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In the afternoon, after doing nail art for a few guests, Liu Meizhu stretched her waist, then looked at the time and found that it was already half past four.

She sat on the couch in the lounge area with a few little sisters, chatting while waiting for the end of work.

The internal working hours of Homo sapiens are 20 days per month, only 5~6 hours on weekdays, and the maximum working hours per month are 120 hours, and special overtime hours should not exceed 20 hours.

And this kind of work like a nail technician is a very regular job.

During the chat between Liu Meizhu and others, two more guests came, and they did not refuse to serve because they were about to get off work.

Because if the customer's service exceeds the working hours, they will automatically be compensated for special overtime, and usually their special overtime quota will not be used up every month.

Liu Meizhu did a manicure for the guest, and the time was just 5:23, stuck before getting off work.

"It's time to get off work."

Five employees on the night shift also arrived one after another.

Out of the nail salon, Liu Meizhu and two little sisters with a good relationship went to the supermarket to hang out.

Since the child was arranged by her in kindergarten, she does not need to take care of the child at all, she visits the child three times a week, and the rest of the time the couple is happy together.

Liu Meizhu, who was going to buy a few bags of potato chips to go home, came to the shelf of potato chips, and she looked at the somewhat unfamiliar shelf: "The previous brand of tomato-flavored potato chips is gone?" ”

After looking carefully, she found that it was not gone, but the packaging had been changed.

Holding the canned version of potato chips, Liu Meizhu asked the shopping guide not far away: "Excuse me, why is there no such bag of Shan Bang potato chips?" ”

The shopping guide shrugged with a smile: "Now there is no plastic packaging at all, only cans." ”

Liu Meizhu scanned the shelves and found that only cans or kraft paper cans (the inner layer is aluminum film) remained.

Liu Meizhu didn't make a fuss about this.

Mainly in supermarkets in the territory of Homo sapiens, many products are cans, kraft paper aluminum film cans, glass bottles, tinplate cans, kraft paper aluminum film bags, and plastic bags are rarely used.

She looked at the price, and 500 grams of canned potato chips were still 0.4 yuan.

And there is a golden number of 0.1 on the tank, Liu Meizhu, who often buys things at the Home of Abundance, knows very well that this golden number represents the recycling price of 0.1 yuan.

Most of the packaging containers for many daily necessities and packaged foods produced by Homo sapiens can be recycled.

Liu Meizhu usually sells the accumulated bottles and cans to the recycling station every week, which is a lot of income.

Instead of being a ragged garbage dump, the recycling stations are set up in shops in various neighborhoods of the city, with dedicated managers and automatic recycling machines.

Homo sapiens is not low in the field of pre-packaged food, which is due to its own strong industrial system and recycling industry.

Similar to liquid foods such as milk and fruit juice, Homo sapiens is packaged in glass bottles, rather than using Tetra Pak bags from the Swedish Tetra Pak Group, so there is no need to pay royalties to the other party.

In addition, glass bottles can be reused, and the cost of Homo sapiens' low-temperature glass technology is still very low.

After several years of recycling, many glass bottles have now been reused dozens of times, further reducing packaging costs.

After Liu Meizhu took a few cans of potato chips, she pushed the shopping cart to the meat section.

When she arrived at the meat section, she found that the packaging had also been changed, but the change was somewhat unexpected.

Instead, a large number of transparent plastic boxes were used, replacing the previous glass boxes and cans, and vacuum-packed plastic bags were also used.

Liu Meizhu was confused: "What's going on?" ”

The meat section shopper explains: "Because of the fungus that can break down plastic, plastic can now be used for fast-selling fresh ingredients and frozen vacuum-packed ingredients. ”

"I see." Liu Meizhu suddenly realized.

Although plastic decomposing fungi in the tropics can break down plastic bags such as polyethylene in about eight months, it has no effect on fresh ingredients with a shelf life of only one or two days, or vacuum-packed ingredients that are stored frozen.

Suddenly, Liu Meizhu asked: "Then all plastic products can't be used?" ”

The shopping guide thought for a while: "That's not it, but chemical fiber clothes, artificial leather, toothbrushes, etc., the service life will definitely be shortened, and the company is already thinking of a way, don't worry too much." ”

After listening to the words of the shopping guide, although Liu Meizhu was not too worried, she still ran to the clothing area on the second floor.

Sure enough, all the clothes marked with chemical fibers are almost sold at a tearful price, and you can buy them as long as one-tenth of the price.

For those chemical fiber clothes, she was not interested in them at this time, and walked directly to the clothing shelves marked with natural materials.

There are clothes made of silk, cotton, linen, woollen cloth, and blended fabrics.

Although these fabrics are marked as natural materials, it does not mean that they are all really natural, and the natural materials stipulated by Homo sapiens only require the same material to be labeled as natural materials.

For example, the silk pajamas in Liu Meizhu's hand, a set of four pieces are only 15 yuan, and if real natural silk is used, the price will be at least 60 yuan or more.

Obviously, this is a silk fabric made of artificial silk.

Liu Meizhu directly took 3 sets of silk pajamas that matched her number, and selected a few sets for her husband and two children.

I took a few sets of worsted clothes made of composite linen, this kind of linen clothes have been treated with modern technology, and the softness is about the same as that of cotton, but the elasticity is relatively poor, and it is very comfortable to wear in Southeast Asia.

Immediately after that, she bought some pig hair toothbrushes, worsted towels, and small wooden-framed mirrors.

The pig hair of the pig hair toothbrush is actually artificial pig hair, and most of the animal hair of Homo sapiens is imitated through technology.

As for other things, Liu Meizhu plans to go home and discuss it with her husband, and then make a list and replace it with natural materials.

She put a lot of things in a special shipping box at the door of the supermarket, then inserted her employee card directly, and clicked to confirm.

The special container was sent to the third floor of the supermarket through the conveyor belt.

Stepping out of the street, you can see a narrow suspended track above the street, which is not for passengers, but is specifically designed to transport goods.

The things that Liu Meizhu bought at the Fertility House just now were sent into the freight car at this time.

When Liu Meizhu took the bus back to the downstairs of her residence, a message popped up on her mobile phone after a while, indicating that the goods had arrived in the temporary storage room on the third floor.

Arriving at the temporary storage room on the third floor, she inserted her employee card into the pick-up machine, and one of the doors of the storage cabinet automatically popped open, and inside was the item she had just purchased at the Home of Abundance.

I took a trolley directly, put the special transport box on the trolley, and then took the elevator home inside, as long as the special transport box was placed in the recycling room of the temporary storage room on time, there will be someone from the freight company to come and collect it.

"Husband, I'm back."

Chen, who was taking a bath, asked curiously, "Are you working overtime again today?" ”

Liu Meizhu stuffed the ingredients into the big refrigerator and replied nonchalantly: "No, I just went to the supermarket for a walk, and the supermarket has changed a lot of new packaging today, and I heard that it is the influence of the Tokyo fungus." ”

"Tokyo fungus? The factory is also in the process of replacing some plastic parts in the near future, which has a big impact. ”

Chen Yanxiu picked up the long-handled electric bath brush and brushed his back.

Liu Meizhu, who was in the kitchen, had just prepared to fry the beef patty, and the range hood automatically reminded: [Please wear an anti-fume helmet]

"It's really troublesome...... Liu Meizhu took out an anti-fume helmet sent by the property company from the cabinet below a few days ago.

Although she complained, Liu Meizhu still put it on, because she was afraid of death, according to the data released by the Ministry of Medicine, oil smoke is an important cause of lung cancer in women.

This fume-proof helmet is not difficult to wear, the design is similar to that of an astronaut's helmet, almost all of them are fully transparent spherical, there are special brackets fixed to the shoulders and back, and there is no need for the head to bear weight.

Moreover, in the process of using it, Liu Meizhu found that wearing a helmet can defend against splashing hot oil, which is very useful when frying things and cutting onions.

Chen Yanxiu, who came out of the bath, looked like an astronaut's wife, and said with a smile:

"I've heard that for a while, the property is going to renovate homes with open kitchens in batches, and we should want this kitchen too."

"How much?"

"We don't need money, the company pays for us."

Hearing that there is no need for money, Liu Meizhu has no opinion.

After all, after reading the public report of the Ministry of Health, many families are anxious about open kitchens, especially those with children, who either send their children to kindergarten for a while, or simply let their children play outside on the balcony while cooking.

Liu Meizhu, who was frying beef patties, held a wooden shovel: "Husband, the plastic in the house is made of things, do you want to replace it in the future?" ”

"It must be replaced, after all, the transmissibility of that fungus is very strong, and we in Southeast Asia are the hardest hit areas, and sooner or later we will have to replace them."

Liu Meizhu turned over the beef patty: "Then look at those that need to be replaced, I just went to the supermarket to buy clothes made of natural materials, toothbrushes, and small mirrors." ”

Chen Yanxiu lay on the sofa, turned on his mobile phone, logged on to the announcement page of the Ministry of the Interior, and found the guide to replacing household plastic products.

According to the list of replacement guides, the first thing to be replaced is mainly the electrical system of the family, which does not need to be replaced by itself, and is replaced by personnel arranged by Nanyang Power Grid.

Other electrical appliances are also recalled by various manufacturers in batches and gradually replaced with new products.

After watching for a long time, Chen Yanxiu found that he didn't need to worry too much at all, the company had already arranged everything, and he could listen to the company's arrangements when the time came.

He continued to lie down and watch TV, without a hint of anxiety.

Ordinary people in other regions have to face the problem of aging plastic products in their homes alone, which will increase the burden on their lives.

It is estimated that the number of ordinary people who immigrate Homo sapiens will increase further in the future.

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