After washing up, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo took their toiletries and remaining water, and prepared to go back.

At this moment, the two met a family who had just walked out of the shack next to them.

There were four people. A man and a woman, then standing next to the man was a child who looked younger than Lin Momo, and the woman was holding a one or two-year-old child in her arms.

This group of people were also surprised when they saw Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.

“You are…” the man opened his mouth, then—remembering that someone from some program group came over to talk about recording a reality show a few days ago—he realized the identities of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.

“I was saying last night, why did I seem to hear some noises from the house next door? Are you the ones that those people said will come to do the show?” the man asked.

“Yes,” Lin Cheng nodded, and then greeted the family in front of him, “Hello.”

“Hello, hello,” the couple also greeted Lin Cheng.

“What kind of show are you filming? Why did you come to this place to film?” the man asked doubtfully.

Lin Cheng gave the other party a concise and helpless explanation, “I got it by drawing lots.”

This answer made the couple even more confused, but they didn’t ask any more questions.

“I see…” the man nodded, then briefly introduced himself.

“Our family lives next door. My name is Hu Mao. This is my wife Yang Fang. These are our two children. The eldest is 7 years old and the youngest is one and a half years old…”

Conversing with the other party, Lin Cheng soon learned about the family’s situation.

The couple’s hometown was originally in a village in T county, and they came out here to work a few years ago. Later, the small factory the worked in was closed down. The two did not want to return to their hometown, so they stayed in the city to do some small business to make a living.

The two of them pushed a cart out to sell steamed buns and soy milk in the morning, and in the afternoon they took several buckets of tofu to sell near the vegetable market.

“Originally we were renting a house in Chaoyang Community over there for 400 yuan a month. However, the past two years have been bad and business has been difficult. We had no choice but to move here.” As Hu Mao explained this to Lin Cheng, was packing, getting things ready to be sold.

“Although it’s a little inconvenient to live here, you’ll eventually get used to it after a long time,” Hu Mao said.

Lin Cheng took this opportunity to ask the other party about the water and electricity usage in this place.

“We get tap water from Aunt Yang on the first floor over there. We give her 15 yuan a month.

“If you go out towards that direction, there is a well there. The water quality is average. But it is enough for washing clothes and other things.”

“As for electricity, there are many here who have their own small businesses, their electricity is tapped from the homes of residents in the community, and you just pay a monthly fee. But since our family leaves early and comes home late, we usually don’t need it. I simply got a rechargeable desk lamp for my children to use for studying. “

Hu Mao enthusiastically introduced Lin Cheng to things in the shanty community. When he saw that time had passed and he needed to go, he pushed the cart and prepared to go out to sell steamed buns, leaving his wife at home to prepare the things to sell in the afternoon and take care of the two children.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Lin Cheng also took Lin Momo back to their house.

Taking advantage of the natural light in the morning, the two looked at their house again.

Before they came, it seems that the program team specially hired people to reinforce the entire shack to ensure that it would not collapse on their heads while they were living in it. However, in all other respects, the program team basically maintained the original condition.

Lin Momo didn’t mind the shabby house, but looking at the dirty room, Lin Momo couldn’t help feeling aggrieved. 

She took Lin Cheng’s hand and said, “We’d better clean it. Just give it a try.”

“Okay.”

When it came to cleaning the house, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo had surprisingly similar ideas.

Without hesitation, the two of them packed up the useless debris in the shed and threw it into the pile of debris next to the shanty town, leaving only a few pieces of furniture that could still be used.

The mattress and fabric covering the bed frame were dirty and already in tatters. Lin Cheng simply borrowed tools from a repairman who lived nearby and directly dismantled the tattered fabric that was wrapped around the bed frame, removing and cutting away, leaving only the practical wooden bed frame.

As for the two mattresses, Lin Cheng dragged them outside the house without hesitation and prepared to throw them away.

“Wait a minute,” Lin Momo stopped Lin Cheng.

“This can be sold for money,” Lin Momo pointed to the spring exposed in a hole in the mattress.

Lin Cheng wanted to tell Lin Momo that these things wouldn’t cost much, but when Lin Momo kept looking at the mattress as if she were looking at cash, Lin Cheng thought for a while and started to remove the springs one by one.

After doing all this, the sun was already high in the sky.

Looking at the house that had been tidied up and became more like a house with bare walls, Lin Momo couldn’t help but murmured in a low voice, “There is nothing to steal this time.”

Therefore, even if the house was unlocked, the two of them had ‘no fear’.

Lin Cheng smiled after hearing Lin Momo’s words.

Although for the sake of the authenticity of the show, the program team did not make too many modifications to this place, but they also arranged for staff to guard the area secretly—people would not really come in and steal things.

“Let’s go have breakfast.” Lin Cheng said, washed his hands, and took Lin Momo out of the door.

Serve As Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: So the program team worried about people stealing their camera equipment. Why couldn’t they worry about Lin Momo’s health and safety 🙄

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Chapter 83.1 — Learning Things
Chapter 83.2 — Learning Things
Chapter 83.3 — Learning Things
Chapter 83.4 — Learning Things