When Lin Cheng woke up, he saw Lin Momo sitting next to him, staring at him with blank eyes.

Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment.

… …

This subtle expression did not escape the eyes of the viewers in the livestream channel.

[Hahaha, I feel like Lin Cheng was taken aback just now.]

[When you wake up and just open your eyes, and you see someone staring at you like this. You will definitely be scared.]

[If this was not my daughter, I would have been really frightened.]

[Wrong, if this was not my daughter, I would have slapped her away.]

……

“Dad!” Seeing Lin Cheng wake up, Lin Momo shouted excitedly.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Cheng asked.

“I thought of a way we could make some money!”

“Selling junk?”

“Of course not!”

Lin Momo paused.

“Well, it’s also okay to sell scraps,” she said after thinking for a while.

“But what I want to tell you is another thing, something different.” After another pause, Lin Momo added, “Uncle Hu and Aunt Yang next door have a lot of bean dregs they don’t want anymore because they make soy milk and tofu every day. We can buy it to turn it into something else and then sell it!”

After saying that, without giving Lin Cheng a chance to speak, Lin Momo began muttering to herself again, “We can make bean dregs cakes and bean dregs vegetarian meatballs…”

Hearing this, Lin Cheng smiled and asked, “How did you come up with this idea?”

“Grandma taught me a lot of things. There’s vegetable tofu, fruit tofu, vegetarian yellow sauce…” Lin Momo babbled things out, listing things one by one.

Because bean dregs were nutritious and the ingredients were cheap, Liu Cuifang often made it for Lin Momo in different ways back when her legs and feet were still strong.

“Bean dregs pancake is made by adding eggs, flour, and some diced vegetables to the bean dregs, and then lightly frying them in oil.”

“Fruit tofu is made by boiling bean dregs in water and adding brine. Then when it is almost ready, you add various fruit pieces, then take them out together and press them into shape using gauze and a container. Yes, they’re super delicious!”

“And vegetarian yellow sauce…”

Lin Momo tried hard to recall the steps Liu Cuifang did when she made these things.

“We can do something simple first before going to a few markets later to sell it,” she said.

“Okay,” Lin Cheng agreed.

Lin Momo looked excited after getting Lin Cheng’s approval.

However, Lin Momo thought of something and frowned.

“But our family seems to have no money…”

“We should have enough,” Lin Cheng said.

“Ah?”

Seeing Lin Momo’s surprised look, Lin Cheng took out the 500 yuan that he had not had time to give her last night.

Seeing five one-hundred-yuan bills, Lin Momo was immediately blinded by the sight.

“Why do you have so much money!” Lin Momo exclaimed, then looked at Lin Cheng in surprise and asked, “Did you earn all of this last night?”

“Yeah, I earned it yesterday,” Lin Cheng replied.

After saying this, Lin Cheng did not see Lin Momo’s adoring expression as he expected. 

Lin Momo suddenly became quiet and looked at him nervously, eyes full of worry, as if she was doubting the source of this five hundred yuan.

Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly, he raised his hand and poked Lin Momo’s forehead gently, and then said, “This is the money I earned from going to the factory and guiding others to install newly bought equipment. It’s not fraud. Don’t worry.”

Sure enough, after hearing this explanation, Lin Momo seemed to be relieved and asked again, “Is it hard to work in the factory?”

“Fortunately, it’s not hard.”

Hearing this, Lin Momo smiled at him, nodded and said, “That’s good.”

“Shall we go and see how many bean dregs there are in the house next door?”

“Okay!”

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After the Lin father and daughter cleaned up, they went to Hu Mao’s family next door.

“Your daughter said earlier that she wanted the bean dregs, so I set them aside for you,” Hu Mao said to Lin Cheng.

Knowing Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s plan, Hu Mao tried to dissuade them again, “Our family also sold those bean dregs before, but not many people here wanted to buy them. After making them into vegetable tofu, we were able to sell some. But it’s too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and they can’t be sold for much money.”

“It’s just to try,” Lin Cheng said.

… …

At this time, everyone in the livestream channel was also a little confused:

[Actually, the 500 yuan Lin Cheng earned last night should be enough for this week. There is no need to do anything else.]

[I also think that with 500 yuan, I can do nothing for a week and still feel comfortable.]

[Haha, is it a script for the show?]

This statement was quickly refuted by others:

[Other groups may do it, but Lin Cheng really doesn’t seem like someone who cares about the effect on the show.]

[Lin Cheng is probably doing this simply to satisfy Momo’s wishes.]

[I feel it’s that way too.]

[In Momo’s eyes, there’s probably no such thing as just doing things week to week, or finishing it task to task. She treated every life they lived each week seriously as if they were truly her life.]

……

Hu Mao gave all the bean dregs from that morning to Lin Cheng.

Originally, Hu Mao was not prepared to accept Lin Cheng’s money, but Lin Cheng still insisted on giving him 20 yuan for it.

… …

The Lin father and daughter went out to the main street.

The destination was the same Huimin supermarket as yesterday.

It was morning market time, and the entrance to the supermarket was bustling with shoppers.

After placing Lin Momo to the side, Lin Cheng squeezed into the stall that were selling eggs at special discounted prices.

Because Lin Momo couldn’t squeeze into the stalls with special discounted prices, she simply took a shopping basket and stood next to the weighing station.

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

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T/N: More food visual aid!

Soybean dregs pancake

Fruit tofu. This has kiwi and lychee.

Vegetarian yellow paste. 素黃醬. I’m not familiar with this one but this is what google showed me:

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Chapter 85.2 — Making Money
Chapter 85.3 — Making Money