The Precious Lady – Chapter 366

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第366章 开业

温婉这走也不是,留也不是,只好低咳一声,开始胡乱寒暄,“许小娘子…你怎么在这儿?”

得。

第一句话就问出了心声。

许小娘子脸色羞赧,垂下眸去,眼神犹如林间小鹿,说话间睫毛都在颤抖,“侯爷不在家中,这后院乱成一团,我想着侯爷若是回来,总不好一口热茶热汤都没有,于是便厚着脸皮帮侯爷打理一番。”

温婉表示:大妹子牛逼啊!

大陈朝风气不算开放,对女子规矩甚多,温婉一直遵守规则游戏,下意识的避开程允章和魏峥,就怕别人风言风语影响她做生意。

不曾想许小娘子反其道而行之,明知山有虎偏向虎山行。

也不知道许小娘子有没有听过“魏皇后来了”的故事。

这比“狼来了”还恐怖万分!
温婉想提醒许小娘子,珍爱生命,远离魏峥,但想了想又作罢。

人家郎才女貌的一对璧人,轮得到她这个歪瓜裂枣来反对吗?

事实证明,魏峥和她是郎才女貌。

魏峥和许小娘子也可以是郎才女貌。

郎才女貌的根本不在于两个人是否相爱,而在于……两个人长得好不好看。

但凡长得好看的凑一对,都能赞一句郎才女貌。

长得丑的就算躺一张床上,所有人都觉得两人之间清清白白。

温婉很懊恼,不过面上不显,反而鼓励许小娘子:“许小娘子可真是个贴心人。我师兄有你这样的红颜知己,真是他的福分。”

温婉强忍腹中酸涩,随意和许小娘子攀谈了两句,许小娘子又提起她的红楼,笑着找她要请柬,“温姐姐,你红楼开张那日我定前来捧场。侯爷对我有恩,你又是侯爷的师妹,如今侯爷不在城内,无论如何我都得帮着你把场面撑起来,绝不让你被人看轻。”

得得得。

又是恩情。

温婉倒想知道有多大的恩情,值得许小娘子这样步步紧逼。

不就是英雄救美…恩将仇报…啊不对…以身相许嘛,这一招都是她温婉玩剩下的!

话都说到此处,温婉不得不让红梅拿出一张帖子,话里话外不动声色的挤兑,“许小娘子身份贵重,若是您来捧场,我这红楼将来万事不愁。我那儿研究了好些甜品糖水,既是自家人,那您可得好好帮我把场子撑起来。”

呵,不让你倾家荡产你出不了红楼的大门!
许小娘子显然被温婉这句“一家人”砸得晕晕乎乎,贝齿轻咬,脸颊羞红,全然听不出温婉语气里的森然,“温姐姐放心,我一定来!”

红楼就这么悄无声息的开业了。

没有炮仗、没有舞龙舞狮队、没有热闹,就这么平平静静的在门上挂了一个“营业中”的招牌。

有那喜凑热闹的西城百姓来瞅了。

回去告诉众人:啥也没见着!就看见个柜台,柜台上坐着一老妇!

这回可吊足了众人的胃口!
明明先前装修得如火如荼,一副要将整个西城带动起来的架势,怎么开业反而冷冷清清。

曹小娘子来的时候,也是这样的想法。

她再三确认门口那块“营业中”的招牌,又踌躇了半晌才入内。

“欢迎光临!”

门口那位大姐站了起来,笑容标准鞠躬,态度热络得让曹小娘子一激灵,她期期艾艾的掏出那张请柬,那大姐双手接过认真查看起来。

曹小娘子来之前就打听过,今日红楼开业虽然一片清净,但收到请柬的人户非富即贵,自然更重隐私,清净一些也是人之常情。

倒是因为买瑞果浆送出去的请柬只有寥寥几张,曹小娘子难免自惭形秽,思来想去,很不情愿的将邻居朱大姐拉上来长见识。

此刻看着一脸审查请柬的老妇,曹小娘子有些心慌,只怕因为她的请柬是免费赠送而被人看轻,不料朱大姐却丝毫不怯场,还跟那老妇搭上话,“哟,大姐,瞧您一把年纪了,您还认字啊?”

陈妈想瘪嘴,不过想到大姑娘的耳提面命,她又憋回去了。

她半截身子都快入土了,会认什么字?

陈妈脸上的笑容无可挑剔:“不认字,但是能认这请柬的材质。东家说了,请柬的纸张和外面的纸不一样,只要摸材质就能认得自家的客人。两位夫人,您请进。”

不笑不行啊。

不微笑服务会被扣工钱的!
大姑娘心可真黑啊!

曹小娘子暗道:只要收了请柬进去这大门以后便没有知道我的请柬是赠送的。

曹小娘子满心满脑都畏惧因为一张小小请柬被人看不起,朱大姐却浑然没有这样的烦恼,她拽着曹小娘子走得飞快,随后伴随着光线一灭,朱大姐拍手笑道:“奇了!还从没见到过哪家酒楼在一楼做这样的设计!”

谁能想到,红楼一楼只有入口处,往右走几米便是一个曲线弧形通道,右手边门窗直接封闭,半点光也透不进来,两旁开凿壁龛,隔一米便摆放琉璃烛台和熏香,走在里面有曲径通幽之感,仿佛一脚从青天白日踏入桂花飘香的夜晚。

曹小娘子也奇道:“所有酒楼都恨不得一楼门窗全部卸掉,最好亮堂堂的,这红楼倒是一反常态,反而将一楼设计成黑漆漆的。这样一来,曲径通幽、柳暗花明,让人一下精神舒适。”

曹小娘子没有研究过人类学,因此不知道黑夜才是人类的舒适圈。她只是觉得从外面燥热的白天,一脚踏入这熏香的黑暗中,整个人瞬间轻松下来。

而朱大姐可听不懂什么曲径通幽、柳暗花明,她和曹小娘子一前一后走在曲径里,大约走了数十米,她很是疑惑:“我记得红楼的大堂也不大啊,怎么这七拐八拐的走了好几十米也没出去?”

话音刚落,眼前又忽而大亮。

曹小娘子扭头看了一眼,笑道:“温掌柜可真是个妙人,利用纵深来拉长距离——”

朱大姐摆手,“听不懂!哎,这边有瓜果!”

进过了曲径,他们来到了正堂的等待室,里面摆放着一把把太师椅,旁边小几上摆着一碟子切好的瓜果,有一小娘子走上前来招呼,“两位客人请在这里稍作等待,我们会有专人引您上二楼。”

哟,还要上二楼。

里面这门道可真多!

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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