The Precious Lady – Chapter 104

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第104章 有文化的镖师
路遇一处卖汤圆的小摊贩前,温婉拉着赵恒坐下,笑眯眯的点了两份酒酿圆子,“这几天每次经过这里,都想吃一碗甜腻腻暖呼呼的糯米醪糟,这家还放了桂花,远远闻着就很香。一直没有机会尝试,就怕陈妈说我又在外面吃。”

赵恒笑着说道:“陈妈喜欢吃赵记点心铺的桂花糕,待会给她带一盒堵她的嘴,定然叫她无话可说。”

“这主意好!红梅喜欢凤眼糕,绿萍喜欢金丝小枣,温静喜欢天桥旁那家烧饼,都买一份。这样他们也不好抱怨咱们吃独食啦。”

赵恒笑,大约只有温家才会这样主不像主,仆不像仆。瞧他家娘子这端水的水平,全都照顾到,谁也说不出一个不字。

“那爹呢?”

“爹年纪大了,不好吃甜食。实在不行,买点花生瓜子让他下酒。”

酒酿圆子上桌,温婉问他策论写得如何,赵恒便如实道:“若只是单独写一篇交差倒还好,只不过有程公子珠玉在前,要想写出一篇惊艳绝伦让姚老爷子挑不出毛病的文章…得很费一番功夫。目前略有小成,回去给娘子看。”

温婉对此事不抱太大希望。

赵恒不过是镖师,能认字读书已是不易,真论写文章的水平,他二人估计半斤八两。

温婉自认肚子里有货,却无法用妙笔生花的形式呈现出来。

而赵恒嘛,一个镖师能有多大文化水平?
两人凑一起,无非是一对卧龙和凤雏而已。

害,早知道就不受那程允章的激将法,答应姚老爷子写什么破文章。

她是文盲这事…藏不住了。

夫妻双双把家还,果然一进门就被陈妈逮个正着。

陈妈系着围裙,手里还拿着锅铲,看见两人手里大包小包就知道这两人又去吃独食了,当下眉头一皱就准备开始吟唱——

好在赵恒及时打断陈妈施法。

他笑吟吟的将凤眼糕递过去,“陈妈,你爱吃的凤眼糕。”

温婉则招呼红梅和绿萍二人,“来来来,都有份…都有份。绿萍、红梅,我给你们买了爱吃的金丝小枣和肉饼。”

两个丫头欢呼一声,拥在温婉左右。

陈妈唇角比AK还难压,语气却埋怨:“我一老太婆,吃啥甜的,没得惯坏了下人!”

两人相携回了院子。

温婉迫不及待想看赵恒写的策论,赵恒在书架上找了一会儿随后摊在书桌上,难得见赵恒脸上露出腼腆的神态,“写得不好,让娘子笑话。”

温婉却哈哈一笑,“无妨,你我半斤八两,咱一屋子文盲,谁也不嫌弃谁。”

好歹赵恒的字比她好看不是。

温婉扫一眼赵恒的策论,忍不住念出声来。

“天菑频仍,何代无之。”

“今并州饥荒,草根树肤尽,而骨肉交噉,以缓一旦之命。天子愁心,官僚嗟叹,求可以救苏民生,皆不能外征之,蠲赈之利,二者岂非拯溺之心笃乎?然贫者贫,富者田无获,亦贫。”

“父子、兄弟、夫妻,互割而食,死者二十人存一,骼脔载途,岌岌无民,夫何至此极乎。古之救荒者,多议散利薄征,二事今已谆论,而孑遗果实受其惠乎?管晏贾晁处此,亦别有出於赈蠲之外乎?吏岂皆不才,无一二人奉德意,民岂皆愿盗之日炽,更横欺民乎?民猾欺吏乎?当遵何道以杜之,令下日,泯其怨吏之言乎?”

温婉傻眼了。

不是,兄弟,说好一起讨饭,你咋先开上路虎了?

这…她认识这些字…但是这些字不认识她啊!
一整套“之乎者也”打得她脑袋发懵,她愣愣的仰头看着那人,“夫君啊,你真的是镖——”

那一句“镖师”到了嘴边又滑了回去。

赵恒还不知道他真实身份是走镖的呢。

“你真是彪悍!”温婉低咳一声,“这…真是你写的?”

赵恒眯着眼睛笑,又摸摸她的头,“资料不全,随手写的,且看个乐子。”

大哥,你这样显得我像一只九漏呆鱼哎!

刚才她还口口声声半斤八两,结果转眼就变成了她半斤废铁,赵恒八两黄金是吧?
不过…大陈朝的镖师…文化水平这么高的吗?

温婉咽下满腹疑惑,一字一句看得很慢,文言文晦涩,她看得一知半解,还得依靠赵恒讲解所引用之典故。

温婉看完全篇后,难掩震惊,她虽不懂古代的策论,可却觉得赵恒这篇文章论据清晰论点扎实,可谓含金量极高,甚至丝毫不亚于程允章那一篇。

温婉忽然很好奇,屠二爷不是说赵恒亲口说自己家中务农,因力气惊人,才拜了镖局的师父走镖吗?

难不成这“务农”一事不过是谦辞,实则赵恒是拥有良田百亩的地主?
屠二爷给她网了个啥大鱼呀。

温婉心里“咯噔咯噔”,只觉得脑瓜子有点疼。

见温婉对着策论发呆,赵恒轻轻撞一下她肩膀,又摸摸她的脸,“娘子…怎么了?”

温婉笑得勉强,“刚酒酿圆子吃多了,有些发醉。”

“我给你弄一碗醒酒汤?”赵恒转身便走,却被温婉从后面抱住,她在他后背蹭啊蹭,像只无依无靠的小猫小狗般惹人怜惜。

赵恒被她弄得有些痒,又似乎察觉到她的低落,便笑着问:“怎么了?”

温婉摇头,瓮声瓮气的说:“就是突然发现夫君很优秀。”

优秀到她不安的程度。

优秀到她觉得烫手,想立刻扔掉她的手办。

优秀到她恐惧赵恒找回记忆的那一日。

她从来就是个一头往前冲绝不回头的人,招赵恒上门为赘,她自认一切都在她掌控之中,无论什么结局她都能游刃有余应对。

可是刚才那一瞬温婉突然惊觉。

如果……赵恒…原本的性格比她强势呢?如果他原本是天之骄子的存在呢?如果他根本不想成为赘婿呢?
那么他们…一定会成为仇人。

赵恒听到她这孩子气般的发言,不由转过身来,笑着拍拍怀里那个毛茸茸的脑袋,“我再优秀,也是娘子的。”

温婉却将他抱得更紧。

不。

她不要想这些。

既然做了乘人之危的事,就一坏到底。

只要在赵恒找回记忆之前怀上孩子,她就能用一场“假死”让赵恒消失。

退一万步说,就算将来赵恒找回来,她占着“孩子生母”的道德高地,不信赵恒能铁了心弄死她。

想法虽然无耻,却绝对好用。

所以。

得尽快怀上孩子。

“夫君当然是我的。”抬头间,温婉绽出笑颜,“只不过你这篇文章写得太好,姚老爷子清楚我肚子里有多少货,说是我写的他定然是不相信的。”

(本章完)

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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