In S City, Qiu Tong summoned a few mercenaries to accompany her to the market to purchase a large amount of food and daily necessities.
The locust plague affected the prices of grain and other necessities. All the signboards outside the shops in the market indicated a 20% increase in price. Qiu Tong entered and asked the boss to bring out his grain. After carefully checking that there were no problems with the grain, she paid without any hesitation.
When the surrounding customers saw Qiu Tong hoarding food, they couldn't help asking, "Why are you buying so much food?"
"The locust plague is already under control. There's enough food supply now."
Qiu Tong smiled politely and gestured at the mercenaries to move the food back. She did not explain further.
