The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Apart from the painting of viewing the waterfall at Mount Lu, most of the others are calligraphy and paintings by the old man.

It's clear that Princess Deqing has special feelings for the old man.

However, Zhou Chu only thought these words in his heart and would never dare to say them out loud.

Even in Lin Yao's study, the paintings and calligraphy by famous artists are mostly hanging on the walls.

It must be said that the princess's residence is incredibly wealthy.

Princess Deqing was deeply loved by Emperor Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen, and her dowry was extremely generous when she got married.

There are countless shops and estates.

Not to mention the gold and silver jewelry.

Even though Lin Yue came from a humble background, the princess's residence never lacked for expenses.

Even the ink in Lin Yao's hand was the famous Tongyan Huizhou ink, which was more valuable than gold.

The brush is a top-quality Huzhou brush, and the inkstone is a Duan inkstone, one of the four famous inkstones.

It wasn't that Zhou Chu couldn't afford these things, but his daily calligraphy practice consumed a great deal of energy.

Moreover, Zhou Chu felt that his handwriting was still far from good enough, and the more he wrote, the greater the gap between him and the old man became.

So I didn't buy those top-of-the-line stationery items.

However, I did buy quite a lot for Tang Bohu.

Lin Yao quickly finished grinding the ink.

Since he had agreed, Zhou Chu didn't bother to be coy or say that his handwriting was bad.

He came to the desk, laid out the Xuan paper, and picked up his brush to write.

Lin Yao looked at Zhou Chu's calligraphy. His small regular script was very well-structured and already showed the style of a master, which greatly surprised Lin Yao.

Although I knew Zhou Chu had good handwriting, I didn't expect it to be this good.

Let alone Zhou Chu's age, even many talented people around the age of twenty probably can't write as well as Zhou Chu.

Leaving aside others, Lin Yao's older brother has been practicing calligraphy diligently since childhood. Now in his early twenties, his handwriting is quite good, even excellent.

But when it comes to calligraphy, it depends on who you're comparing it to.

Compared to Zhou Chu's handwriting, Lin Yao immediately felt that her older brother's handwriting was far inferior.

Not to mention Lin Yao's own handwriting.

At this point, Lin Yao had to admit that talent seemed to be more important in both calligraphy and painting.

According to her understanding, Zhou Chu was very busy every day for the previous three years, and probably only had some time to practice calligraphy and read books in the evenings.

The most terrifying thing is that Zhou Chu has only been learning calligraphy for less than four years.

This is undoubtedly largely due to the influence of Tang Bohu, Tang Bohu's teacher.

After all, in the art of calligraphy, the difference between a master teacher and an ordinary teacher is enormous.

Moreover, there is an insurmountable gap between a renowned teacher and Tang Bohu.

But Zhou Chu's talent is also very important.

"Brother Weighing Instrument, please add your signature."

Looking at the poem Zhou Chu wrote, Lin Yao wished she could immediately have it framed and hung on the wall.

Zhou Chu shook his head.

"My handwriting is really mediocre, and I've never had a seal made, so I won't add my signature. I'll add it for you later when I have a seal made."

Lin Yao smiled upon hearing this.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, Brother Hengqi."

After saying this, Lin Yao picked up the calligraphy, looked at it again and again, and couldn't put it down.

Zhou Chu, however, was thinking about other things.

The most pressing issue now is that something has happened to the Chu family, and Sun Jiaojiao and the others probably already know about it.

How should the Chu family's share of the profits be handled at Zuixianlou?

After all, Chu Li is still alive.

However, it shouldn't be too difficult to handle.

Sun Jiaojiao always listens to her own will. As for Han Yuan'er, the daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue, she shouldn't do anything like demanding the Chu family's share of the allowance.

As the daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue, she naturally had to act with propriety and decorum.

After they dealt with the two of them, the remaining one couldn't cause any more trouble.

Zhou Chu didn't choose his partners randomly.

To a certain extent, all of them will listen to me.

Most importantly, Zhou Chu had learned about these companies over the past few years.

These families are not deeply involved with Yang Tinghe and his ilk, and they can all be useful people in the future.