The Precious Lady – Chapter 151

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第151章 武夫打拳
——轰。

天空一声惊雷。

刚刚还晴空万里,秋雨说下便下。

姚老夫人掩唇一笑,也不拆程允章的台,“是,温小娘子好不容易来一次,留下用饭吧。今日他俩去河里网了一娄虾蟹,给你做蟹黄面。”

姚世真重重一哼,一甩衣袖,“丫头片子嘴巴那么利害,跟我干仗后还想留饭?还要吃我辛苦网来的蟹?”

得。

看姚老爷子那吹胡子瞪眼的样子,这次拜师又没希望了。

温婉敛了神色,嬉皮笑脸的走在最前头,“那您继续生气吧,我待会还得吃两碗饭再离开。”

姚世真瞥见温婉那混不吝的样子,摇头叹息:“硕鼠啊,家里好大一只硕鼠…粮食都被硕鼠给吃光了…”

姚老夫人笑着挽住温婉的手,低声在她耳边道:“别听那老头子胡诌!好久没看到他吹胡子瞪眼的样子!丫头,下次再来,咱联手治他!”

温婉捏捏姚老夫人的手,“夫人,我拜入姚先生门下的事…就拜托您了…您可一定要帮我多吹吹枕头风啊!”

姚老夫人轻轻拍她一下,脸上流露出少女的羞涩,“没大没小,什么枕边风?!”

“哎呀,我下次给您带话本子,最近很流行的那个什么《月下传》!”

姚老夫人立刻接受这贿赂,“好,这枕头风…我帮你吹了。”

温婉忍住笑。

用过晚膳,天色渐黑,雨倒是止住些许,淅沥沥的下。

姚老爷子将她送到门前廊下,姚夫人让她稍作等待,于是三个人在廊下排排站。

温婉见身边程允章站得笔直,蹙眉偏头:“程公子不归家吗?”

姚老爷子冷哼一声,“他那家天天有人要债,影响他读书,索性就搬到我这里来。”

到底隔了一层,不好说元敬的是非。

即使不满,姚老爷子却也没落话。

难怪。

刚才温婉说要离开,姚老夫人没出口挽留,大约是觉得她已婚妇女和程允章住同一个屋檐下容易被人说道是非。

“要债?”温婉假装后知后觉,莞尔一笑,“元六郎虽然跑了,可到底程家元家还在,千金赌坊老板为何还要对程公子围追堵截?”

这千金赌坊去找程允章要债…是不是得给刘老哥提个醒?
“倒也算不上围追堵截,只是隔三差五的来,看着心烦。”

温婉又看向姚世真。

姚老爷子被她看得毛骨悚然,总觉得这丫头心怀叵测,“作甚?”

“姚老先生…我知道我策论写得不好,但您这次别拿我文章垫桌脚。”

“我说实话吧…其实写文章并非我擅长之事……”

姚老爷子被她逗笑,知她拐弯抹角的打听自己是否有收徒之意,可偏又不想她如愿,便跟逗猫儿似的问:“那你擅长什么?”

“我啊…”小娘子眼睛一转,整个脸如春风拂过,荡漾着浅浅的笑意,“我擅长作诗。”

反正是架空历史,唐诗三百首不用白不用。

淦。

早知道营造一个才女的人设,温家碧芳酒是不是能卖得更好?

可是,姚老爷子和程允章显然并不买账。

“一个字都写不利索的人还说作诗?”姚老爷子捋着胡须,“好啊,你下次若能写一首令人拍案叫绝的诗,我就考虑收你为徒!”

温婉一点一点的往姚世真身边挪,脸上又浮现起那种吊儿郎当猥琐的笑意,她讨好又谄媚的叫,“老师。我一定努力成为你开门关门的女弟子。”

“没皮没脸!”姚世真被温婉的厚脸皮逗笑,随后才疾言厉色的训斥,“还没入门呢,叫什么老师?不许乱叫。”

“好的老师。”

程允章哑然失笑。

明明温小娘子年纪不大,偏偏和“油腻”“猥琐”等词沾边,仿佛乖巧灵动的皮囊下,藏着…一位大腹便便的油腻大叔。

他真想捏一下温小娘子的脸,看看是什么做的竟这般厚实。

油腻男伸手冲师娘招手,声音又甜又软,“师娘来啦?”

一回头,程允章便看见师娘带着下人抱着小酒翁大小的陶瓷缸子迎面走来,里面装着虾蟹,师娘一听温婉叫她“师娘”,眉开眼笑,偏被姚老爷子打断,“这丫头,脸皮忒厚…我可没答应收她做女弟子!”

温婉笑着说道:“早晚的事儿嘛。是吧,师父?”

姚老爷子被她气了个仰倒。

姚夫人抿唇笑,“今日从河里刚捞出来的虾蟹,我见你席间很喜欢吃,你让下人拿回去…给你父亲和相公也尝尝鲜。”

“我夫君吃河鲜会得风疹,他没这口福,师娘给我一个人吃可好?”

“都给你!”姚老夫人携手温婉,步行亲自将她送到车上,又殷切嘱托,“下次来把你那位夫君带上。他既不能吃河鲜,我便命人做些他喜欢吃的。”

温婉笑着应了一声。

“哎,这丫头走了…终于清净了…”

姚世真抽身往里走。

见姚世真话语嫌弃,但眼角眉梢都是笑意,程允章内心暗道:其实…老师很喜欢温小娘子吧?

他抬眼望一眼廊下悬挂的绢布黄灯,风吹雨打,摇摇晃晃,映照着他孤影一只。

温小娘子一离开,仿佛也带走这庭院的欢声笑语,只留一地落寞。

抬眼间,男子眉宇间愁绪淡去,笑着说道:“温掌柜每次来,家中都很热闹,席间师娘都多用了一碗饭。”

“你师娘她…喜欢姑娘…不曾想连生两个儿子。她时常说,姑娘好,姑娘贴心。”

边说着话,两人回了书房,见姚世真四处寻找,程允章才一抖衣袖,一沓纸才从其中滑落,“老师…是在找温小娘子的策论吗?”

姚世真扭头,“怎么在你手里?”

“温小娘子这篇策论虽然文风朴实,用词朴素,都是些大白话…但是论点新颖,数据详实,读来让人耳目一新,有可取之处。学生本想拿回去琢磨一番…”

“那是。这丫头文章相比上次进步很大,可见是用了心的……”姚老先生一捋胡须,语气与有荣焉,随后话锋一转,“既然如此…那你先前为何批她文章犹如武夫打拳?”

熏黄的灯笼柔光下,年轻男子肌肤白皙如玉,他略垂了头,唇角轻抿,脸上泛起奇异的笑来。

“温小娘子狐狸尾巴翘得太高,学生不想她太得意。”

片刻,屋内便是姚老爷子爽朗的大笑声!
雨,似乎止住了。

(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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