The Precious Lady – Chapter 84

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第84章 逼迫
见柳姨娘还是恍恍惚惚,陈妈一剂猛药下去,“你以为守着这小院,手里有点闲钱,你就不会被安排嫁人了?你且看看,甭管和离还是休弃后回娘家的妇人,哪个能在娘家待得长久?像你这样身体康健、年岁不大又有姿色的妇人,外面不知多少虎狼盯着呢!”

柳姨娘一恍神,手指蜷缩,脸上一抹惊惧。

是啊。

遣散回家的小妾,独居的娇弱妇人,简直就是一块行走的肥肉!

柳姨娘依旧拿不定主意,试探性的看向温婉:“我若是外出做事,将来会不会影响温静嫁人?”

温婉浅浅一笑,“孱弱和贫穷才是原罪。你若手里有大把的银子,只会成为温静的助力。毕竟这世上…有谁不喜欢银子?”

兹事体大,柳姨娘脸上纠结之色不停,“大姑娘,我晓得的,你是一番好意…这事儿…容我再想想。”

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金秋十月。

酒坊后山枫叶染红,山野之间红黄相交,颜色绚烂。

练武场上,十几二十个人哗啦啦的坐一排,他们一屁股倒下,乱七八糟的或坐或躺,又或是抓着水囊“咕咚咕咚”狼吞虎咽,牛饮一通后才开始喘过气来抱怨。

“我的天爷,没法子活了!再练下去…我真的要死在这里…”

水囊往下传递,有人手抖拿不住,被同伴一声呵斥,“郑老四,咋回事,你他娘的喝水别跟撒尿似的弄不干净,这水背上来多不容易,你别浪费!”

“李哥,我也不想啊,可这手他娘的不听使唤啊——”

“死个屁!你看看那位——”

有人指着练武场上那个瘦弱的身影,仰头一抹脖,喝光了水囊李最后一滴水,狠狠道:“咱们这位少东家真他娘的是个狠人!你们数数,都跑了快六七十圈了吧,至少得有十里路!”

一说起少东家,众人一片呜呼哀哉。

“别提了!少东家看着瘦弱文静跟小鸡崽似的,结果抢饭比我快,操练比我狠,睡觉…我昨儿个看到她靠墙站着都睡着了!少东家把咱们操练得跟牛犊似的,别是准备明年去抢漕帮兄弟们的饭碗吧?”

“我看说不定是温家酒坊这招牌垮了以后,少东家带咱们上山落草为寇呢!”

众人一片哄笑之声。

“叫什么少东家,我看叫她一声婉儿爷差不多!哪个小娘子能有她厉害。”

“什么婉儿爷,分明是夜叉啊——”

“就是,刚才姑爷都怕了吧?我眼瞅着刚才对阵的时候,姑爷直往后退呢。”

“你懂什么,那是人家两口子打情骂俏!”

“打情骂俏回家关上房门去啊。尽折腾咱们干什么?!你看我这腿…自从姑爷来了以后,就一直抖一直抖…没歇停过!”

“别说,这么一操练吧,我还觉得通体舒畅。我觉得…我亦有成为世间良将的潜质。嘿,说不准我明年就不制酒,改去从军做将军呢!”

众人正说得不亦乐乎,偏一个脑袋冷不丁从后面探了过来,“大家伙说什么呢?”

“婉儿爷——”一群人稀稀拉拉的站起来,随后又不好意思的改口,“少东家!”

冯水根抓着脑袋嘿嘿笑,“没说什么,夸您和姑爷呢。”

夸您二位一个奸贼,一个狠毒,真是天造地设的一对璧人!
温婉的长发干净利落的挽起来,穿一身飒爽的窄口衣裙,整个人说不出的英气。她笑眯眯的探过来,“这些天,大家伙…都休息好了吗?”

休息?

这十几天分明是拉练好不好?!
就这,比制一年的酒还累人!

只有冯水根积极响应,“少东家,俺们都休息好了,要干啥事您言语一声!”

干活儿好啊。干活儿就不用操练了!

“好!”温婉笑着抚掌,“伙计们,休息时间结束!从现在开始,咱们人手一个板车去下游渡口抢粮食!”

等等——

抢粮食?
是制酒的粮食到了?

伙计们一阵欢呼,挥舞着手中腰带或是上衣,连滚带爬的往酒坊方向奔去。

此情此景,让温婉想赋诗一首:两岸猿声啼不住,轻舟已过万重山。

伙计们一心向上,积极进取,真让她这个老板暖心。

真没有白和大家同吃同住拉进关系。

哪知背过身就听到冯水根他们几个的欢呼声。

——娘呀,终于不用操练了!

——终于从歹毒夫妻手里解放出来了!
——让我制酒!这辈子从来没觉得制酒是个这么简单的活儿!

温婉的表情逐渐裂开,操练团团长赵恒走了过来,在她耳边犹如恶魔低语:“早知娘子今日就要解散他们,这些天我就该好好疼疼他们,让他们对我恋恋不忘。”

好吧。

她的手办有时候真的很恶趣味。

“我去一趟渡口。家中的事情你多上点心。”

赵恒隐约猜到温婉有大动作,他本想陪同前往,但他心中清楚温婉和温老爹都不会同意他插手酒坊之事。

赘婿啊。

他只是温家的赘婿。

他得时刻清楚自己的身份。

赵恒点点头:“你放心去。”

“这入了秋,父亲又犯了咳疾,严大夫说得静养。夫君多看顾一些。”

赵恒想起这几日温老爹的反常,当下和温婉实话实说,“昨儿个我去给父亲请安的时候,看到他捏着阳城酒坊的账本出神许久。我想…父亲是不是想去看柳姨娘一眼?”

柳姨娘近日便要去阳城赴任,偏此刻温老爹又开始犯每个男人都会犯的错误。

眼瞅着替身女配要离开了,温老爹心猿意马左右摇摆。一面想着温婉早逝的娘,一面又贪恋柳姨娘的温柔乡,最后还得埋怨柳姨娘人心不足蛇吞象。

温婉忍不住呸一声:迟来的深情比草贱!

“当断不断反受其乱。”温婉拍拍赵恒的肩膀,语重心长,“你看好温老爹,别让他拖累柳姨娘。”

赵恒笑道:“人说宁拆一座庙,不毁一桩婚。你可倒好,挥刀斩断父亲的情缘,万一两人之间仍有转圜余地呢?”

赵恒看到温婉脸上漾出一种近乎冷酷的平静,“只有在鸟笼里长大的家雀才会为情所困。柳姨娘若是见过这四四方方天井之上的风景,看过大片青绿森林,便不会再留恋我父亲这棵枯树。”

“任何建立在人格无法独立上的感情,其本质上都是一种男权社会的霸凌。”

赵恒脸色一滞。

这一刻,他突然发现,或许自己从来没了解过枕边人。

小娘子眼底的愤懑和压抑一闪而过,只一瞬便将那戾气化作平静,再看时那幽黑的瞳孔里只剩浅浅的笑意,“夫君,父亲托付给你。我很快回来。”

(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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