The Precious Lady – Chapter 72

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第72章 演技爆发
陈妈很关心温维明的身体,“老爷,您大病初愈身娇体弱的,就别去凑热闹了。这种粗活交给我和红梅就行!”

绿萍很不满意,“还有我!”

温维明在心中自动翻译:冲锋陷阵是老娘们的事儿,你个老头还是回床上躺着等他们凯旋吧。

温婉却冲红梅喊:“拿什么鸡毛掸子?去找个锣鼓来!咱敲锣打鼓的去找丁掌柜算账!”

“陈妈,取一百枚铜钱来!”

“哎!”红梅立刻丢了鸡毛掸子,闪身去寻锣鼓,温维明连忙弯腰捡起红梅丢下的武器,嗯,很好,现在左右手都有一只鸡毛掸子,嗯,看起来战斗力强多了。

一行人浩浩荡荡的出发去鑫隆钱庄。

刚下了雨的平县,青石板路湿漉漉的,只有零星的几个人走在街面上。

冷不丁长街上传来一阵骚动。

——咚咚咚!

清冷长街上,锣鼓喧天!

红梅腰挎小鼓,使出吃奶的劲儿,拿鼓槌重重的敲!

陈妈嗓门大,配合着鼓点的节奏大喊着:“鑫隆钱庄不当人,提前逼债害死人!”

走在最前面的是个小娘子,瘦瘦小小的一只,却走得金马阔刀,一点没有女子的拘泥。她身边是一个戴面具的瘦高男子,提着长剑,不怒而威。

身后还有十几个汉子,一群人气势汹汹,所到之处一片骚动,惊得两侧的百姓们纷纷打开家门看热闹。

温婉一拍手,身后十几个男子便扯着喉咙齐刷刷的喊着。

“鑫隆钱庄不当人,提前逼债害死人!”

“鑫隆钱庄不当人,提前逼债害死人!”

一声又一声。

一浪高过一浪。

温家众人将鸡毛掸子、木棒子全都举起来,气势惊人。

有人将半个身子都探出来,努力听得清楚,“这…说的啥呢?”

“好像是说鑫隆钱庄!”

“哎哟,你们还不知道吧,鑫隆钱庄刚带着人去温家打砸了一顿,逼迫他们还钱呢!”

“这欠债还钱不是天经地义吗?”

“什么天经地义?!温家欠的债,那是跑路的那个账房签字的,温家一个铜板都没拿到,全被那石金泉给卷走了!”

“是!我都听得清清楚楚,说白纸黑字写下的,还有一个多月才到还款时间呢!要我说这温家是真倒霉,怎么摊上姓石的人?”

“可不是?人家温掌柜也没说不还钱,鑫隆钱庄的怎么还上门打砸呢?”

人群中一阵闹腾,“哟!发钱了!温家发钱了!”

陈妈在人群边上,手里捧着个攒盒,碰到人多的地方便抛出一把铜钱往空中一撒,顿时吸引无数小孩弯腰去捡。

陈妈洋洋洒洒的抛出铜板,一面吆喝着:“还想拿铜板的,跟着我去鑫隆钱庄!”

小孩儿自然围着陈妈一片欢呼雀跃。

鑫隆钱庄他们听不懂,可拿铜板三个字听得清楚。

温维明混在其中,两只手都拿着鸡毛掸子,扯着喉咙喊着,只觉得热血沸腾。

女儿这法子好。

鑫隆钱庄在平县盘踞数十年,最怕丧失信誉二字。

还债时间未到,他们就迫不及待的逼着人还钱,这事儿说破天也站不住理!
而不出片刻,跟着温家看热闹的人越来越多,开始只有十几个人到后面延绵成数里,无数人拖家带口跟着温婉游街看热闹,恍惚间竟然比上一次乞巧节还要热闹。

一路敲锣打鼓的到了鑫隆钱庄铺子前,丁掌柜早已听见动静,带着一二人候在门前,面色不虞的质问温婉:“温掌柜,你带着这么多人来堵我钱庄,究竟是何用意?”

温婉大声道:“乡亲们都帮着我评评理!大家都知道,我温家错信奸人,账房石金泉趁我爹昏迷之际偷了地契,又和鑫隆钱庄狼狈为奸,骗走我爹一千两现银!我温婉在婚宴上放出豪言,说凡是有真凭实据的,无论用谁名义赊账,我都认账!”

“鑫隆钱庄的账,我二话没说便认了!所有欠款一一结清!不欠任何人一个铜板!大家说,我温家算不算仗义?”

温婉刻意停顿了一下,等着捧哏们反应。

这场戏只她一个人唱可不好看。

果然陈妈立刻接梗,“温掌柜大气!”

紧接着,人群里断断续续的声音传来。

“温掌柜大气!”

“可是你丁掌柜可好,如今距离我们约定还款的日子还有一个月,你却派人冲入我温家打砸,将我爹爹推倒!”小娘子的声音多了几分凄厉,温婉在此刻演技大爆发,伸出颤抖的双手,险些声泪俱下,“乡亲们啊,我爹前段时间险些病死,好不容易死里逃生,这帮人对着一群妇孺竟也下得了手!他哪里是要账,分明就是要命啊——”

从赵恒的角度看过去,他娘子正在很用力的暗中掐自己,试图挤出几滴眼泪来。

好吧。

他慢吞吞的往前挪动半步,身体贴到温婉背后,防止有人看见她的小动作。

温婉继续发力,葱白的手指指向丁掌柜,“大家伙想想,你家里遭了难,从鑫隆钱庄借了钱过渡,可是钱还没到期,鑫隆钱庄就派人来打断你的双手双脚!”

温婉见人群没有太大的反应,立刻自我调整,“大家伙再想想,今年气候不好,田里颗粒无收,你家里还有个老娘和几个娃儿要吃饭。你进了城,看到鑫隆钱庄,满怀希望的用地契借了五两银子过冬,约定好明年秋收后拿银子赎回自己的田契。”

“你高高兴兴的拿着银子回去,喂饱了爹娘和孩子,好不容易熬过了冬天,又拿着仅剩的散碎银两买了种子和犁具,就等着秋天收了粮食赶紧把债务还了,把田契收回自己手里!”

“偏偏!”

小娘子声音抑扬顿挫,瞬间让在场人动容!

田地是所有人的命根子!

这一下便将所有人代入!

尤其是板车上拉来的那些稀稀拉拉的碎片,更是叫人触目惊心格外共情!

“偏偏你刚把种子播下去,鑫隆钱庄就来了人,要你现在就还债!他们冲入你家里,压着你的地契,抢走你的田,还把你爹娘和孩子都赶出去!乡亲们,你们说这种行为…跟巧取豪夺有什么区别?!”

温婉一句话就挑起在场所有人的怒火,眼看事情一发不可收拾,丁掌柜脸色微变,大喊一句:“温掌柜,今日之事必定是个误会,约定的还款期限未到,我们绝对不可能提前去收款。”

(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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