The Precious Lady – Chapter 397

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第397章 山寨
“是吗?”魏峥微微挑眉,他拿起筷子瞬间,众人石头“砰砰砰”落地,只以为魏峥终于高抬贵手放他们一马的时候,那男人邪气一笑,“说起来,温师妹的夫婿已经亡故一年。温师妹难道就没有再觅良缘的打算?”

温婉头皮发紧。

再觅良缘?

那也得等这段孽缘结束!

“没有。”温婉摇头如拨浪鼓,说话间“chua”一声掏出罗帕擦眼泪,面上也带出两分凄苦之色,“我和先夫情深义重,生是他的人,死是他的鬼!这辈子除了他,我再不会另嫁他人。我只想好好养大两个孩子,还请侯爷莫要拿此事取笑我。”

又是先夫。

又是情深义重。

又是那该死的灵魂伴侣。

魏峥唇角的笑容一寸寸冻结,温维明连忙附和,“对对对,都是我和夫人玩笑之语,做不得真。害,只怪姑爷命苦,若是他还活着…定然和婉娘二人琴瑟和鸣,做一对羡煞旁人的鸳鸯!”

鸳鸯?

魏峥看眼前这盘小鸡炖蘑菇里的鸡都分外不顺眼了。

“如此说来,老爷子也不着急温师妹的婚事?”

“不着急,不着急!”温维明连连摆手,“儿孙自有儿孙福!”

魏峥眼里泛起温柔的笑意,“若有青年才俊心悦温师妹上门求亲,老爷子也不反对?”

“不反对!”温维明笑呵呵,“这孩子比我聪明,比我能干,她选的肯定错不了!”

“老爷子可真是开明!难怪能培养出温师妹这般比寻常男子还厉害十倍的女儿来!”

魏峥不动声色的往温维明碗里夹了一块老人家爱吃的红烧肉,笑容愈发亲和,“来,老爷子多吃些,身体康健,便是家中福气。不过这肥肉也不能多吃,若有气机不畅之症,便到我那儿小坐。我那里有今年新到的蒙顶茶,此茶产自巴蜀蒙山,香气高雅、滋味醇厚,最适合脾胃虚弱之人饮用。”

温维明暗叹这小子比从前做赘婿的时候懂事,这女婿固然时而有些可怕,但他着实权势滔天…

外间午睡的昭昭妹妹一下哭了起来,乳娘唱着歌轻声哄着,温维明一下头脑清醒!
不可。

若是认了这女婿,两个孩子可就不姓温了!

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“你家老娘也病了?”

这一大早,红楼里的那个陈二姐便来辞别,面对温婉的询问,她面有难色,“东家,这几天红楼实在是生意不好,对面又新开了一家酒楼,这往后日子肯定更难过。我男人腿脚好些了,不忍我在外面辛苦…恰巧老娘也病了,这不…求您行个方便!”

红梅呛她,“这几天红楼生意不好那是因为魏大人到处抓人,这些天大家人心惶惶,哪个还敢出来乱走?莫说我们红楼,就是城里好多酒楼关张好几日……”

温婉却敲敲桌,“把陈二姐这些天的工钱结了,让她回去好好孝顺老子娘。”

陈二姐喜不自胜,“多谢东家成全。”

陈二姐拿了工钱,便和红楼众人道别,红梅收了称银子用的凿子、戥子和铰刀等,闻言也巴在二楼看陈二姐的去向,“姑娘,已经是第三个了。前儿个是后厨的罗五娘,昨儿个是行菜的刘氏,今儿个就是这陈二姐!这三个人平日就要好,眼下又瞅着是前后脚走的,指定憋着坏!”

温婉满不在乎,“大约是去对面酒楼吧?”

红梅脸色一变,随后想通其中关键又气得跺脚,“不要脸!挖墙角挖到咱这儿来了!姑娘,咱干他们吧!”

温婉笑她,“你这丫头倒是性急。我且问你,虽是做酒楼,你可知他家具体卖什么?亮点是什么?多大规模?客户群体是谁?客户画像是什么?”

红梅被问得一愣,立刻说道:“我下午就去探探底。”

“探底也是同一个答案。”温婉推开窗户,看向不远处云霞之中的那栋小楼,眼睛微眯,“这个人要做的酒楼…应该和我们高度相似。”

有意思。

她倒是很期待贾氏的乱拳。

听说贾氏家底殷实,十指不沾阳春水,只略通诗书,可生意上的事情却从不经手。

这简直就是送人头啊!

只能说,三房这一屋子人凑不出一个大脑。

她唯一看得上的只有程允章。

可惜,元老夫人绝不允许程允章自毁前程来插手家中庶务。也就是说,只要程允章不出手,她尚且有猥琐发育的时间。

红梅见她胸有成竹,暗道自己跟姑娘相比真是太沉不住气。姑娘曾经教过,天塌下来,装也得装云淡风轻。

招数能不能制敌不重要。

关键是招数得好看。

再者,她跟着姑娘历练这般久,何至于小小风浪就让她乱了阵脚?

“高度相似?”她学着温婉的眼睛微眯双眸,双手背负在后,“有点意思。”

至于具体什么意思,一问一个不吱声。

于是主仆两一左一右,双双冷酷插兜,望着窗外的江山发愣。

可是温婉猜出贾氏准备复制红楼的路线,但没料到这一波山寨来得如此迅猛!
春日楼开业的时候,鞭炮便响了足足一百发,震得整个西城的地面仿佛都在抖动,片刻那掌事腰间揣着攒盒,将铜板撒得“砰砰”响,巷子里的小孩们闻风出动,全都围聚在春日楼门前。

今日红楼的女人们全都统一身着工服,各个手叉腰凶神恶煞的盯着春日楼的方向,腿脚麻利的张春花率先探回情报:“不要脸!当真不要脸!我一进去就迷了眼,还以为回了红楼!这哪儿是什么春日楼,分明跟红楼一模一样!”

张春花气得小脸俏红,气都没喘匀就被姐妹们拉进屋,她边喘气边骂人:“就底下那曲径,接待处、点餐处、出餐处、二楼戏台……完全跟咱家一楼一模一样!就连那些小娘子们穿得工服都跟咱一个样式一个色儿!”

张春花被气得狠了,“呸”一声啐出一口浓痰,“还有更过分的!他家卖的东西全是照抄咱家,什么绿豆沙、奶茶、酸梅汤全是我们店里的!要紧的是他们只卖二十文一杯!”

这……

他们店里就算办了会员,一杯奶茶也得小百文,他们怎么卖这么低?

这不是存心跟红楼过不去?

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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