All Chapters of Reborn Before the Apocalypse: Stockpile and Survive: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"The owners are moving overseas with their son. They’ll either sell the house or rent the whole place for at least three years, with rent paid annually. They also want monthly photos of the fruit trees behind the house."The property was listed nearly a month ago.People asked about it, but they found the conditions too troublesome.Paying a full year’s rent upfront did not help!The owners were leaving the country, so they planned to take down the listing if no one rented the house within three days."How much is a year’s rent?"The conditions sounded manageable. She only had to send photos.The apocalypse would begin in seven months. Who would care about photos then?"Rent is $3,400 a year, with a three-year minimum. You pay yearly, plus a $1,000 deposit." For a house on the outskirts, the long lease and upfront payment were a lot to ask.That was why plenty of people inquired, but no one rented it."You said it’s in Longford. Where is that? How far is it from here?"Hannah had an i

Hannah also wanted jet skis, but the store did not sell them.The owner offered to contact a supplier, so she ordered three.When he noticed she had not ordered life vests or flotation rings, he offered her fifty sets of both for free.Since he was so generous, Hannah bought every portable pool in the store’s warehouse, including its inflatable and framed models.There were more than a hundred in all.Both Hannah and the owner were delighted with the deal.The store did not have enough of the other equipment in stock.The owner promised free delivery within two days to any address within sixty miles.Hannah gave him the address of the warehouse she rented that morning.The portable pools were the main reason Hannah came to the outdoor store.The survival gear and the boats were extras.She paid a $6,000 cash deposit, then drove away in her truck with the pools and the contact information the owner gave her for someone who sold gasoline and diesel in bulk.Hannah hummed as she drove, de

Hannah used the pens, ink, and parchment from the other two sellers to make two more storage talismans.One held about 7,700 cubic feet. The other held about 8,800.The quality of the parchment or the tools must make a difference!The gap was around a thousand cubic feet, enough to store plenty more supplies.She could even fit more than 4,800 extra gallons of water!And Hannah planned to make a great many storage talismans. Those differences would add up.She numbered every dip pen and bottle of ink, then tried them in different combinations.After several attempts, she realized neither the pens nor the ink determined a talisman’s capacity.The parchment made the difference.Hannah decided to buy more from the seller whose parchment produced the talisman that held 8,800 cubic feet.Should she order fifty thousand packs of high-grade parchment?Or even more?Of course, she would need plenty of pens and ink too!It was an enormous order, but these supplies were essential to keeping her

The four-story house looked surprisingly new.It looked less than ten years old and came with over 7,000 square feet of land.She could put that land to use and grow vegetables there. Six months was long enough to harvest quite a bit.To her surprise, a metal canopy shaded the roof above the fourth floor.That would give her some privacy if she needed to do anything up there.She heard that only one elderly man lived here now.Perhaps for security, a wall just over three feet high surrounded the house.The wall enclosed the yard as well. A single metal gate, wide enough for a car, led out to the paved road.The sound of her car seemed to draw someone’s attention. The gate opened, and a man in his sixties or seventies came out.Years of outdoor work left his skin deeply tanned, but he looked healthy and energetic."Are you the young woman renting my house?"He gave Hannah a broad smile."Yes. We agreed I could move in today. What should I call you?"Hannah rented the house yesterday w

Hannah drove back to the house in Longford with the pipes, then shut the yard gate and front door before going up to the roof.She took four inflatable pools out of her storage talisman.She inflated and washed them, then attached a sensor-equipped faucet to one end of each length of pipe. She connected the other ends to the taps on the roof.Hannah did not mind storing drinking water in inflatable pools.Each of the four pools could hold about 1,600 gallons.Once she set them up, she secured the sensor-equipped faucets.She positioned them at the edges of the pools so the water would flow in quietly.When the pools were nearly full, the faucets would shut off automatically.Hannah turned on the water, and a steady stream began to fill them.The pools covered a wide area. Even when full, Hannah was not worried about the weight on the roof.She made a point of asking Steven how much weight the roof could support.He told her that when the house was built, his eldest son wanted a rooftop