Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were unaware of the discussion in the livestream channel caused by a single piece of clothing.

Lin Cheng repaired several tables and chairs and looked at Lin Momo again.

“Have you washed it all?”

“Yeah.”

Before Lin Momo could move the dishes back to the kitchen bit by bit and put them away again, Lin Cheng was already a step ahead of her. He put all the now-clean dishes in the basin and carried them back into the kitchen.

The two continued to tidy up the place and put the tables, chairs, benches, equipment and supplies in their appropriate locations. A small cabinet was placed at the entrance of the store to serve as a cashier counter, tables with four chairs were in the dining area, and a long table was moved to the back of the restaurant to be used for preparing dishes and packing items for diners…

After tidying up the dining area, Lin Cheng went to the innermost part of ​​the room where the sundries were piled.

After carefully looking at the temporary ‘storage area’, Lin Cheng started cleaning it up and moved the debris out.

“Do you want to take these away?” Lin Momo asked doubtfully.

“Just move them to another place,” Lin Cheng explained.

Above this pile of debris was the second level built by the previous shop owner for sleeping and as living space. If this pile of debris below them caught fire, it would be very dangerous for them who were staying up there.

Lin Momo nodded and started to help clean up.

Lin Cheng moved the debris out, while Lin Momo sorted it, keeping the useful ones and putting them in a pile that could be used immediately. Finally, she put the useless ones together and prepared to take them to the garbage collection across the street to be thrown away.

… …

“Dad, can I keep this box?” Lin Momo asked, pointing to a cardboard box in front of her. In the cardboard box were more than a dozen bottles that Lin Momo had collected.

Looking at the carton and the dozen bottles that had been processed and arranged neatly in the carton, the vein on Lin Cheng’s temple began throbbing—he could obviously guess Lin Momo’s purpose for collecting them.

In Lin Momo’s mind, these bottles were still equivalent to valuable things that could be sold for money.

“Can’t I?” Seeing Lin Cheng didn’t speak, Lin Momo felt a little anxious.

“Okay.”

Lin Momo’s already downcast face suddenly became sunny.

“Really?!” She looked at Lin Cheng in surprise and asked in confirmation.

“Yeah, but put it away properly so that it doesn’t disturb other people passing by.”

“No, no, of course. I’ll just put it… here!” Lin Momo moved the box to a small corner of the store where it wouldn’t affect business.

After that, Lin Momo found another pen, drew small decorative flowers on the box, and wrote the words ‘Small Recycling Station for Renewable Resources’.

“This way, if customers in the store are done with their bottles, they can put them here, and then…” 

Then they can sell them for money!

Thinking of this, Lin Momo’s entire person became brighter.

Seeing Lin Momo’s happy face, Lin Cheng now also had a smile on his face.

“Okay, let’s continue cleaning up.”

“Okay!”

… …

It took most of the day, until almost evening, before the father and daughter completely cleaned up the place. Lin Cheng re-checked everything including all the appliances in the store; basically, it could all be used.

The two brought a pail of water to the front of the store. They stripped off the menu items posted on the glass door that had oxidized and could no longer be read, and wiped all the glass until it was clear.

Finally, looking at the words ‘Liuming Little Restaurant’ with its missing arms and legs, the father and daughter had the same frowning expression on their faces.

The original name of the store has lost a few pieces, and if it weren’t for a small sticker underneath, you wouldn’t even know it was called ‘Liuming Small Restaurant’.

It would be too expensive to redo the door.

The father and daughter looked at each other, and finally decided to remove the two strokes that were left on the word ‘六’, remove the half-missing word ‘明’, and then put the strokes that had been removed from the word ‘六’ to complete the word ‘小‘.

As a result, ‘Liuming Small Restaurant’ transformed into ‘One Day Small Restaurant’!

Finally, the two posted the temporary business permit and health certificate provided by the program team in a prominent location in the store. ‘One Day Small Restaurant’ was done.

Now that they were looking at it again, their little restaurant looked quite good.

… …

At this time, Lin Cheng’s phone rang.

It was a call from the delivery boy.

Earlier, the owner of the noodle shop next door helped them contact someone who specialized in delivering ingredients to restaurants. According to the noodle shop owner, these guys usually go to large wet markets in the morning to purchase ingredients in large quantities at discounted prices according to customer requirements, and then deliver them to each restaurant. In the afternoon, if it turned out they had bought too much and there were too many leftovers, or if a customer did not need them temporarily, these items would be packaged and sold at a more favorable price.

The boy came to the store quickly carrying a large basket of vegetables in his hand.

“Because you didn’t know the amount you want, I prepared it for you according to the amount used by other small restaurants. According to your requirements, I got you ones that are all suitable for regular dishes.” 

Lin Cheng and Lin Momo didn’t know how to cook complex dishes, so regular dishes were just right for them.

Lin Cheng counted the vegetables in the basket and paid the other party with the cash provided by the program team.

Seeing Lin Cheng pay 600 yuan to the delivery boy, Lin Momo felt pained.

Noticing the expression on Lin Momo’s face, Lin Cheng raised his hand and tapped Lin Momo’s forehead after the other boy left.

“Go inside.”

“Oh.”

Ingredients in hand, Lin Cheng was ready to make dinner for the two of them.

In the kitchen, Lin Cheng familiarized himself with the pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment before getting ready to start.

When he looked up, he saw Lin Momo secretly hiding behind the kitchen partition window, staring at him nervously.

T/N: The restaurant was originally named ‘六明小飯館’, ‘Liuming Small Restaurant’, Liuming being the name of their street. Father and daughter rearranged the ‘arms and legs’ of the characters so that it turned to ‘一日小飯館’, ‘One Day Small Restaurant’.

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

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