The elderly people who came here to buy groceries went to the weighing station and lined up one by one.

“This one weighs 5 catty and 3 tael, this one weighs 3 and a half catty…” The supermarket staff weighed the customers’ items quickly.

At this time, the old man who had selected the items being weighed interrupted the supermarket staff.

“Wait a minute, isn’t this carrot 6.9 per catty? Why did it become 9.6 per catty?”

“Old man, you got it wrong. 6.9 is the price of the potatoes next to it, and the carrots are 9.6.”

“Is that so…”

“Then do you still want to get this?” the supermarket staff asked.

The old man looked at the bag of carrots and seemed to think for a while, then said, “No, I thought it was 6.9…”

“Then, if you don’t want these anymore, I’ll put it aside for you.” The staff member was about to put the bag of carrots aside.

At this moment, Lin Momo, who had been standing to the side, piped up and asked, “Can you give me that bag? I want it.”

“You want this?”

“Yeah,” Lin Momo nodded.

“Okay, take it if you want.” The supermarket staff gave Lin Momo the bag of carrots.

After that, Lin Momo remained standing next to the weighing station. If an elderly customer suddenly decided that they didn’t want their items anymore, or if they somehow got too much and ended up wanting to take out some of it after weighing, Lin Momo would pick up the discarded items.

Not long after, the shopping basket in front of Lin Momo was already filled with vegetables.

… …

Lin Momo’s operation has dumbfounded everyone in the livestream channel:

[Baby, I can’t handle your method of grocery shopping anymore.]

[Haha, me too, this is the first time I’ve seen someone buying groceries like this.]

[Human cubs are indeed imaginative creatures.]

[Momo has her own ideas when buying groceries.]

While Lin Momo stood next to the weighing station, she didn’t get all the items that the others didn’t want; she only took what was on her list.

… …

Lin Cheng finished picking out the eggs and other ingredients they needed and had them packed up. He looked for Lin Momo and saw that her basket already contained all the vegetables they needed.

“Have you got everything?”

“Yeah, it’s all in there.”

Lin Cheng took a quick look at the vegetables in the basket, then he carried the basket and walked to the weighing station to prepare the items for weighing.

Seeing the father and daughter coming over, the supermarket staff at the weighing station couldn’t help but smile and cheerfully said to Lin Cheng, “Your child is very smart. All the vegetables she has in that basket are the ones carefully selected by the grannies and grandpas.”

Although the elderly customers didn’t want these vegetables in the end, they all selected it with their keen eyes before putting it in their baskets.

“Look, everything’s very good and fresh. She didn’t even have to pick it. Even the water in the leaves has already been shaken out.”

… …

After hearing what the staff said, everyone in the livestream channel finally reacted:

[Damn it, if this supermarket clerk didn’t explain it I wouldn’t even have noticed it. It turned out that this was the reason why Momo was standing there picking up vegetables those grannies didn’t want.]

[I also didn’t realize. I thought she was too small and couldn’t squeeze in to the specials, so she just stood there.]

[Momo’s way of selecting items… it’s too shrewd.]

[As someone who doesn’t know how to choose fruits and vegetables, I really mean this, I’ve learned a lot.]

[Haha, me too.]

[I keep learning some strange knowledge in this livestream channel.]

……

After the Lin father and daughter left the supermarket, they went to the grain and oil market.

The two bought flour, cooking oil, some seasonings, as well as food-grade environment-friendly bags and environment-friendly tableware.

According to Hu Mao from next door, the price of buying flour and oil in bulk in the grain and oil market would be much cheaper than getting pre-packaged flour.

[It feels like these two people have already maximized their efforts to save money.]

[When this show ends, Momo’s dad can take Momo to participate in a 100-yuan a week program.]

[100 yuan is too much, I think giving them 30 yuan to live on for a week is enough (dog head).]

[Or do a food show, I think Lin Cheng would be good at that.]

[Then again, Lin Cheng and Momo are probably the only team that would be serious about grocery shopping among the many variety shows I have watched.]

When other celebrities participated in variety shows, even if there was a part that had them shopping for groceries, they would always consider the effect on the show and most of them would ‘act’ according to the script or deliberately add some topical points.

[Actually, it’s good to just buy groceries for real.]

[Anyway, I’m not bored, I even nodded in agreement at times.]

[Haha, just look at the number of people online in the livestream channel.]

… …

After several weeks of livestreaming the program, the popularity of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s livestream channel has become much higher. Although it was still not comparable to Bai Yulin’s and Duan Bei’s—the two popular celebrities specifically promoted by their entertainment companies—it has already surpassed the other two teams and was now ranked third.

And unlike the top two teams, which had extremely high and but also some low traffic, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s livestream channels have always had the most stable number of active online  viewers among the five celebrity family teams. This meant that the number of real viewers in their livestream was more.

… …

After temporarily storing the purchased items in a storage box in a supermarket not far from Chaoyang Community, Lin Cheng took Lin Momo back to the 2-yuan store they had visited yesterday.

The products in the 2-yuan store were varied and held almost everything one could need. In addition to toys and sundries and daily necessities, there were also many things needed in the kitchen.

Although not everything was really only 2 yuan, the items sold here were still much cheaper than in other shops.

After walking around, the two bought an iron pot, spatula, some bowls, chopsticks, and a set of colorful plastic toys for playing in the sand.

On the way back, Lin Momo was still calculating how much their shopping trip had cost.

“We spent 100 yuan for our meal, 63 yuan in the supermarket, 93 yuan in the grain and oil market, and bought pots and pans….” 

Lin Momo raised her head and said to Lin Cheng, “We spent a total of 367 yuan and 80 cents.”

“Are you feeling distressed?” Lin Cheng asked, suppressing a smile.

Lin Momo shook her head and said firmly, “These are necessary investments for doing business.”

… …

[Ohhh, Momo’s situation has finally gone up.]

[I think Momo seems to like doing small business very much.]

[Momo is very obsessed with being a small boss.]

[Momo don’t go into the entertainment industry anymore, go into business and become a small boss!]

[I agree.]

[No, I don’t think so. Momo sings so beautifully. It would be a pity if she doesn’t join the entertainment industry.]

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

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