Meng Yao woke up early at seven o'clock the next morning.
The sun was still very weak at the moment, it was early autumn, and the morning air still retained the warmth of summer.
The curtains in Meng Yao's room had a very average light-blocking effect. As soon as she opened her eyes, she was dazzled by the bright light outside and subconsciously raised her hand to block it.
This room was not soundproofed. Meng Yao lay on the bed and listened to Song Lan's footsteps in the living room just a door away.
Strangely enough, Song Lan was slender but her footsteps were heavy.
Probably to get something, she walked back and forth in the living room twice. Not long after, Meng Yao heard the keys shaking, and Song Lan put on high heels. The sharp heels clicked loudly on the ground. Immediately afterwards, the door was slammed shut.
It was completely quiet outside the door.
Meng Yao rolled up his quilt and turned over, glancing at the mobile phone on the bedside table.
After sending messages to Song Siqi last night, the battery was running low. She put her phone on the bedside table to charge before going to bed. Meng Yao unplugged the charger, unlocked the screen, and found that the phone page was still stuck on last night's chat history.
Song Siqi was very touched that she was willing to accompany her to the outdoor barbecue. After confirming again that Meng Yao was not forcing herself, she immediately signed up with Zheng Hua.
Meng Yao fell asleep after sending the message, and did not fall asleep until early in the morning.
Meng Yao lay quietly on the bed for a while before getting up.
Song Lan probably didn't expect that she would get up early during the holiday and did not prepare breakfast. After Meng Yao washed up, he went into the kitchen and cooked a bowl of noodles.
Her cooking skills are really not that good.
The noodles are cooked, but the soup is watery.
She took out a bottle of Lao Ganma from the refrigerator, mixed them together and ate them.
Song Siqi sent her a voice message at around eight o'clock.
Meng Yao had just washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. His hands were wet. He took out a paper towel and wiped them dry before touching his phone.
Song Siqi had just woken up, and her voice was still sleepy. She told her that Zheng Hua had sent a message and asked if it would be okay to meet at the central square at 10:30 in the morning.
"He said he had to buy some things after meeting, and then we would take a taxi to that camping base together."
Song Siqi seemed to still want to sleep.
Meng Yao had no problem with the timing and replied to her: OK.
Putting down her phone, she looked down at her cotton pajamas and opened the closet.
*
We made an appointment to meet at 10:30. Taking into account the time of waiting and riding the bus, Meng Yao set off from home at 9:40.
She contacted Song Siqi on the bus, and Song Siqi just went out. The distance between her home and the central square was closer than Meng Yao's, so she said: I'll wait for you at the bus stop.
Meng Yao replied yes.
As a result, they both arrived at about the same time.
Song Siqi wore a blue dress today and had a high bun, looking very energetic. In comparison, Meng Yao is very ordinary, wearing a pure white T-shirt and straight overalls.
After meeting her, Song Siqi praised her: "A girl with vitality."
"But won't it be a little hot?" Song Siqi said.
But she had never seen Meng Yao wearing a skirt. She always seemed to wear T-shirts and jeans.
Sure enough, Meng Yao shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it."
But in fact, Meng Yao hesitated when choosing clothes before going out. It's not that I haven't thought about dressing up a little more specially than usual, but I always feel strange when I look at myself in the mirror.
Ultimately, she was afraid that a sudden change would reveal some of her long-hidden thoughts.
She seemed too serious.
She thought too much and was frightened.
But in fact, she was the only one trapped in it.
"Okay." Song Siqi didn't dwell on this issue too much. She walked out of the crowd with Meng Yao on her arm and left the bus stop.
"Zheng Hua and the others are here, waiting for us at the entrance of the supermarket."
"In addition to Xu Yao and Zheng Hua, they also called another person. He is also a boy who plays well with them on weekdays. We have all been in the same class before and we all get along well."
Song Siqi was afraid that Meng Yao would feel uncomfortable due to unfamiliarity, so she comforted her while walking.
Meng Yao nodded, indicating that he understood.
At the entrance of the supermarket, Zheng Hua and the others found a shady corner to stand.
Song Siqi pulled Meng Yao from the other direction and saw them standing out among the crowd at a glance.
"What a scenery." Song Siqi walked over and teased.
Zheng Hua glanced at her and let out a long sigh of relief: "But we're finally here."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained: "It's too hot today."
"Who asked you to arrive early?" Song Siqi scolded him, turned around and greeted another boy with a smile, "Long time no see, Gao Yang."
"It hasn't been long." The boy smiled and made a reminiscence, "I saw you in the cafeteria before the holiday. You ate so luxuriously that the plate could barely hold it."
Song Siqi:......
Zheng Hua burst into laughter when he realized the true meaning.
Under Song Siqi's eyes that turned ferocious in a second, Gao Yang quickly raised his hands and surrendered: "Just kidding. Actually, I envy you for buying braised chicken legs. They were sold out when I went to queue."
Song Siqi had always been unwilling to suffer losses, so she ignored his overtures and replied: "That's probably a matter of character."
Gao Yang was frustrated.
Song Siqi smiled proudly, finally feeling comfortable, and introduced Gao Yang and Meng Yao with a smile.
Meng Yao listened to Song Siqi's words and kept looking to the side unconsciously.
Xu Yao stood there quietly, looking down at his phone.
Perhaps because of the strong ultraviolet rays, he wore a black peaked hat today. When he lowered his head, the brim of the hat covered his eyelashes, making it difficult to see his expression. From this angle, Meng Yao could only see his sharp jawline.
"go?"
Suddenly, Xu Yao put away his phone, raised his head and spoke.
Before Meng Yao could take his eyes back, he looked straight at him.
Xu Yao's skin color is generally white, and the originally soft facial contours are a bit sharper because of the hat. His eyes were dark and bright, with warmth in them.
Meng Yao's eyes only stayed on his face for a few seconds, and Xu Yao woke up in time and moved his eyes away before Xu Yao turned his head and looked over.
No one noticed.
When everyone arrived, Zheng Hua pushed Gao Yang beside him and responded to Xu Yao: "Let's go, let's go."
After entering the supermarket and having air conditioning, a group of people felt alive.
There were a lot of things to buy, so they agreed to work in groups.
Song Siqi picked up a cart at the entrance of the supermarket and took Meng Yao straight to the snack area.
She reached for several flavors of potato chips on the shelf, turned around and asked, "Meng Yao, what do you want to eat?"
"Anything is fine." Meng Yao glanced at the shelves casually. She didn't like snacks very much, so she wasn't very interested.
Song Siqi was used to her indifference in many things, so she wasn't surprised at all when she heard the answer "It's okay" and said, "Then I can just take it?"
Meng Yao said "hmm".
She said it was casual, but Song Siqi would still ask her opinion from time to time.
Song Siqi wandered around the snack area and gained a lot. Meng Yao had a low sense of participation in this matter. Among the dozen snacks in the cart, only one pack of dried mango was taken by her on her own initiative.
As a result, Song Siqi was still sighing at the cart when she left the snack area: "Isn't the comparison between the two of us too obvious?"
Meng Yao smiled and comforted her and said, "No, what you got happened to be what I like to eat."
Then they went to the fruit area.
Meng Yao finally played a role when choosing fruits.
After the purchase, the group met at the cashier.
Zheng Hua and the other three boys bought a lot of barbecue ingredients. When they walked over and looked at the cart in front of Song Siqi, they were a little surprised.
Zheng Hua looked at Song Siqi speechlessly: "Are you sure you can finish eating?"
"Okay..." Song Siqi looked at their cart and hesitated, "There are so many people."
Zheng Hua: "..."
He sighed slowly and wanted to say, "You also know that everyone is human and not pigs." Just as he was about to speak, Xu Yao reminded him: "Let's pay."
Their team was huge, pushing two large carts, taking up a lot of space and blocking the way of other customers in the supermarket.
Someone happened to want to borrow it at this moment.
Zheng Hua turned around and said "Oh" twice, and quickly made way for others. After this interruption, he forgot what he wanted to say, and pushed the cart to queue up in front of the checkout counter.
After the bill was settled, the items in the two carts were divided into several large bags. The three boys had almost everything. Meng Yao and Song Siqi only carried a light bag of fruit.
Gao Yang picked up the bag, weighed it, and asked belatedly: "Did we forget to buy drinks?"
Song Siqi explained: "Zheng Hua said that there were ice drinks for sale so he didn't buy them from here."
"With such a high temperature, you can take it and make a hot drink."
"Oh, okay."
There is no direct bus to the camping base, so you have to take a taxi.
The five people were divided into two groups as usual. After leaving the supermarket, I hailed two taxis on the side of the road.
Song Siqi opened the car door and let Meng Yao sit in first. Zheng Hua and the others stuffed their handbags into the trunk of the taxi in front, then ran over to Song Siqi and said, "Follow us."
Song Siqi gave him an OK gesture.
Meng Yao was sitting in the car and saw Xu Yao standing on the roadside through the front window, listening to Gao Yang's words, as clean as a bright and tall poplar tree.
After Zheng Hua walked over, they got into the car one after another.
During the 40-50 minute drive, the driver turned on the air conditioner. Probably because he didn't get a good rest last night, not long after the car drove, Meng Yao couldn't resist feeling sleepy and leaned against the car window and squinted for a while.
It wasn't until he arrived at his destination that he was woken up by Song Siqi tapping his shoulder.
During the National Day holiday, many people came to the camping base. They found a secluded place. Zheng Hua asked Gaoyang to rent a barbecue grill and arranged for them to buy drinks before setting off.
"I want a cold can of Coke."
Gao Yang said: "Me too."
Xu Yao moved a small table from somewhere and placed the barbecue ingredients on the table.
Song Siqi took out the tablecloth from her handbag, unfolded it, spread it on the grass under the shade of the trees, and then busily took out the snacks from her handbag and put them on the table.
Meng Yao had nothing to do, so he became the only one idle. He took the initiative and said to Song Siqi, "Then I'll buy a drink."
Song Siqi hadn't finished what she was doing, so she subconsciously responded, "Okay."
After agreeing, he realized it, raised his head and asked, "But can you find where the canteen is?"
None of them had been here before.
Meng Yao hesitated for a few seconds and was about to say "It should be okay". Before he could say anything, Xu Yao packed up the table and came over.
While she paused, Xu Yao also looked over. Probably because Song Siqi was worried that she could not find the address of the canteen, he looked at Meng Yao in a calm tone and said, "Let's go together."
