The sound of firecrackers for the opening of the study echoed throughout the entire street. Soon, many people gathered outside the Zhuli Study. Even if passers-by did not come forward to watch, they would slow down their pace and stand on tiptoe to take a closer look, and then leave with amazement.

Jiang Wei has a pure mind, and the beauties she paints are free from vulgarity and seductiveness. Naturally, viewers will not have any extraneous romantic thoughts, but only feel the beauty, which makes people stop in front of the paintings and take a closer look at each one. Their eyes sweep over the people in the paintings inch by inch, and finally fall on the words written in small calligraphy with flowers on the hairpin below.

The content of the inscription is nothing more than introducing the beauty's name and origin. The handwriting is elegant but reveals a sense of elegance.

Such paintings are very tempting to scholars who are accustomed to enjoying elegant things.

The youthfulness of the past has faded from Lu Hui's handsome face. Now he has a smile on his face, and he does not look out of place among the group of scholars.

A scholar in a green robe came forward to ask for the price. Lu Hui took one look at his clothes and knew he was a wealthy man. He smiled and replied, "Thank you for your kindness, sir. However, our shop is a small business. Large paintings of beauties require a specialist, which takes a lot of time and effort. I'm afraid it will take some time before we can sell them..."

When the scholar showed a look of boredom, he changed the subject and showed the beauty note in his hand, saying, "It seems that you really like it. I wonder if this little beauty note will suit your taste?"

The scholar in green looked at it for a moment, then looked up at the picture of the beauty. He immediately saw that this beauty note was a smaller version of one of the pictures of the beauty.

He reached out and took it. The beauty paper was small and exquisite. The beauty on the painting was smiling sweetly and charmingly. He couldn't let it go. He couldn't help asking, "Are there any other beauties?"

"Of course there are. If you like, you can just buy a whole set of Beauty Notes, or you can buy a book from my Bamboo Study. Each book comes with a piece of Beauty Notes. The latter is more cost-effective, but I'm not sure if the one I get is what you want."

The scholar in green robes' eyes lit up and he praised, "This method is quite unusual."

After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Since these beauties are characters in books, why have I never heard of 'The Red Mansion'?"

Lu Hui's smile deepened. "My lord, you may not know that our shop not only sells books that are already on the market, but also new books that are not available on the market. The beauty you saw is exactly the character in the new book."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the waiter beside him, who immediately handed over the book in his hand with great tact. The scholar in green shirt flipped through it briefly and soon stopped. He was surprised to find that there were also pictures interspersed in the book. There were not many but they were very vivid.

Lu Hui continued to introduce the new book, "It's not finished yet. If you're interested, you can take a look first."

The scholar saw that Lu Hui's words and actions were polite and courteous, unlike other businessmen who were full of money. His words and conversation also made people feel comfortable, and he felt a little more favorable towards Zhuli Shuzhai.

He asked about the price of a set of beauty notes, and after asking, he immediately decided to buy a set and also took a copy of the new book.

The onlookers understood Lu Hui's words roughly. Some of them were tempted but wanted to wait and see. Now that someone had made a breakthrough, they became eager to make a move.

After watching the blue-shirted scholar leave, Lu Hui bowed to everyone again and said, "Please be aware that only ten copies of the entire set of Beauty Notes will be sold per day. First come, first served!"

Now some people could no longer sit still and pushed forward to buy. The crowd rushed forward and soon all ten pieces of beauty paper were sold out.

The rest of the people were not discouraged. The introduction on the beauty picture also attracted a lot of people's attention, and many people wanted to buy the new book to read.

Some people thought that it was just a miscellaneous book and were not very interested in it, so they walked into Zhuli Study and browsed around, picked out a book they liked and got a piece of beauty paper before leaving happily.

This scene was seen by Shen Huaixu and Jiang Wei, who were sitting on the roadside eating wontons not far away. Jiang Wei looked at the crowd huddled together like a ball of thread not far away, and her face flushed with excitement.

During the days when she was painting the pictures of beauties, Ah Xu was by her side to cheer her on and encourage her. She never slacked off at all, but she was still worried that she could not paint the people or things that Ah Xu described.

Her master was a serious man who seldom praised her. Her painting was influenced by Ah Xu, and her master always said that her paintings were a little weird.

According to the master, it is a little strange, but it looks like a unique style, so it is acceptable.

Despite this, she was not very confident in her painting skills, and she had a vague worry in her heart during the preparation stage of Zhuli Shuzhai.

Now it seems that she was worrying too much.

She never expected that her paintings would be liked by so many people.

Picking up the cold tea and drinking it in one gulp, Jiang Wei asked Chen Huaixu, who was concentrating on eating the wontons, "Ah Xu, isn't the price of our beauty notes a bit high?"

She felt that they were just a few small pieces of paper, at most a little thick, with pictures drawn by her and some small decorations on them. Even the pictures she drew by herself did not need her to do it herself after the first time.

She never thought that these could be sold for so much money.

"What's so high? It's not high at all." Shen Huaixu put down his chopsticks and took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

"Whether it's books or beauties, only those with money can enjoy them freely. This kind of business initially targeted those who can afford it."