In the past two days, the father and daughter have been to many nearby markets and were already very familiar with the roads and flow of traffic in the area.

After some consideration, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo finally decided to go to a trade market two or three kilometers away from their residence.

This market didn’t occupy a large area, but the shops were densely packed.

To the east of the market was a wholesale market selling household items and some home decorations, while to the west was a newly built cultural and creative pedestrian-only street.

During weekdays, the flow of people in these markets were not large, but there were still many young people who come to shop, and of course there were many shop owners tending to their shops.

Lin Cheng and Lin Momo picked a path next to the pedestrian-only street and stood there.

Although both father and daughter wore hair covers and masks for hygiene reasons, their good looks could still be vaguely seen and they still attracted attention as they stood on the street.

As a group of young women approached the Lin father and daughter’s spot, they couldn’t help but look at the two a few more times, and they giggled and whispered among themselves.

“Look, over there, an adult is taking care of a child. Do you think he is an older brother taking care of a younger sister, or a dad taking care of his daughter?”

“Probably a dad taking care of his daughter,” one of them speculated. “But this dad looks really young!”

“Yeah, I think you’re right. But, hey, they both look really good.”

“How can you tell that, they’re both wearing masks?”

“Although they are wearing masks, based on my years of experience in looking at handsome men, this father and daughter are definitely good-looking!”

“What do you think they’re doing, are they selling something?” 

At this time, someone in the group finally noticed the two baskets in front of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.

Ropes were tied to the left and right front corners of the basket, as well as on the rear parts. The other ends of the these ropes were clamped to Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s clothes with clips. This ensured that the baskets would be stable and would not cause any problems even if Lin Cheng and Lin Momo moved around a bit. 

On Lin Momo’s waist, there was also a small basket which held such items as: modified mineral water bottles which now contained seasonings, some toothpicks, bamboo skewers, food bags, etc.

“Do you think they are recording some program or maybe filming scenes?”

It was inevitable that people who saw them would speculate like this because Lin Cheng and Lin Momo good looks really gave people quite a different feeling from the ordinary vendors selling their wares here.

“You may be right.”

Several people’s eyes searched the surroundings, trying to find the presence of the program team’s vehicle or the camera crew. However, there were many people coming and going nearby, and the cameraman was well-hidden among the crowd, so he was not easy to find.

“What are they selling? Food?”

“Seems like it.”

On one side of the basket, Lin Momo had pasted a cardboard with the words ‘Delicious Soybean Dregs Cakes‘ that she wrote in multi-colored pens.

“Should we go over and take a look?” someone suggested.

The other young ladies next to her were obviously eager to give it a try, but they were a little embarrassed to approach.

While these young ladies were hesitating, Lin Momo had already taken the initiative to run in front of them.

“Older sisters, we sell soybean dregs cakes. Do you want to buy one and try?” Lin Momo asked.

After a pause, Lin Momo took a deep breath and continued to introduce her wares using words she planned in advance, “Our soybean dregs cake are made of bean dregs and fresh vegetables. They are very delicious and also very healthy. It won’t make you easily gain weight.”

Lin Momo’s last words obviously moved the four girls in front of her.

Seeing that these people seemed to be interested, Lin Momo quickly added, “If you are a little hungry, you can try this.”

“How much are you selling this?” one of the girls asked.

“Two yuan for the big ones, one yuan for the small ones. And we also have veggie meatball skewers, which are  two yuan per skewer,” Lin Momo explained as she opened the lid on her basket.

The aroma of fried goodness instantly spread.

At the same time, these young ladies got a good look at the bean dregs cakes sold by Lin Momo. Each bean dregs cake was wrapped separately in oil paper and neatly arranged in the basket, revealing only part of the golden-brown cakes that clearly had different shapes!

“This are…” one of the girls said as they all crowded in.

“The big ones are in the shape of a kitty cat’s face; the small ones are in the shape of a fat fish,” Lin Momo explained. 

“And these are the veggie meatballs. Although they all look the same on the outside, you will find that they have different colors after you bite them open. The green ones have vegetables. The orange ones are carrot-flavored, the pink ones are fruit-flavored, and those grey-white ones are the original flavor.”

Saying that, Lin Momo took out a few bean dregs cakes to display and showed them to these older sisters in front of her.

“So cute…”

“You can taste it first before deciding whether to buy it or not,” Lin Momo said as she opened the small basket that hung on her side. She cut one of the soybean dregs into small pieces, put toothpicks on the cut-up samples, and handed them out.

… …

Lin Momo’s introduction made the young ladies pause in surprise, and it also made the audience in the livestream channel burst into laughter:

[What a sales genius.] Someone joked half-jokingly.

[But to be honest, it would be a pity if Momo doesn’t do sales promotion.]

[I was so moved by what she said, but unfortunately I am very sure that the place where they are recording this it is not in my city.]

[I want to try it too.]

[+1, and the price is really good.]

… …

The young ladies’ eyes lit up after trying the small samples that Lin Momo handed them.

“I feel they taste pretty good.”

“It tastes much better than I expected, quite special.”

“I think it’s delicious.”

Their home-made soybean dregs cake were all praised by these older sisters, and Lin Momo suddenly had a big smile on her face.

Then, Lin Momo continued to introduce her wares, striking while the iron was hot. “This is the original plain flavor, without adding anything. But if you like, we also have tomato sauce, hot sauce, five-spice, salt and pepper, and… um…”

Lin Momo couldn’t remember what else they had, so she turned her head and looked at Lin Cheng for help.

Lin Cheng suppressed a smile and added, “Honey mustard sauce and plum powder.”

“Oh, yeah,” Lin Momo nodded and turned back to look at the older sisters. “There’s also honey mustard and plum powder flavors.”

“Then I want a big one with salt and pepper flavor and a small one with tomato flavor.”

“I want one kitty cat in original flavor, one little fish also in original flavor, and a skewer of vegetarian meatballs in all four flavors.”

“For me, it’s…”

Lin Cheng and Lin Momo prepared each person’s orders with  movements that were still a bit lacking in skill.

Lin Momo quickly calculated the money each of them had to pay.

“You can pay in cash, or you can scan here,” Lin Momo said, pointing to the QR code on the side of the basket.

This week, the program team didn’t prepare work mobile phones for the Lin father and daughter team. They had to borrow the QR code stickers from the family next door so that they could collect payments this way.

“Okay.” The young women all paid and happily took their bean dregs cake from Lin Momo.

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

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T/N: Ahh! It’s been a while since I last updated this story. I got sick and got overwhelmed. I’m slowly building up the advance chapters buffer again, so yey! I hope you’re all still there haha.

Pedestrian-Only Streets are streets with a high concentration of  of commercial shops or other special interests and are considered no-car zones. These streets either gradually became like that because of the natural flow of people or were officially designated as such to better control traffic and safety.

I adjusted the description of the ‘baskets’ Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were using because the description was unclear. But I was imagining something like this:

Five-Spices Powder have five flavors: sweet, bitter, sour, salty, and savory. There can be many variations but the five commonly used spices are (from top left): Chinese cinnamon, fennel seeds, star anise, Shichuan pepper, and cloves, 

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Chapter 86.2 — ‘Sales Genius’