Yu Xiao and Kang Shaonan took out the things in the car and put them away. Kang Shaonan seemed to be very knowledgeable about this kind of thing. He skillfully spread out the camping tablecloth and then placed the things on it one by one.
The two sat opposite each other. Yu Xiao looked around curiously. This place was in the shade. There was a small hillside to the east, and where they sat was a small forest. The surrounding trees blocked the dazzling sunlight. The mountain breeze blew through, bringing a pleasant coolness. Not far from the forest was a green melon field. A simple melon shed was built on the edge of the field. Some ripe watermelons were placed outside the shed. A little further away was a lake with rippling clear water. Occasionally, a few birds would glide across the water. Yu Xiao was moved by the beautiful scenery in front of him. It seemed that all his bad moods were washed away!
This is such a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers!
"Kang Shaonan, how did you find this place?" She had lived in this city for such a long time, but she didn't even know there was such a paradise here!
"When I was serving in the army in another city, I often passed by here when driving home alone. It was a shortcut at that time. I walked here several times. Later, I went to J City and never came here again!" Kang Shaonan took a bottle of water, unscrewed the cap and handed it to her.
Yu Xiao took a sip and looked at the lake in the distance curiously: "Are there fish in that lake? Can we go swimming?"
"Wife, that's not a lake, it's a natural pond. I really don't know if there are any fish. How about we go down and take a look after we finish eating?" Kang Shaonan looked at the pond in the distance, and finally set his sights on Yu Xiao and looked at her inquiringly.
Kang Shaonan's unintentional words immediately aroused Yu Xiao's interest: "Well, OK! Let's eat quickly!"
Because there was no preparation in advance, today's lunch was a little simple, but Yu Xiao was in a particularly good mood. She finished her lunch in no time, packed up her things, and ran towards the pond in the distance without waiting for Kang Shaonan to hold her hand. Kang Shaonan smiled at his wife's happy back and quickly followed her.
"Kang Shaonan, wow, there are really fish here! Come and see!" Yu Xiao ran to the pond, squatted down and looked into the pond happily, and kept waving at Kang Shaonan.
Kang Shaonan walked over to her with a smile. As soon as he squatted down beside her, Yu Xiao ran away with a smile: "Haha, there is no fish in it at all!"
"Great! How dare you lie to the chief?" Kang Shaonan looked at her back and smiled heartily, then quickly chased after her.
The two of them ran along the pond, one in front and one behind. The sun was shining brightly above their heads. Yu Xiao was sweating profusely in a short while. He stopped and looked at Kang Shaonan because of the heat.
"You surrender so soon?" Kang Shaonan smiled and walked to her side and stopped. He put one arm around her waist and put her scattered hair behind her ears with the other hand, looking at her lovingly.
"It's so hot, let's go swimming!" Yu Xiao looked at the cool water and wanted to jump in.
"The water in this kind of place is full of mud. I don't want to be away from seeing my bride tomorrow. If you want to swim in the future, your husband will accompany you to the beach. Let's go! The sun is too strong here. Don't hurt your skin. Let's go to the melon shed and take a look!" After Kang Shaonan said this, he took her hand and walked around the other side of the pond and walked towards the melon shed.
The pond was very large, and the two walked around the other side for more than ten minutes before reaching the melon shed. The melon farmer was busy picking melons from the field. When he turned around, he saw the two young men and hurried over to greet them. Kang Shaonan asked the melon farmer to pick a ripe one, and after cutting it open, he and Yu Xiao chatted with the melon farmer while eating it.
"Uncle, how's the harvest this year?"
"Well, not bad! Young man, this is your wife, right? She is so pretty!" The uncle was a countryman and had never seen such a beautiful city girl, so he couldn't help but praise her.
"Uncle, you guessed it right! We will have our wedding tomorrow!" Kang Shaonan listened to the uncle's words and smiled at his young wife beside him.
"Oh, tomorrow? Not bad! Tomorrow is a good day! Since you guys come to my place to eat melons, let me share in the good fortune. Today's melons are my gift!" The uncle was a simple and honest countryman. When he heard that the two of them were going to have a wedding tomorrow, he was also happy. There were not many people coming to this kind of place. It was not easy to meet them, and they were a newlywed couple. The uncle was also happy.
"Thank you, uncle!" Kang Shaonan was not polite and nodded with a smile. He looked up at the melon field in front of him, then looked back at the uncle and asked, "Why don't you take these watermelons to the market to sell?"
"My son will be back in the afternoon. You guys eat first. I have to pick all the watermelons in the field before he comes back." The uncle stood up with a smile, turned around and went back to the field to pick watermelons.
Kang Shaonan always does things in a hurry, even eating a watermelon is very fast. He ate more than half of it in a short while. He washed his hands in the basin beside him and looked at Yu Xiao: "Wife, we can't eat watermelon for free. You rest here, I'll help uncle pick watermelons!"
"I'll go with you!" Yu Xiao put down the watermelon in his hand and stood up with him.
"It's a little hot today, so you should rest here. What if you get tanned?" Kang Shaonan felt a little reluctant as his young wife looked a little thin.
"Do you dislike me because I got tanned?" Yu Xiao looked at him with her little face raised.
"You are the only one who dislikes me. Your husband will never dislike you!" Kang Shaonan touched her little face and smiled sunny: "Okay, let's be melon farmers today to celebrate our marriage tomorrow." After that, he pulled Yu Xiao into the melon field and walked towards the uncle.
When the melon farmer heard that the two wanted to help pick watermelons, he quickly refused: "You are getting married tomorrow. If you get tired today, I can't afford it!"
Yu Xiao smiled and replied: "Uncle, he is a soldier, he won't be tired, don't worry!"
"Uncle, please don't be polite!"
"Okay! Okay! Thank you so much!" The uncle nodded repeatedly in gratitude. To be honest, he had to wait for his son to come back to pick all the melons in the field, and it would probably take until dark.
The three of them worked together. The uncle was picking the melons in front, while Kang Shaonan and Yu Xiao were responsible for transporting the melons. After working for nearly an hour, Kang Shaonan asked Yu Xiao to go back to the field and wait, and he helped the uncle transport the melons alone. Kang Shaonan was a soldier, and he worked like the wind. The melon field was supposed to be worked until dark, but it was finished at around 3 pm. After sitting and resting for a while, Kang Shaonan looked at the time and was about to leave with Yu Xiao. The uncle insisted that the two of them take a few watermelons, but Kang Shaonan only took one, said goodbye to the uncle, and left with Yu Xiao.
The two walked for more than ten minutes and returned to the car. Kang Shaonan watched Yu Xiao fasten her seat belt before starting the car and returning. Although there was not much work to do in the melon field, Yu Xiao rarely did this kind of physical work. Not long after the car drove out, she fell asleep leaning on the seat. Kang Shaonan smiled with satisfaction as he watched his wife sleeping soundly, and continued to concentrate on driving his car.
Yu Xiao slept all the way downstairs of her house before she woke up. Looking at Kang Shaonan beside her, she sat up straight in embarrassment.
"Wife, are you ready?" Kang Shaonan raised his hand and touched her face lovingly, asking her with a smile.
"What are you preparing for?" Yu Xiao asked in confusion.
"Get ready to be my bride!"
Yu Xiao blushed and looked at him deliberately: "Are you going to cancel the wedding just because I'm not ready?"
Kang Shaonan looked at her and smiled, then took her hand and held it in his palm: "Wife, stop dreaming. No one can cancel our wedding. We still have a whole day to work tomorrow. I'm a little tired from working today. Go home and have a good sleep! If you miss me at night, call your husband!"
"Okay! I understand! Don't be too tired! I'll get off the car first!" Yu Xiao said as he opened the car door and got out.
Kang Shaonan remembered that there was a watermelon in the car, so he got out of the car, picked up the watermelon, and followed Yu Xiao upstairs. When he came out of the elevator, Kang Shaonan handed the watermelon to Yu Xiao: "I won't go in, wife, see you tomorrow!" After saying that, Kang Shaonan went back to the elevator and waved at her: "Go in quickly!"
Yu Xiao smiled and nodded. When she saw the elevator door was about to close, she rolled her eyes and playfully stuck to the elevator door and shouted with a smile: "Hubby, thank you!"
Before Yu Xiaogang had time to leave after shouting, she heard the elevator door ding and opened again. Kang Shaonan looked at Yu Xiao standing at the door, stretched out his long arms and pulled her into his arms, looking at her with a meaningful smile on his lips: "Wife, what did you call me just now? Call me again!"
"Forgot!" Yu Xiao raised her chin and looked at him with a blushing face.
"Forgot? You forgot so quickly! Wife, we can forget it now, but when I come to pick you up tomorrow, please don't forget your husband. It would be terrible if you mistake me for a water bill collector!" Kang Shaonan deliberately frowned to remind her.
"Haha! Don't worry! I will never treat you as someone who collects water fees!" Yu Xiao laughed out loud at Kang Shaonan's words.
Kang Shaonan looked at her happy expression and suddenly pinched her chin with one hand, lowered his head and quickly kissed her lips, looked at her slightly flushed face and slowly lowered his voice: "Wife, from now on, smile like this! I like it!"
Yu Xiao broke free from his embrace and stepped out of the elevator, deliberately pouting: "Let's go! Otherwise, I'm going to be pissed off by you!"
Kang Shaonan smiled and reached out to press the close button. Watching the elevator slowly close, Yu Xiao picked up the watermelon and returned to his home.
During dinner, Ren Zhiping and Yu Jiahou did not mention anything about Luo Yi during the day. After all, their daughter's wedding was tomorrow, and no one wanted to talk about unhappy things at this time. However, their daughter was about to get married, so as parents, they could not help but give some advice.
"Xiaoxiao, Shaonan is a rare good match. You must treat him well after marriage!" Ren Zhiping had nothing to say about Kang Shaonan as her son-in-law. He was good-looking, kind-hearted, and had a prominent family background. She liked him no matter how she looked at him. (To be continued)