Autumn is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

Lianhai City is located on the southern coast, and during this season, residents have the habit of tonic.

From the small dining tables of each family to the restaurants in the streets and alleys, all kinds of medicinal foods and various tonic soups are brought to the table, and they begin to prepare for the winter.

The western suburbs of Lianhai City, the urban-rural junction, the construction site of a residential real estate.

Construction is underway in the community, many buildings are half-built, and workers are in full swing.

In the evening, at the end of the day's work, a large number of workers came out of the construction site and walked towards the construction site canteen in twos and threes, ready to eat and rest.

There were also many workers walking away from the cafeteria, ready to go together to a snack street next to the construction site.

The so-called snack street is the main street of the village near the property, and there are several shops and small restaurants on the street.

The village is not big, called Mengzu Village.

Because they are located in the suburbs, the customers of these shops and small restaurants were originally only villagers, but with the development of nearby communities, a large number of foreign laborers poured in, and construction workers suddenly ignited the business of shops and restaurants in the village.

There is a cigarette shop on the main street of Mengzu Village, which not only sells finished cigarettes and liquor of various specifications, but also sells home-brewed medicinal liquor, which is very popular in this season.

Several workers stopped at the door of the cigarette shop, and one of them looked into the store, "This shop sells medicinal liquor, I heard that it is not bad, we can buy some and drink it in the restaurant together in a while." ”

Several people in the same group agreed, so they walked into the smoke hotel.

The owner of the cigarette hotel is a middle-aged fat man in his 40s, and when he saw a customer coming to the door, he immediately greeted him with a smile, "What do you want to do?" Smoke? Or wine? ”

"Boss, it's been getting cold lately, and my knees hurt a little bit, so I want to get some medicinal wine." One of the workers said.

"Medicinal wine, the most I have here is medicinal wine, which can cure all kinds of diseases, and the medicinal materials are all dug by myself in Yuntai Mountain, and the effect of medicinal wine is absolutely good." The owner of the cigarette shop pointed to the rows of glass wine jars on the side of the shop, and continued to introduce to the workers, "This is a snow artemisia in it, which can dispel wind and dampness, strengthen the body, and your workers bought a pound from here yesterday." ”

"Okay, bring me 4 pounds."

The owner of the cigarette hotel was stunned, "This medicinal wine can be drunk at most one time at a time, how long are you going to drink it?" ”

"There are a lot of us, and I'm worried that I won't be able to score enough to buy 4 catties."

"Okay, I'll give you the measure." Even the hotel owner seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and found a 4-liter plastic bucket to release the medicinal wine from the glass wine jar.

The workers settled the bill, and the owner of the cigarette shop instructed, "Remember not to drink too much, and if the effect is good, give me publicity among your workers." ”

"Don't worry, boss, if we drink well, we will definitely be repeat customers."

The workers carried the medicine and liquor to the small restaurant next door.

Half of the people in the small restaurant were already seated, including villagers from the village, but most of them were workers who had just left work.

The six people who had just come in took the medicine and wine and sat down at a large round table by the window, and shouted to the boss: "Boss, bring the menu." ”

The restaurateur was busy in the back kitchen, and a young waitress in her 20s came over, putting a simple menu on the table and asking, "What do you want to eat?" ”

The menu is very simple, just a piece of paper covered with plastic film, there are words anyway, and various dish names and staple foods are printed on it, and the dishes are all home-cooked dishes such as sweet and sour tenderloin, spicy fried shredded potatoes, and sweet and sour fish.

The workers circulated the menu, seemingly dissatisfied with the monotonous dishes on the menu, and one of them asked the waiter, "Yesterday we went to the house next door to you, and they have medicinal food, why don't you have it?" ”

"Yes, I have it at home, but it's not on the menu, and today my restaurant has a new Ten Perfect Tonic Soup." The waiter pointed to the newly posted list on the wall, and sure enough, it read "Ten perfect tonic soup, one pot of 180".

"Ten perfect tonic soup? The name is very nice, but what's in it? ”

"Lamb stewed with 10 kinds of nourishing herbs."

"Isn't it just lamb stew? It's also 180 a pot, which is quite expensive. ”

The waiter hurriedly explained, "We put a lot of mutton, several catties, and we use 10 kinds of nourishing Chinese medicine are very precious, this season we have to eat this kind of medicinal food here, you see that the table next to you has ordered a pot, just smell it is very fragrant, it tastes delicious and nourishing, this time to eat this is the best." ”

The smell of the perfect tonic soup wafted over the next table, and the aroma of mutton was mixed with the smell of herbs, which was very good.

The worker who spoke swallowed and asked, "How many catties of mutton are in the soup?" What are the other 10 kinds of Chinese medicine? ”

"There are two catties of mutton, half a catty of haggis, and 10 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine have angelica, wolfberry, astragalus, and a ...... of artemisia on the snow."

"An artemisia on the snow? We also have the medicinal wine we bought, which is good. Okay, then let's have a pot, and then give us a plate of peanuts, a hot and sour shredded potato, and two pots of rice. ”

"Okay, wait a minute."

The waiter wrote the menu and went to the back kitchen, and said to the boss, "There is another table, and I want a perfect soup." ”

In addition to the boss in the back kitchen, there is also a chef who has been invited, and the boss is directing the chef to make ingredients for the new medicinal diet ten perfect tonic soup that was just served today.

Boss: "Okay, let them wait a while, and serve a few vegetarian dishes first." ”

The waiter loaded a plate of fried peanuts in advance and brought them to the workers' tables.

The worker who ordered the food just now asked, "When is the perfect tonic soup?" ”

"The kitchen is already cooking, and it's going to be good right away."

The worker suddenly shouted in the direction of the back kitchen, "Boss, remember to add more ingredients, put more of your 10 kinds of precious Chinese herbs, don't be reluctant." ”

When the boss heard the voice, he also laughed loudly and responded, "Okay, I'll put more on you." ”

As he spoke, the boss sprinkled a few pieces of white wood into the pot.

Soon, the soup was served.

The steaming lamb soup is topped with chives and greens, as well as slices of herbs of various colors, and the aroma of the meat is mixed with herbs, which is very appetizing.

Six people gathered around a table to eat, and at the same time, they poured a large glass of medicinal wine from the smoke hotel just now, and several people drank and chatted while eating, and the food was in full swing.

Speaking of excitement, everyone drank a few glasses of wine, and most of the mutton in the soup went down.

Suddenly, when a worker came back with his hand to pick up the mutton, the mutton fell on the table.

He tried to put the lamb that had fallen on the table back on his plate, but after two or three unsuccessful attempts, his hands began to tremble.

He felt very embarrassed, what happened to his hand today? Why are you so disobedient?

He tried again, and this time not only did his hands tremble, but his body also began to crawl like a lot of ants.

He reached out and scratched his face and arms, and the itching did not lessen in the slightest.

He rolled up his sleeves and found that there were no ants on his arms at all, and there were no other bugs, was it a hallucination?

He began to get scared, and his lips began to go numb.