Righteous Bloodshed: Righteous Survival EMP Saga, Book 2 by Timothy Van Sickel

Author:Timothy Van Sickel
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2017-05-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23, Recovery

The Farmstead

September 21st

"Damn it! I know it can be done. We had spares of everything." I growl. "Becca! I want another cigarette! Agghhh the friggin pain in my leg! Becca! Where's that cigarette! Ya know, Ken, she won’t let me keep a pack here, says I'll all smoke them all up. She is probably right. So about the new house, let's get this hashed out."

"We do have all the parts, I'm just not sure how to hook them all up. We even traded with the Stoneycreek Golf Course for six more deep cycle batteries. I just don’t know how to wire the whole thing up," states Ken.

"Yeah, I guess your right on that. Damn, John would have been able to figure it out, he was smart at this stuff. Or if Paul was here, he knows all this, hell he designed it! My brother got killed defending the place he helped build, ain't right. And Linc, we lost Linc, and Kim! Now I'm getting crabby, sorry bout that Ken. We need an electrician. Can we trade for an electrician's service? They got that work barter thing going on, how about that?"

Becca comes in the room with a cigarette and two fingers of cheap bourbon. "Here's your cigarette, and a stiff drink. Now quit being a grumpy old man, God's got a plan for you. I do recall hearing something like, 'if he wanted all of me he would have taken all of me.' Well, you're still here and you're startin' to heal, so start helpin'." Becca kisses me squarely on the lips, then turns and walks away. I size her up as she leaves, as I always does, a twinkle in my eye.

"That woman has my number, always has, since the day we met! So, about getting some electric running at the new house, let's barter for an electrician, we'll feed em for the work he does. Hell, can't be a lot of demand for electricians right now!" I chuckle at his own joke.

"That's the other thing I wanted to talk to you about." Says Ken. "We haven't had time to do a full food inventory yet, but a quick calorie count against people here, we came up with ball park figure. Right now we are good on food for about twelve months. That’s assuming we keep half of our reproductive females for breeding, and keep a good share of seed crop too. Thad has traded six dairy cows to us, and he will help us breed them, he has been a huge help. But, the wheat you have down there, we need to keep most of it for seed. There is very little wheat seed in the area, we need to keep that for new crops next year."

"So how does that affect our ability to trade for an electrician? Get to the point Ken."

"Well, actually pretty good. In the long run, wheat seed will be a good commodity, but not right now. People just want food and security.

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