婉将她放在前台,“嗯,这位夫人买了三坛,让送到元府。”

温婉摸不清贾氏突然示好是何套路,心中隐约不安,只敲击桌面,“记清她的脸,下次她再踏入红楼一步,立刻通知我。”

“大侄女!!”

温婉恍惚间听见猪精的声音。

猪精此刻应该在平县。

真是。

她竟然出现幻觉了!

一扭头,险些被吓得魂飞魄散,入目可及范围内,一只肥硕圆润的年猪正晃荡着腰间肥肉朝她“duang duang dudang”而来。

“大侄女!”

猪精看见温婉犹如看见亲人,险些撞到温婉怀里,温婉吓得花容失色连连后退,好不容易才稳住绿茶般温柔的笑,“呀,朱掌柜!”

她又看见后面板车上的梅清和安重荣,这回笑得真情实意,“梅姐姐,重荣!你们怎么来了?”

“少东家!”

梅清抹着眼泪从板车上下来,只差没跪下和温婉磕头,倒是安重荣,许久不见反而生疏,扭扭捏捏的待在母亲身后,只探头探脑的偷偷看她,“温掌柜…好。”

温婉笑着摸摸安重荣的头,朱旺拍着胸脯很是得意,“这不是粮食收了嘛,就赶紧送过来给雷掌柜。刚巧你家这娇娇账房说要来跟你说说平县酒坊的事儿,我就顺道将这母子俩带过来了。哎哟,我生怕耽误事,一路上走得可快了!哪知昨天那么大雨,愣是到今天才入城!”

朱旺绝口不提自己惧怕老妻按着自己再生个幺儿的事情。

生?
他都五十多了!

再说他肚子这么大,自己就能快生了!

几人站在红楼门边,朱旺进城就听说今日有个红楼搞什么妇女节活动,盛况空前,城里好多小娘子都去了。他还纳闷,城里人真会玩,还弄劳什子妇女节,再一打听,好家伙,红楼竟是夜叉的产业!

朱旺立刻改了口风,喷了那个“女人就该老老实实在家相夫教子,整日在外头学妖艳荡妇不安分”的男子。

夜叉的产业,自然有他朱叔的功劳!
他朱旺与有荣焉!
“大侄女,早听人说你在播州城里呼风唤雨,没想到是真的!哎哟……”朱旺上上下下的打量,看着里面穿着整齐统一的女工,听着后院传来振聋发聩的说书人的声音,只觉得这红楼贵气十足,比平县最咬人的酒楼还要牛掰,“你看看咱家这红楼,整个天水府独一份!”

温婉对猪精的马屁早已免疫,“今天红楼有活动,不是说话的地方。陈妈!”

陈妈抱着孩子从后院钻出来,“把梅姐姐送回咱家里,她舟车劳累了一路,让人好好照料着。”

陈妈刚听了一半《战春风》,刚听到男主带回一个怀孕的绿茶,正百爪挠心呢,就被温婉安排了差事。

好在梅娘子连连摆手拒绝,“少东家,先不急。听说今儿个城里有妇女节促销活动,布庄能打五折呢!我想…我想先去逛逛!”

陈妈正松一口气,抱着珲哥儿就准备往里面钻去听戏,不曾想那头温婉又笑着说:“你带着孩子怎么逛?先把重荣送回家,温静也一直念叨着他呢。不带孩子,你好好逛!逛完了就回这里来!”

温婉顺手抓起柜台下的攒盒,从里掏出散碎银子塞到梅清手里,“这半年你辛苦了,拿着这些好好逛。我去定一桌席面,咱晚上热闹热闹。”

梅清去逛街,朱旺则拉着粮食去雷家交接。

等到了晚上几人才碰上面。

一家人酒足饭饱后,朱旺便和便宜爹嘀咕到一堆去,梅清则跟着温婉等人去书房看账本。

温婉看平县酒坊的账本。

梅清则看红楼的账本。

片刻后,两人都很满意。

梅清阖上账本,平复心中情绪,“姑娘,红楼这买卖一本万利!”

温婉也道:“平县账本做得清楚明了,整体看来和去年收益差不多。瑞果浆的生意虽然不如预期,但是考虑到平县的消费能力,就算是我也只能做到这个程度。更何况你兼任账房和管事,又是空降,底下定然有人不服你。短时间内你能把事情盘顺,已经极不容易。”

梅清一愣。

这辈子世人都说她是个无福之人,可她却不赞同。

能跟这样体贴温柔的掌柜,是她最大的福气!

“托您的福!”梅清在来的路上就盘算得清清楚楚,“若非有您在播州周旋,我也不会跟重荣这样快团聚。”

梅清膝盖一弯,跪在温婉身侧,“安保年在回程路上被人打断了腿,回来后便吵嚷着说播州有个道士说过重荣八字克他,于是他一回家就连夜让人将他送了过来。”小娘子仰头,啜泣望着灯火中那人的身影,“我知道都是少东家…您之前就说过,迟早会让我和重荣团聚。”

“少东家,我是真没想到,您如此信守承诺。”

“梅姐姐,我说过的,只要你忠心为我办事,我就当你是我温婉的朋友。而我,”温婉笑着扶起梅清,“从来不会亏待朋友。”

梅清泪水涟涟起身,又听那小娘子问:“你说,安保年在回家路上被人打断了腿?”

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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