Chapter 503: Doomsday Scavengers
"But I have an additional condition." Jingshu's mouth corners gradually rose. The original condition was just to protect the capital. After all, the spiritual spring water was so precious. She still hoped to leave more seeds for the imperial capital. Besides, there was really no other demand at that time.
Now...
"Additional conditions?... Well, that's understandable. As long as they're not excessive and don't cost them a fortune, the higher-ups should agree. But you have to find the right balance."
If you handle it well, people will look up to you; if you don't, you will get revenge.
Jingshu raised an eyebrow and asked slowly, "Has the nationwide functional division plan been released? Is it going to be implemented nationwide soon?"
Tank nodded in confusion. This matter was quite serious. It was the biggest news recently. But was there any connection between this matter and what the mirror said?
Before Tank could say anything, Jingshu continued, "My additional condition is very simple. I want the planning and management rights for the garbage station in Wucheng."
This means that Jingshu will have the final say on the garbage in Wucheng from now on.
"Huh???" Tank continued to look confused, then asked in surprise: "You, you want to be the director of a garbage factory? Why?"
"Hehe, don't be so blunt. Garbage can be a good thing." Who would have thought that garbage would be a treasure in the future?
Jingshu touched her chin and rolled her eyes. She really didn't want to set her sights on the garbage of the end of the world. It was because she was short of fuel.
As the factory expands and natural gas becomes increasingly scarce, energy transaction costs with Xishan will inevitably rise. When temperatures reach -70°C, the factory and its employees will need more fuel to survive. Close relatives like my uncle and aunt will also need to be taken care of, as natural gas and coal are also in short supply...
There are always more solutions than problems.
Time flies so fast. After the professions of "maggot catcher" and "bug collector", the next profession that will be popular in the mainland is "scavenger", that is, picking up junk.
This has to start with the garbage classification a few years ago. The slogan "What kind of garbage are you" which was popular in Shanghai at that time became popular all over China, and newbies in other places were trembling with fear and ultimately could not escape the slogan "What kind of garbage are you"... So many years have passed in a flash.
People have gradually developed a deeper understanding of the good things that garbage can bring, but who would have thought that a few years later, how well you sort your garbage might be determined by whether you eat insects or biscuits next.
Apocalyptic scavengers, a profession capable of instantly determining wet and dry trash in the darkness, as well as the energy it releases, constantly search for combustibles and reusable waste in the impending ice age. They wander the darkness, searching for greasy trash, which they can always exchange for food at the garbage station. Whether it's a corpse, rebar in the wall, rotten planks, doors and windows, floorboards, or plastic—as long as it's not a stone, they can basically salvage it...
The latest big news is that the authorities have issued new urban and rural construction plans in response to the end of the world, which has led to the rise of scavengers.
The country has gathered the population together. In this end times when energy is becoming increasingly scarce, in order to reduce energy consumption and strengthen self-sufficiency, self-production and self-sales have formed an independent ecological chain, so the nearly abandoned garbage recycling stations have been put into operation again. There is no other way, the consumption of energy such as wood, coal, and natural gas is too high.
So the higher-ups decided to move the recycling station into the residential area!
Part of the recyclable garbage is handed over to the next level garbage station, and the rest of the non-recyclable garbage that can be used as fuel is all incinerated and used as fuel for heating, boiling water, and cooking.
It is more like a boiler room or a big greenhouse than a garbage station. You should know that the incineration temperature is over 700°.
In this increasingly cold apocalypse, living next to a garbage station is simply too blissful; the residual warmth at least keeps you from freezing to death.
At first, many people did not want to move the garbage station to where they lived, which caused doubts and opposition.
But when the weather gets really freezing, everyone wants to sleep in the garbage dump.
Unfortunately, the garbage dump was not in the Banana Community in the previous life. In this life, this popular place must be brought near the Banana Community. Of course, the planning and management rights must be obtained.
Jingshu had a selfish motive for building the garbage station here. Little did she know that the garbage station also had a good inhibitory effect on the mudslide in the fourth year. In order to live comfortably in the mudslide in the fourth year and to prevent the villa from being affected by the mudslide, Jingshu tried every possible way.
Tank asked doubtfully, "Are you serious?"
Jing Shu nodded. "Since no one knew about this, and the planning documents were issued from the imperial capital, this request wasn't excessive, was it?" In fact, asking for this right was just like deciding where to build schools and hospitals before the apocalypse, and where to demolish and build new buildings.
"That's a bit tricky. You know, all the energy is reserved now. Energy is becoming increasingly scarce, and even garbage that can be used as fuel is becoming valuable..."
Seeing Jingshu's unhappy expression, Tank quickly said, "But the people in Wucheng are easy to talk to, and your additional conditions are not excessive. This time when we go back, as long as your method can restore the seed germination rate, everything will be fine."
Sure enough, the poor are still struggling to survive, and the capitalists have already started to divide the cake. It seems that she also needs to collect more garbage to resist the upcoming ice and snow world.
"Then I'll wait for your good news."
Jingshu smiled and sent Tank and the overfed Xixi away, and the two sides reached a friendly agreement again.
"Sister Mirror, see you in three months!"
"Bye now."
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"Have you heard? A garbage station is going to be built in the Banana Community! All the machinery from the original garbage dump has been moved here, and it will be operational soon."
"But they've also stipulated that we now have to go to the garbage station to relieve ourselves, and we have to separate them. There are special pits for defecation and urinals. I heard they're collecting the latest materials, but I don't know what they're doing. They give 0.1 virtual coins at a time."
"I'm not bragging, but if you give me water to drink, I'll piss them until they go bankrupt."
"You guys, don't tell me, they're just reprocessing our poop to make something else to eat..."
"Shut up! How is that possible? We're not that short of food right now. We still have a lot of food reserves. We have insect cakes to eat now, so we should be researching fertilizers."
"By the way, do you know the profession of scavenger?"
"I don't know. Can you tell me?"
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Jingshu hummed a little tune and swayed comfortably on the lounge chair in the warm courtyard of the villa, occasionally grabbing the fried chicken fillet on the small table and chewing it in her mouth.
The rocking chair was made by Jingye not long ago, and Jingshu immediately fell in love with this kind of life for the elderly.
Everyone in the family was busy with their own things. Grandma Jing was busy feeding her mutant chickens, Grandpa Jing was busy doing his carpentry, and Jingshu squinted her eyes, thinking about what else was missing.
"Granddaughter, let's go back to Wuxian for the New Year this year." Jingnai was feeding the chickens and suddenly turned her head and said.
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