The Precious Lady – Chapter 198

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第198章 溜狐狸

程允章不愧是丹青圣手,只消片刻,便用寥寥几笔勾出了一个绰约曼妙的头像。

姚老夫人只看一眼便笑着说:“像!有婉娘的神韵。”

姚世真也道:“不错。只用几笔,便抓住人物的神韵,修文丹青造诣远在我之上也!”

程允章连忙道:“不敢跟老师相提并论。”

他又看向温婉,解释道:“若这画像太过圆满,反而不美。只需一个脸部轮廓,看得出是女子即可。”

温婉笑着说道:“留白嘛。这个我略知一二。”

程允章很想知道,温婉对于丹青的略知一二,是钓鱼的略懂还是下棋的略懂。

见温婉满意,程允章学着她的样子伸出手,笑吟吟问她:“师妹许诺的十两银子呢?”

温婉满腹心思都放在那小像上,她美滋滋的将小像折叠起来揣进袖囊之中,“将我的欠款额度提升到二百一十两!到时候一起还给师兄!”

程允章冷笑,“你刚卖了瑾瑜师兄的贺礼,获得赃款五百六十两!”

“哎…师兄谨言慎行…这个可不兴乱说啊!”温婉脑子里盘算着将这头像做成印信,印到每一壶瑞果浆上去,她就自己给自家产品代言!

“修文师兄姓程是吧?”

程允章不知她突然问他这个作甚,只是眉梢一扬。

“程家酒坊和我温家酒坊算是生意场上的对手是吧?”

程允章单薄的唇紧紧抿着,“师妹想说什么?”

那小娘子灿然一笑。

“骗对家的钱…发展我自己的酒坊…这有什么不对吗?”

程允章:……

姚世真“啧啧啧”,“这丫头…属藕的,心眼一个又一个!”

难得见程允章吃瘪,温婉哈哈大笑,双手将十两银子奉上,“修文师兄,润笔费…刚逗你玩的。”

逗他玩?
那可不行。只有他能遛狐狸,狐狸却不能遛他。

嗯,下回再遛。

四月,天气开始炎热。

温老爹已经着手收拾行囊,清点人手去播州参加五月份的青梅煮酒盛会。

温婉怀着双生子,如今腹部已初见雏形,看着比寻常怀孕五个月的腰身要粗上一圈。因此这半年来她的脚步只在平县附近。

好在腹中孩子懂事听话,除了前三个月折腾得她厉害,孩子一折腾她,她就念《三字经》《千字文》等进行母爱教育。

虽说娃应该还没有发育出五官,但不妨碍她鸡娃。

后来发现,她肚子里的娃好像也不是个爱读书的,一听到她念书,很快偃旗息鼓,她也不再孕吐。

嗯,找到以后治娃的方法了。

温婉一直秉承着鸡娃不如鸡自己的想法,你鸡娃,娃不听你的;还不如鸡自己,给娃创造一个生下来就能躺平的环境,这不就能减少母子或母女矛盾吗?

温老爹很是放心不下,临走前把陈妈、柳依依等人叫到书房开会,又是一番敲打、又是一番耳提面命,让他们务必看好他大孙子。

温婉瞧见柳姨娘依依不舍的模样,笑着努嘴:“爹,你此去播州,少说也得两个月时间,路上无人照顾,不若将姨娘…哦…母亲带上吧。”

柳依依拍着胸脯,“大姑娘,你要是实在改不过口,索性别改了。你就按从前的叫我,咱一家人不讲这些。”

主要是…柳依依战胜白月光后,有些心虚。

抢了温婉亲娘的正头娘子位置,还让大姑娘叫她母亲,柳依依只怕夜半温婉娘亲入她梦中质问。

“那可不行。不能叫别人说咱家是那没有规矩的地方。”

温老爹却不肯,执拗的要留下柳依依:“依依留下,方便照顾你。你爹我是糟老头子,不是产妇。”

有时候,温婉很佩服便宜爹的冷幽默。

她觑一眼温老爹光亮的脑门,暗叹自家爹有自知之明。

温婉笑着说道:“爹,让柳姨娘去播州,除了照顾您老人家的饮食起居,还有其他用途。”

柳依依:嗯?我咋不知道呢?

见两人双双疑惑的望过来,温婉笑着问温老爹:“爹,咱这次去播州参加煮酒大会,主要目的是什么?”

“自然是将咱家的瑞果浆发扬光大,打开销路!最好一举夺魁!”

温婉提醒温老爹:“这煮酒大会的魁首都是榷商们拿重金砸的!”

温老爹拍拍腰间鼓囊囊的钱袋子,“闺女,咱有钱!爹给你砸个榜首回来!”

温婉气急,“你把钱袋子给我还回来!我给你一百两不是让你去贿赂评审的!给我退一半回来!”

温老爹见闺女急眼,忍不住哈哈大笑,“爹知道呢,爹逗你玩呢!你爹我去过播州好几回,哪儿能不知道青梅煮酒大会的魁首不过是各家酒商你争我夺的噱头?这一百两银子砸下去…水花都没一个呢!咱这一次重在参与!”

“对!”温婉这才放心,她先前还生怕便宜爹被人一拱,便铁着头花光家中积蓄,去砸个奖杯回来,那才是得不偿失,“您记住了,咱家现在穷得响叮当!就这一百两银子还是魏大人友情赞助。您得省着点花,千万别去上当受骗!”

一想到这儿,温老爹只觉得腰包烫手,“闺女啊,你说…魏大人应该是个很和气的人吧?”

“和气?”温婉冷冷笑,“听义父说,年初的时候他将并州城大门一关,把那些大户们当年猪似的杀了个干净,又在沿海岛屿带船出海,杀了藏匿在沿岸渔民村子里的倭人,将他们头颅砍下一颗颗悬在城墙上,任凭鸟雀啄尸,用以震慑走私的大户。”

温老爹眼皮直跳,早听说淮安候魏峥心狠手辣,不曾想杀大户跟杀猪似的。

权贵者恐怖如斯!
“那要不然…咱把那些东西给赎回来吧!他要是知道你当掉他送的贺礼,那咱…不就跟倭人一样的下场吗?”

小娘子眼睛冷沁沁的,“咱家现在连酒坊伙计的工钱都发不出来。爹是想现在酒坊散伙?”

见温老爹被她吓得脸色发白,不由一笑,“放心吧爹。我悄悄问过义父了,义父说瑾瑜师兄是个护短之人,我好说也算是他师妹,勉强是半个自家人。咱尽快周转回来,将东西赎回就行了。他也总不至于对我一小小弱女子赶尽杀绝吧。”

(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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