Seeing that Sanniang just smiled and didn't refuse, Erniang took her hand, took Wuniang with one hand, and said to Liu: "Mother, I took the third sister and the fifth sister to my father's study." ”

Liu frowned and looked at Erniang, then at Sanniang and Wuniang, and finally waved his hand.

The study room that Erniang said was the study in the courtyard that Wang Dong used to use when he was at home, and it was actually better to say that it was a two-story attic. In front of the attic were planted three or two bamboos and four or five clumps of bluegrass. There are a few trees like Jianlan, which is in the flowering season at the moment, blooming gloomily, and will tremble when blown by the wind, which is more delicate. A few birdsongs, an unnamed bird, passed between the bamboo branches, and people disappeared without even seeing the color clearly.

It's a nice place to be quiet, but it's good for reading.

Erniang led Sanniang and Wuniang to the attic, the carved door of vermilion lacquer was tightly closed, and there was not even a waiting servant or maid around, Erniang let go of the hand of Sanniang and Wuniang who had been pulling, and gently stepped forward and knocked on them: "Daddy?" Are you in there? The daughter came with her third and fifth sisters. ”

There was no one in the room, so Erniang reached out and knocked again, repeating what she had just said.

"Could it be that my father and brother are no longer in the study?" Sanniang wondered.

She noticed that Erniang asked at the beginning, "Daddy?" Are you in there? Instead of "Daddy, the daughter brought the third and fifth sisters to ask to see." Erniang also suspected that Wang Dong was not in the study.

Erniang frowned, and looked back at the road: "Maybe it was wrong with us just now." Saying that, he said apologetically and warmly: "I thought that the third sister and the fifth sister hadn't seen their father for a long time, and I wanted to bring you to meet my father, but I didn't want to pounce, my sister should find someone to explore first." ”

Sanniang smiled and said, "It's okay, we understand my sister's kindness." ”

Wu Niang looked left and right with some curiosity, although she also lived in Fangzhi Courtyard, but the main courtyard here had been locked before Wang Dong and the Liu family came back, so although she had lived in this courtyard for ten years, she was very unfamiliar with this place.

Seeing this, Erniang smiled and said, "Fifth sister is curious about here? Speaking of which, this building is a little different from other study rooms. It's just a little more elegant, but it's almost the same inside. If my sister wants to take a look. My sister will take you in to have a look. ”

Wu Niang is the age of fun, and seeing the exquisiteness of this attic, she is naturally happy to hear the words, and just wanted to nod, but remembered the cold face of her father who had not been seen for a long time. I'm still a little afraid of him.

"My father isn't in the study, so if we break in without permission, will we be scolded? In the past, I heard the female gentleman say that the study is a place for the elders to work, and we women are not allowed to step in. Wu Niang hesitated, but looked at San Niang.

Erniang took Wuniang's hand. Shaking his head and laughing: "In my own home, where there are so many rules." Sister rest assured, since it was my sister who took you in. If you will be scolded by your father, naturally your sister will bear it for you, and you can rest assured. ”

As she spoke, Erniang stretched out her hand and pushed the door, but the door was hidden, and it opened with a soft creak. Erniang took Wuniang's hand and stepped in first. Sanniang smiled and followed.

She understands Erniang's thoughts, and she is not afraid of any conspiracy and tricks she plays, but if she disobeys at this time, I am afraid that Erniang will be psychologically uncomfortable. Naturally, she doesn't care about any control with a child.

Sure enough, Erniang saw her come in. He smiled at her, and his smile was kinder again.

Erniang is not wrong, the layout of this study is no different from the general study, the four-layer red sandalwood inlaid boxwood bamboo bookshelves standing against the three walls, the four-sided flat style small leaf red sandalwood shelves several bookcases, the red sandalwood carved bamboo chair in the four heads, because Wang Dong has just come back, the bookshelves are neat, the bookcases are neat, only a few stacks of books are placed on the ground in the corner of the wall, and they have not yet returned to the shelves. It is as dull and solemn as other study rooms, and the smell of old papers in the room is mixed with a slight fresh ink fragrance, and it smells of old books and new books.

"Daddy thinks the little guys don't take care of it well, and likes to tidy up the bookshelves by himself, so he piles up these books here." Erniang walked to the middle of the two stacks of books, bent down to pick up one from above, turned back to Sanniang and Wuniang and smiled: "These are newly bought on the road, or some adults gave them to Daddy." If the third sister likes it, she might as well borrow a few books and go back to read them, but be careful not to stain and fold the books. ”

Sanniang nodded, and also walked to the two piles of papers. I flipped through a few books casually, and saw that it was nothing more than some poetry collections and sub-scripture collections, and some of them looked like a booklet made of poems or articles written by someone in the officialdom from the inscription on the title page. As for the content of it, no one cares whether it was written by him himself, because few people really read it seriously.

Sanniang casually flipped through a booklet signed by a certain Zhizhou, and saw a fragrant poem at a glance, poem: "Mandarin ducks are happy with Lang Xinghao, and break the waist of Xiaoman for Lang." When the interest is strong, the Lang bites, how to describe the boudoir. Sanniang covered the book without changing her face and put it back.

"The third sister doesn't like these?" Erniang saw that Sanniang only looked at it roughly, but she didn't see which one she was interested in, and the fox asked.

Sanniang smiled: "It's all obscure and strict poems, I don't like these at all." ”

Erniang nodded, she didn't turn over these books, she just said that her father who sent them from outside hadn't read them, so she must not be her father's beloved.

Wu Niang was not interested here, and in a blink of an eye she saw a moon cave door behind the bookshelf, and inside was a narrow staircase leading to the second floor, San Niang couldn't help but be a little curious, so she walked to the door hole and looked up with her head up.

Sanniang and Erniang also came over when they saw this, and Erniang also looked up the stairs, but said with some hesitation: "Sister, do you want to go up and have a look?" ”

Wu Niang didn't mean this, she just came over curiously to take a look, but when she saw the moment of hesitation on Er Niang's face, she suddenly changed her mind, blinked and nodded: "I have never been to this kind of small attic, if I can go up and have a look, it would be the best." ”

Erniang smiled: "There must be no difference between the above and here, why don't we take a look here?" By the way, I remember that there was a pair of backgammon chess pieces in that cabinet, but the fifth sister wanted to play? Erniang tried to dispel Wuniang's thoughts, and she didn't go up to the second floor here, because her father had ordered that no one should go upstairs.

Wu Niang shook her head with interest, rolled her eyes and said, "I don't like to play chess, I just want to go up and have a look." Didn't my sister go up before? ”

"Fifth sister, there's nothing fun here, seeing that it's going to get dark, let's go back, lest we send someone from Fangzhi Courtyard to look for it later." Sanniang persuaded softly.

Wu Niang didn't really want to go up, so she gave up after listening to Sanniang's persuasion and stopped pestering. I don't want Erniang to see this, but she smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, since the fifth sister wants to go upstairs, then what's the matter if I take you up to have a look?" ”

Sanniang frowned, wanting to dissuade her. She could see that Erniang didn't actually want to take them upstairs, maybe Wang Dong had given some order not to allow outsiders to step in.

But Erniang took Wu Niang with one hand, pulled her sleeve back with the other hand and went upstairs, Sanniang saw her resolute, and worried that her sleeve was torn by her, and she was not like being looked at, so she had to follow, thinking that she would persuade them to come down as soon as she went up.

The wooden staircase is very steep and narrow, and only two people can go side by side, Erniang led Wuniang in front, and Sanniang was pulled by her sleeves and followed them, carefully holding on to the fence to avoid tripping over the long skirt.

The building is not high, so the stairs are only ten or twenty steps, and at the end of the stairs is a door with a red lacquer copper ring, no carving, and it is impossible to see what it looks like inside.

Erniang was also here for the first time, and she was also curious, so she just paused and pushed them away. At this time, the light outside was still sufficient, and the lighting inside the building was also good, and the sunlight penetrated through the Korean paper of the pasted window, so that the things in the small attic were presented in front of the three of them.

"That's what it looks like." Wu Niang was a little disappointed, originally she saw that Er Niang was so hesitant, and thought that there was something strange on it, but now when I looked, there was only one bookcase similar to the one below, but the bookcase downstairs had a small drawer in the middle waist on both sides, but this one did not.

In the entire ** square attic, there is nothing except a bookcase and a chair, and it is very empty.

Erniang quietly breathed a sigh of relief, she walked in first, turned back to Wuniang and smiled: "Look, I said that there is nothing on it, right?" You don't believe it. ”

Wu Niang pouted quietly, walked to the bookcase, and saw that there was an undecorated camphor wood box on the case, the box was very ordinary, and the bronze lock ring had green spots, and it looked like it was some years old.

"What is this?" Wu Niang casually opened the box.

"Fifth sister." Wu Niang's movements were too fast, and San Niang didn't have time to stop them, but she instinctively felt that Wang Dong didn't want to present this box in front of people.

Erniang was also taken aback, walked a few steps quickly to the front of the case, and reached out to close the box. Wu Niang was quick-eyed, and took out an item in the box before Er Niang stretched out her hand.

Looking at the stunned Erniang in front of her, and the helpless Sanniang, Wuniang shook the object in her hand a little proudly: "Isn't it just a picture scroll?" Look at you guys nervous. Without waiting for the two to stop him, he opened the scroll.

Erniang wanted to go forward to grab it, but Wu Niang pinched the painting tightly, and Wu Niang was afraid that she would tear the flower and didn't dare to use brute force.

"Huh?" Wu Niang glanced at the painting, blinked and said, "Who is this?" ”()