After the meal, upon seeing the Shopkeeper approaching, Rong Yan casually asked, "Shopkeeper, there seem to be so few people around here!"
Seeing this, Qin Ye also wasn't in a hurry to leave.
Upon hearing her question, the Shopkeeper let out a deep sigh.
"Ah, don't even mention it, it's that damned locust plague! It struck right when it should have been harvest season… all the crops that should've been gathered were devoured by those damned creatures, leaving nothing but displaced villagers everywhere… With the battles happening beyond our borders, the common people barely have a way to survive…"
Both Rong Yan and Qin Ye frowned at the same time.
In fact, Rong Yan had briefly learned about the locust disaster from Manager Hao earlier on in town.
When they were in the mountains, they hadn't been affected because of their location deep within, combined with the geographical environment of that county, most of the villages and towns weren't touched by the locust plague.
