Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 232

They woke up the next morning and continued their journey to the chicken farm.

Rayne volunteered to drive while Ella kept her company in the driver's cabin, allowing Liam to begin making preparations to meet his next clients.

A few hours later Rayne pulled up to the familiar barn.

She and Liam walked over to the barn doors and knocked a few times.

"Y'all better leave before I blow your heads off!", a man's voice called out from behind the barn door.

Rayne smiled, "Hey, it's me, Rayne".

After a brief pause, the door cracked open and the familiar man poked his head out.

"Oh it really is you!", he lowered his shotgun.

"Yes! I'm here to introduce our trade caravan to you. This is Liam, the one in charge of the caravan", she said, motioning over to Liam.

"Hello, I'm Liam, nice to meet you"

The man nodded, peeking at the RV behind them. "I'm Jimmy, nice to meet you", he turned to look back inside the barn, "Hun! We've got visitors", he yelled.

Jimmy walked out of the barn to stand in front of Liam and Rayne.

Rayne was happy to see that he looked a lot cleaner than the last time she saw him, attributing this positive change to the soap they traded.

"I hope y'all have more cigarettes. I'm fiending", he said.

Rayne laughed, shaking her head, "Didn't you say you were going to ration the pack I gave you last time? That wasn't that long ago".

"Missy, I tried. But the moment I had the first one, the rest vanished like hotcakes"

Rayne smiled and turned to look at Liam. She made sure to add a few packs of cigarettes to the trade goods before they left.

Liam got the signal and nodded, "You're in luck, we recently came across a few packs. They're in pristine condition too"

Jimmy's eyes sparkled. He let out a hearty laugh and walked over to Liam's side, patting him on the back.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get this party started!"

Liam led Jimmy over to the side of the RV, where the others were busy setting up the fold-out tables with the good Liam listed. Among these goods, there were a few beef and milk products they received from Fred's ranch.

"Well, well! You guys sure brought a lot of interesting things today", said Jimmy.

Rayne watched from the side until Jimmy's wife and daughter came out.

"Hello there cutie!", greeted Rayne, smiling at the cute girl. She was wearing a clean dress that Rayne traded last time, looking exceptionally cute.

Jimmy's wife and daughter smiled and walked over to Jimmy's side, looking at all of the cool items that were laid out on the table.

"Honey, come take a look. They're here to trade, and they have a lot of neat things. You know what we need more than I do. I just need those cigarettes over there.", he pointed to the three cartons of cigarettes.

"You take a look, I'll call the other families over", he added, then left back into the barn.

His wife walked over and spotted the beef products, "Wow, how did you get this? Is it fresh?"