The Precious Lady – Chapter 200

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第200章 消失的温静

陈妈一脸痛苦,言辞很委婉,“老爷,您快些出发吧,再不走赶不上今晚的落脚点了。”

温老爹又嘱咐温婉,吃好喝好拉好。

温婉听得头皮发麻,推着温老爹往外走,“爹,您快些出发吧,再不走赶不上今晚的落脚点了。”

等依依不舍的送别温老爹和柳姨娘后,几个人慢悠悠的回城转了一圈,等回温家的时候,陈妈忽然跳了起来,“天爷!二小姐呢???!!!!”

温婉和红梅双双傻眼!
红梅眸光颤颤:“我记得…早上她跟我们一起去了城门送老爷……然后呢……”

温婉扶额,想起昨晚温静跑过来问能不能让她帮着求求爹,带温静去播州玩,惨遭温婉一口回绝。

甚至温静小朋友还献祭出她身上为数不多的十位数铜板,以求贿赂她达到不可告人的目的。

“她多半是趁着人多的时候钻上马车,跟着父亲去播州了!”

陈妈唬了一跳,“天爷!二小姐胆子也太大了!难怪她前两日总念叨着去播州——”

温婉苦笑,一想到柳姨娘行到半路突然发现钻出个小孩儿,手边又没有趁手的工具,应当是技痒难耐。

“可惜啊,早知道妹妹要去,就该给母亲的行囊里装一根藤条。”

陈妈笑得邪恶,“大姑娘放心。我那天帮夫人收拾行囊的时候,顺手就把藤条放进去了,本来想取出来,夫人说看着藤条就像看到了二小姐,所以一起装进去了。”

三人环视一圈,随后均露出邪恶摇粒绒的微笑。

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所谓山中无老虎猴子称大王。

温老爹和柳依依一走,整个温家便是温婉的天下。

她现在就是峨眉山的猴子,要风得风要雨得雨。

酒坊那一堆事由梅清暂领,她这个东家躲在幕后,每日也就看着账面上一点一点回笼的资金,盘算着怎么做大做强,再不济就是看看程允章送来给她打发无聊的话本子和游记。

温婉不喜欢看话本子。

话本子的故事全是傻逼千金爱上负心书生,傻逼千金跟家丁私奔,傻逼千金轮回转世还爱上书生和私奔。

但凡有钱有貌的姑娘,全特么是恋爱脑,为了男人要死要活,美其名曰高尚纯真的爱情。

全是掌握话语权的男性YY爽文。

这让后世遭受过短剧荼毒的温婉,恨不得亲自上手写上几本,什么霸道皇帝爱上村妇、最强赘婿、师祖再爱我一次、xx夫人今日下堂,保管让大陈朝的老百姓大开眼界。

如今的温婉挺着大肚子,像是平县的街溜子,整日除了酒坊溜溜,便是家里溜溜。

陈妈知道她闲不住,但也最怕她闲不住,双生子啊,比其他妇人怀孕和生产都要凶险数倍,更何况温家子嗣不丰,全家都指望着温婉这胎呢。

不光陈妈,红梅现在也是寸步不离的守着温婉。

红梅好说话,只不准她做两件事。

一是这不准。

二是那不准。

陈妈每天都来瞅温婉在屋子里做啥。

红梅便答:“姑娘在做温家酒坊做大做强之十年计划。”

“十年?”陈妈蹙眉,“那时候我都快死了。看不到温家酒坊强大的那一天。不能让姑娘做个五年计划吗?”

红梅笑笑,不置可否。

后来红梅亲眼目睹姑娘翻烂了账本,写完了大字,做完了计划,甚至联络工匠将头像制成印信满屋子盖章——

她家姑娘终于疯了。

好在梅清拎着几个酒肆的账本出现在温家。

温婉还没来得及对几个酒肆进行改革,倒是先把娃给揣上,这无疑绊住了她的脚步。

几个酒肆暂时只能按照之前的模式继续发展。

“少东家,几个酒肆的账本已经送过来了,我昨夜核对一番后,发现基本没有太大的出入。但是咱们卖酒是个细水长流的活儿,资金回笼慢,这第一个季度抛去酒坊伙计的工钱和运输成本,盈利只有两三百两银子。跟去年相比…少了大约两成……”

两三百两?

挣钱真他娘的难!
梅清轻咬贝齿,脸上露出一抹难堪,“少东家,是我不好。广济那边效益不好,全是因为我的过错。”

温婉将广济县酒肆的账本拿出来快速扫了两眼,那位温家族人做的账本不堪入目,梅清一个字一个字的核对纠正后,温婉看起来才不那么吃力。

“先前我和那位温掌柜闹不和,他放出流言…用我下堂妇的身份造谣……”梅清咬牙切齿,“他还说我跟酒肆的男客人们拉扯不清,对酒肆名誉造成了极大损害,连带着影响碧芳酒的销量——”

原本以为温婉会生气,不料那小娘子手持账本,眼睛也不抬,“那证明你在权力斗争中占了上风,对家黔驴技穷,只能造谣。”

尤其是…造黄谣。

见梅清神色复杂的模样,温婉合上账本,笑眯眯说道:“妇人抛头露面的做生意,这种事少不了。只有庸者才怕被人评说。只要没像这一次动手掳人,或是真刀真枪的伤及自身,流言算个屁。挣到银子才是王道。”

梅清笑得勉强。

知易行难,她什么时候才能像少东家那般豁达。

“咱们的瑞果浆这一次去播州展览,说不定真能带回定单。如今马师傅和冯水根都不在,酒坊那边也空出人来。你挑两个得力的去咱们县附近看看山头——”

梅清心领神会,“少东家是想种植葡萄?”

“今年可以先从马师傅老家那边拉来,可如果以后市场变大,葡萄供不应求,后续产量肯定跟不上。这些都得提前考虑。”

梅清点头。

看山头啊。

那可不简单。

得看有没有山头空出来,还得是土壤肥沃适合葡萄生长的,平县一带没有会种植葡萄的,得提前培养农人。这一桩一件件,做起来可不简单。

温婉笑着安慰她:“不必着急。至少今年还有时间。”

梅清是个急性子,温婉一下令,她就忙活上了。

时间一晃便是两个月。

七月底,暑热加剧,温宅犹如密不透风的盒子,吹来的一丝夜风都冒着暑热。

200章啦,月票、推荐票交出来~~
(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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