The Precious Lady – Chapter 90

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第90章 追责
温婉带着大部队回酒坊的时候,浩浩荡荡的板车装着一袋袋粮食,源源不断的往前送,伙计们有说有笑,一气儿不断的从渡口回到酒坊。

制酒好啊。

那活儿多轻松啊。

章季平就住酒坊不远处的官道上,是以温家酒坊有一丝半点的动静,都逃不过他的眼睛。

今日一大早就听见“咕噜咕噜”的声音,推开门才看见运粮的队伍连绵不绝,老头儿有些傻眼,“这…这…这是从哪儿弄来的粮食?不是说程家把粮食都收走了吗?”

粮食有了,酒坊便能制酒,整个温家便盘活起来。

那温家酒坊岂不是死不了?
作为开除员工,章季平自然不希望前公司好过,他负气般的离去,大声向看热闹的人群嚷嚷着:“有粮食也没用!鑫隆钱庄那儿还欠着账呢!不过是垂死挣扎罢了!”

看热闹的村民却笑:“章师傅,你好歹在温家干了十几年,怎么不希望前东家好啊?这可不厚道!”

章季平不理会,含着旱烟袋背着手离开。

有人便道:“听说章老头走的时候跟酒坊那边闹得不愉快呢?”

“怎会?不是都说那位温老爷是个热心肠吗?”

“如今主事的是温老爷的女儿!听说才十六岁,就前段时间招赘那个!”

“一朝天子一朝臣,那酒坊的少东家定然是嫌弃章师傅年纪大了才辞退他,哎哟,别看是个娇滴滴的小娘子,这手段可比男人还狠毒呢!”

村民的议论暂且不议,温婉连家都没回,就和大家伙一起先去了酒坊,千斤粮食登记、造册、入库,她不放心,得亲自盯着。

哪知刚回到酒坊,就看见绿萍冲了上来,殷切的拉着她的手诉衷肠,反倒是赵恒被甩在身后,满面含笑的朝她走来。

“姑娘!你可回来了!你这几天不在家,我吃饭都不香了!”

陈妈腰系围裙,拿着木铲,从厨房里走出来,无情拆穿绿萍的茶言茶语,“省省吧,你昨儿个吃了两碗饭!”

绿萍一脸羞怯,温婉却笑道:“长身体呢。多吃点,我养得起你们,我就喜欢白白胖胖的姑娘。”

绿萍比红梅小,算算年纪不过才十四岁,正是长个子的年纪。

绿萍一下笑了。

她不愧是姑娘最看重的丫头。

瞧姑娘…多维护她。

温婉笑着对姗姗来迟的赵恒说道:“这些天辛苦你了。”

赵恒笑道:“看家有什么可辛苦的?”

无非是一个人在练武场摆弄武器,又或是进山打猎,他这朵被养在后院的娇花,风吹不到雨淋不着。

他又探头往后看,疑惑道:“父亲…没跟你一起回来吗?”

“济安酒肆掌事的老娘生病了,爹顺道去看看。”

济安?

赵恒眉头轻蹙,济安离柳姨娘所在的阳县可不远——

又想到前几日温老爹对着柳姨娘的发钗出神的模样,赵恒断定温老爹去寻柳姨娘去了。

温老爹还真是个执拗的人啊。

不过看在温老爹送他一把长剑的份儿上,赵恒选择装聋作哑,只是搂过温婉肩膀,“娘子,一路辛苦,我用紫苏叶子、甘草、陈皮还有冰糖做了紫苏饮,最是滋润解渴,你且试试。”

小娘子眼睛弯成新月,很配合的搓手,“我好期待。”

在外奔波一天的丈夫,回到家看到妻子做的可口饭菜,无论多累,都必须给予妻子充分的褒奖。

绿萍探过头来,笑嘻嘻的请功:“姑娘,这可是我教给姑爷的!”

温婉宠溺的摸了摸绿萍的头,“好好好,忘不了你的功劳。”

红梅伸手揪绿萍的耳朵,在她耳边嘀咕,“不许跟姑爷争宠!”

绿萍嘿嘿笑,“哎呀,好玩嘛。”

“哼,那是姑爷性子好,不跟你计较呢!”

温婉象征性的喝了一口紫苏饮,又很敷衍的夸了赵恒和绿萍,随后很快去换上一身常服,有条不紊的指挥着伙计们将粮食入库。

入库后,又守着大家伙把制酒的器具,如木锹、麻布、酒瓮等都洗得干干净净,晾晒在院子里备用,一直忙到下半夜才稍稍喘气。

相较于温家酒坊灯火通明的忙碌,元敬回家却遭当头棒喝!

整个小院子里清风雅静,半点声音也无,廊下的仆人一脸惶惶,全都垂着头,熏黄的灯此刻却显得惨白。

不知想到什么,元敬脸色微变,三步并作两步便推开正堂房门。

正堂内只有三两烛火,坐在主位的元启一身玄色衣袍,他脸色冷淡,坐得笔直,手边一本书。

元启,三房嫡长子,如今管着长春法酒的药材采购,整个元家小辈里,除了程允章,便只有元启锋芒毕露。

他怎么来了?!
元敬吓破了胆,巴在门边不敢进。

元启视线轻飘飘瞥他一眼,像从前那般直接视他为无物,只对着周账房说道:“周叔。账本。”

账册呈上。

屋子里一片死寂,唯有那人翻动账本的声音。

元敬龟缩着脑袋,肩膀绷直,脑子里一面想着元启为何会来平县,一面又战战兢兢的等待暴风雨的将来。

三房嫡庶不合,从元敬姨娘进门那一刻起,两队人马明里暗里的就斗了十几二十年。

当年元启母亲难产生下死胎后一直郁郁寡欢,偏元启父亲日日和花街柳巷的春晓耳鬓厮磨,又强迫着发妻纳怀孕的外室入门。

三个月后,元敬出生,嫡母从此视他为眼中钉肉中刺。

春姨娘不仅有好皮囊,还有好手段,勾得元敬父亲夜夜留宿,十几年恩宠不减分毫。

而这一次来平县替程家寻找新的酒坊,便是春姨娘使出浑身解数换来的机会。

可如今…元启来了。

元敬心头直跳。

很快,元启将账册合上。

“啪嗒”一声。

元敬的眼皮跳了一下。

“临走时,父亲从公中支出三千八百两,让你在播州一带寻找合适的小酒坊盘下。如今不过两个月,账面上只剩七百三十两。”

周账房尽职尽责的提醒道:“五爷,还有欠朱掌柜的六百五十两漕运费用。”

元敬怨毒的看了一眼周账房。

周账房眼观鼻鼻观心,扭过头当没瞧见。

他是元家三房的账房,又不是他元敬一个人的账房。

大家觉得招赘后的情节吸引力变弱了吗?

后台订阅每天都在掉,已经掉到高峰期的五分之一,说实话就…大半夜的有点破防。

这本书书城那边第一轮pk就挂掉,那边不会给曝光量。主要靠起点一个平台,虽从来不敢奢想一书成神,但也没想过写书快两年多,作家等级还是lv1,每天四五个小时写文,一个月收入勉强维持三位数。看着榜单上那些作品,感觉自己写得也不算太烂,但是每次成绩总是给我一个耳光。真就不知道何去何从…第一千次怀疑自己可能真不适合写文这条路。

心理防线破了,牢骚也发过了,有点找不到重头拾起的勇气。也欢迎大家指出这篇文的不足,我看看下一次怎么进步。

(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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