Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show

Chapter 23,Part 3: — Steamed Buns!

Lin Momo stood admiring the buns made by her family, while Lin Cheng checked the time and began preparing to take her out again.

They still had fresh vegetables and meat left to buy, and their destination were the several vegetable markets in the urban area.

According to their landlady: the food in the vegetable market in the evenings is much cheaper than at other times.

She also told them which ingredients were cheaper in which vegetable market. The landlady had especially sorted out a strategy complete with a time schedule for Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.

“Let’s go,” Lin Cheng called Lin Momo again.

Seeing that Lin Momo was still staring at the buns intently, Lin Cheng simply took two buns that had cooled down from the plate, put them into a lunch box, and stuffed them into Lin Momo’s arms.

“No,” Lin Momo shook her head.

“What do you mean by ‘no’?” Lin Cheng looked at Lin Momo suspiciously and asked.

“Not this one, but that one.” Lin Momo pointed to the bun with three tick marks in the lunch box, and then pointed to a bun with only one tick mark on the plate.

Lin Cheng’s temples twitched.

These buns are all made of red bean paste, what was the difference between one with one mark and another with three marks?

Lin Cheng complained in his heart, but he still changed it to Lin Momo’s preferred bun.

“Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

… …

The two rode out the door on a tricycle.

Lin Cheng was riding in front, and Lin Momo was sitting in the back of the bike quietly eating buns.

The skin of the buns is soft and fluffy, and the sweet bean paste rushes into the mouth as soon as you bite down.

Lin Momo’s eyes lit up.

“Dad.”

“Hm?” Lin Cheng responded.

“Our buns are super delicious,” Lin Momo said proudly.

Although the appearance was not very good, the taste has not lost any points at all.

Lin Momo ate the buns in small bites until one bun was finished. She left the other pointed bun in the lunch box and carefully closed the lid.

This was for Lin Cheng.

The reason why Lin Momo insisted on taking this one just now was because among all the buns, this one was the most beautiful.

… …

At this time, Lin Cheng’s tricycle had already arrived at the first destination: the vegetable market in Yulin Street.

When the tricycle arrived at the entrance of a three-chambered alley, Lin Momo pointed to one of the directions before Lin Cheng could even check the road signs and navigation.

“Dad, it’s over there!”

Lin Cheng glanced at the road sign, checked the navigation, and found that Lin Momo was pointing in the right direction.

Although Lin Momo didn’t know the whole city, she still has a clear impression of the places she has been to.

She was brought by her grandma to this vegetable market a few times back when her legs were still good.

The dishes in the evening market here were very cheap, and you could buy all the leftovers for one or two yuan. And a few hours after that, vendors would pile up the last unsold vegetables in a basket in the middle of the market, and you could take them casually without paying.

It was just that after her grandma’s leg was injured, they seldom went out to buy vegetables and cook for themselves anymore.

But since Lin Momo joined to participate in the recording of the program, Chen Yu and the others had arranged a nurse and regular consultations for grandma.

When Lin Momo returned home last weekend, she was pleasantly surprised to find that her grandma’s legs and feet had improved a lot after receiving comprehensive treatment, and she should be able to recover soon.

Thinking of this, Lin Momo had a happy smile on her face.

Lin Momo tugged at the back of Lin Cheng’s coat.

She whispered, “Thank you.”

She knew that Chen Yu and the others did this for her grandma because she and Lin Cheng participated in the program recording together.

Hearing Lin Momo’s ‘thank you’, Lin Cheng paused, a little puzzled as to what she was ‘thanking’ him for.

However, Lin Cheng didn’t pay attention to what the child said suddenly.

He parked the tricycle in the non-motor vehicle area next to the vegetable market and took Lin Momo inside.

Here, the two bought Chinese cabbage.

After Lin Cheng paid the money, he turned his head but did not see Lin Momo.

Lin Cheng looked around, only to find that Lin Momo was standing motionless on the side of the road not far away, like a pillar. Opposite her was a pasta shop. Inside, the boss and the proprietress were preparing the first batch of buns to be sold tomorrow morning.

When Lin Momo was about to come back to call Lin Cheng over, she discovered that Lin Cheng had already walked towards her.

Thus, one pillar became two pillars, one tall and one short.

Seeing the boss and his wife making buns so quickly—one can be wrapped in almost a few seconds!—both father and daughter fell silent.

Lin Momo silently compared the difference between her own bun and the other’s bun: they were both similar, but for some reason, she couldn’t make a good bun.

“Dad, have you learned it?” Lin Momo asked, pulling Lin Cheng’s sleeve.

“Probably,” Lin Cheng tried his best to remember the tactics of the two bosses.

“Let’s go,” Lin Cheng called Lin Momo; they still had to go to the next vegetable market.

… …

The two went to three other vegetable markets.

The last vegetable market was next to a small residential area near Jiaming Road, where they were going to buy green onions and shallots.

“Dad, you can go from the left side,” Lin Momo whispered to Lin Cheng, pointing to a side path.

Walking this path, you would not pass by the place where chickens and fish were slaughtered outside.

Lin Cheng didn’t doubt Lin Momo’s words but turned his head to look at the girl.

“Been here before?”

Lin Momo nodded.

Lin Cheng looked back, because the light from the lamp was too dim, he didn’t notice that something was wrong with the girl’s expression.

After parking the tricycle well, Lin Cheng called Lin Momo again.

The two went straight to the stall selling green onions.

Halfway over, Lin Cheng realized that Lin Momo hadn’t followed. Looking back, he found that Lin Momo was standing behind a light sign by the vegetable market not far away, looking at him, but not following.

“Lin Momo, come here,” Lin Cheng called her.

When they went to the previous vegetable markets to buy ingredients, this kid would actively come up to help with things, but this time she didn’t keep up?

Lin Cheng was a little surprised.

Lin Momo pursed her lips and did not move.

“You don’t want to go?” Lin Cheng asked again. He thought in his heart that the child was probably tired from walking or having a tantrum.

Lin Momo nodded, then shook her head again.

Lin Cheng was helpless. “Then stand there and wait for me, don’t go far.”

Lin Cheng went to the stall alone to buy green onions.

… …

Lin Momo has been standing behind the light post waiting for Lin Cheng.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her from behind, and Lin Momo almost fell down due to the strong pull.

“You little bastard, it’s you again!”

T/N: I know that Lin Momo grew up in the streets and she probably knows more how to survive its dangers than anyone else in this story, but Lin Cheng, your daughter is very smol—anyone can pick her up and stuff her in a sack! Always keep one eye on her ah!

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