Episode 7 recap: Gu Qingqiao helped Duan Yu collect grains for the alcohol helpers.
Ruo Yun came to the merchant association to deliver the newly baked sugar from Feng Xiang Hall, and everyone was very happy, saying that this is not something that can be bought with money. Gu Qingqiao, holding the items she wanted to give to Duan Yu, saw that Duan Yu was also eating the sugar Ruo Yun brought and felt very sad and went home. Ruo Yun's father told her that he knows she likes Duan Yu, but she must be discreet and consider his face, and can use tactics to win his heart, and there is an opportunity now.
Gu Qingqiao heard Duan Yu and Xing Si talking about the shortage of grains in Chang Qing, and many granaries were empty. She was very worried and comforted Duan Yu by sending him a meal and also gave him the sugar she made by hand, telling him that she knows he is a high-flying dragon, and others only care how high he flies, but she only cares about how hard he works. Duan Yu was touched by the memory of his mother giving him sugar when he was young, and the two had a pleasant conversation.
Ruo Yun came to deliver the meal and saw them getting along well, realizing that Duan Yu does not like her. She always thought Duan Yu was aloof to everyone, but even so, she was different to him. But now she understands that Duan Yu has fallen for Gu Qingqiao. She is very sad and made an appointment with Shao Yi to the place they used to play together as children to drink. She told Shao Yi that Duan Yu has fallen for Gu Qingqiao, and Shao Yi told her that Duan Yu does not easily like someone, and he doesn't even like you, so how could he like the eccentric Gu Qingqiao. Ruo Yun got angry, realizing that everyone knows Duan Yu does not like her.
Xing Si blamed Shao Yi for taking Ruo Yun to drink, and Shao Yi said it was because Ruo Yun insisted on drinking, and he also did not tell Duan Yu. Ruo Yun, drunk, said that Xing Si is the best person to her.
At the request of the merchant association, Qingfeng Tower did not raise prices, and Gu Qingqiao stopped the buffet and replaced it with French cuisine, so that customers can feel happy even by eating less.
Duan Yu went around to borrow grains but was frequently obstructed, and the grains in Yu State were also bought up by others in advance. Duan Yu sent people to investigate who bought up the grains, and he had no choice but to go to the prefect to ask the court for grain donations, but Prefect Du said that Ruo Yun had been asking about the grain shortage, and Duan Yu said he didn't expect Ruo Yun to be so concerned about the people's livelihood. The prefect told him that Ruo Yun was only concerned about him, and if he asked the court for grain, he might even lose his own official hat, so he did not agree.
Gu Xingmi has also been providing gruel to the refugees outside. Gu Qingqiao told Duan Yu that the grains at Qingfeng Tower were also insufficient, and if the grains could not be borrowed in time, the Gu family would not be able to support it either, so they planned to close Qingfeng Tower.
Duan Yu told her that he had already applied to the prefectural government for official grain loans, but the prefect evaded the issue and did not agree. Gu Qingqiao suggested that they go find Ruo Yun and have her plead with her father, but Duan Yu disagreed. Gu Qingqiao said that if they asked Ruo Yun for help, she would definitely assist them since she loves Duan Yu.
Duan Yu said that he couldn't connect the official grain loan to a private romantic affair, and he refused to go ask Ruo Yun for help, feeling it would be dishonorable. Gu Qingqiao got angry that he called her idea dishonorable when she was just trying to help, and she accused him of being ungrateful. Duan Yu also got angry and told her to leave.
Gu Qingqiao then remembered that grain can also be used to make wine, so she found a wine shop that collaborated with Qingfeng Hall and asked the shopkeeper to donate grain. She offered to drink five large jars of wine to become friends with the shopkeeper, and he agreed to donate more the more she drank.
Duan Yu was very worried when he heard about Gu Qingqiao drinking with the shopkeeper to secure the grain donation. He went to find her and tried to drink the wine himself to help her, but the others wouldn't let him switch in the middle. In the end, Duan Yu watched as Gu Qingqiao drank herself into a stupor, but the shopkeeper still agreed to donate the grain.
It was revealed that Yang Chunfeng of Chunfeng Hall was buying and hoarding grain in Yuzhou at the behest of Prefect Du, who wanted Yang to become the Chamber of Commerce president and drive out Gu Xingpi to gain control of Qingfeng Hall. Du told Ruo Yun that he was doing all this for her, knowing that she has loved Duan Yu since they were young, and his condition was for Duan Yu to go propose marriage to her.
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