After determining the best combination of ingredients and its proportions, Lin Cheng took Lin Momo out to purchase the necessary ingredients.

Because a good amount of ingredients were needed, the two went directly to the grain and oil wholesale market where they gone before.

However, unlike last time, when Lin Cheng purchased flour, grain, and oil this time, he specifically asked the stores for the supplier’s information, certificate of conformity, official receipt, and other such materials.

… …

[What does Lin Cheng want all these for? ]

Lin Cheng’s actions caused confusion among the audience.

[He probably wants these information to feel safer.] someone speculated.

[Is it to facilitate inspections by relevant government agencies?] another person made a guess. 

But this guess was quickly refuted by others.

[Who will come to inspect such mobile food stalls?]

In old city areas, it was common to see mobile stalls like the one Hu Mao’s family operated, where one simply pushed a cart to sell breakfast items such as tofu, roasted sweet potatoes or fried potatoes. It was practicably impossible to fully check the licenses, qualifications, and test compliance certificates of such mobile stalls.

[It seems so…]

[There are a lot of these mobile stalls in front of our school. I go there every day to eat. I usually buy from the ones that look clean. Some of the stall owners are quite conscientious in hygiene.]

[It’s the same in front of my apartment. Some people push carts, some ride tricycles, and some elderly neighbors cook tea eggs and sell them.]

[This kind of thing is really hard to regulate, and most of the time the just go on with their business. ]

[By the standards of most small vendors, Momo is really very conscientious in making their products! ]

[Those are, after all, something made by a father and daughter with mysophobia.]

[And there are hundreds of thousands of us online to ‘supervise’ the entire production process. ]

[It’s a pity that they are not in my city, otherwise I would definitely buy them, haha. ]

… …

After buying the ingredients they needed, the father and daughter returned to their residence.

At this time, Hu Mao’s family had already gone out to sell breakfast, but they left a large pot of soya dregs for Lin Cheng and Momo. They also lent them their large pot, stove, and the chopping board.

With the experience from the previous time, this time, whether it was mixing the ingredients, rolling the soya dregs dough into thin portions, or drying the portions and cutting them into diamond-shaped pieces, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were much more skillful.

In half a morning, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo had already processed most of the pot of soya dregs and cut them into thin flakes.

While continuing to dry the thin-rolled dough, the two of them used the remaining soya dregs to make soya dregs cakes and vegetarian meatballs according to yesterday’s method.

Then the soya dregs cakes, vegetarian meatballs, and dried flakes were fried one after another.

The soya dregs cakes and vegetarian meatballs each had their own flavor, so they did not need to be processed any further. After frying and cooling, they could already be put into a food-grade paper pouch.

On the other hand, although the soya dregs chips tasted good, they did not actually contain any seasoning. Therefore, after taking them out from the pan and draining the oil, the father and daughter sprinkled chili powder, five-spice powder, pepper and salt, and other flavorings on the chips.

Afterwards, Lin Cheng was responsible for packing them in paper pouches, while Lin Momo made the labels.

Lin Momo used colored pens to draw cartoon-style labels, writing the name and different flavors of their new products on the blank space. “These are plum flavor, these are tomato flavor, this is salt and pepper, this is spicy…”

“Is the name ‘Soya Dregs Crispy Chips’ okay?” Lin Momo asked, looking at Lin Cheng.

“Okay,” Lin Cheng nodded and then suggested, “You can also add ‘Momo Brand’.”

Hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo grew embarrassed and frowned, “I just said that casually this morning.”

“‘Momo brand’ feels so tacky…” Lin Momo whispered to herself.

… …

This whispered complaint was broadcast word for word into the livestream channel.

[Hahaha, I am dying of laughter. Is Momo complaining about her own unfashionable name?]

[I want to know what Momo’s father is feeling at this moment.]

… …

Finally, after careful consideration, Lin Momo gave their chips a lively and nice-sounding name: Doudou Brand Soya Dregs Crispy Chips.

…  …

Seeing the name Lin Momo wrote on the label, everyone in the livestream channel laughed:

[Oh my god, I can’t stop laughing. I thought Momo would come up with a fancy name, but it turned out to be ‘Doudou’?]¹

[Doudou….]

[Is this the name that Momo thinks is not tacky?]

[So in Momo’s mind, ‘Doudou’ sounds better than ‘Momo’? ]

[Hahaha, I am about to die laughing. I really don’t think the name ‘Doudou’ is more fashionable than ‘Momo’.]

[But since the little girl likes it so much, why not ask the Lin father to change her name to ‘Lin Doudou’ (dog head).]

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Lin Momo—who didn’t know that she had won the new nickname ‘Lin Doudou’ on the Internet—looked at the name she had chosen and written on the label. She nodded with satisfaction.

Lin Momo then took the label she made and went to show it off to Lin Cheng.

“Dad, what do you think of this? Doesn’t this name seem much better?”

Lin Cheng: “…” It’s really not that good.

However, seeing that Lin Momo was quite happy with her choice, Lin Cheng could only nod against his conscience and replied, “It’s good.”

“You can add a unique pattern to make a logo,” Lin Cheng suggested.

Lin Momo thought about it, and it seemed like a good idea, so she picked up the colored pens and started working again.

Finally, Lin Momo’s label was completed—at the top was a funny-looking soybean cartoon character with stickman limbs, with ‘Doudou Brand Soya Dregs Crispy Chips’ written below, and on the bottom row showed the different flavors written in colored pens.

Soya dregs chips of different flavors were packed in food-grade kraft paper pouches, which were then closed up with the adhesive labels.

In fact, these soya dregs crisps looked quite similar to the real thing.

… …

[It really feels okay.]

[I also think it looks quite exquisite.]

[I’m so curious, I want to taste it.]

[I want to eat too…]

[I want to try making the same one myself!]

[If you make it yourself, then it’s not ‘Momo’ brand— I mean, it’s not ‘Doudou’ brand, haha.]

[I also want to try Doudou brand. ]

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

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1. If you recall, Momo’s name means ‘foam’ or ‘bubbles’. Dou means ‘bean’. So it’s Bubbles vs Beany 🙂 ↩︎