"But if a famine breaks out this year, our territory's gonna be the first to take the hit. If the summer harvest falls short... why don't we... hoard some grain?"
Running out of food was no longer a matter of living standards; it had abruptly escalated into a matter of survival. Even with the risk of encountering the patrol team, Sun Quan was willing to take the gamble. This proved that the surviving humans in the wasteland were truly terrified of starving.
"Let's do it. Since they're already this tense, there must be quite a few people who can guess a disaster is coming. As long as we don't hoard too much, we should be fine."
Walking past a corner, they saw long lines already forming in front of several small shops that rarely saw customers on normal days. Seeing many people buying whole sacks of flour and rice, Su Mo nodded silently and simply joined the queue with Sun Quan.
