After finishing the work, Lin Cheng looked at the time: it was now 10:15 pm. He then looked at Lin Momo beside him.

At this time, Lin Momo had moved a stool to sit on the edge of Lin Cheng’s desk. She was holding the mobile phone he gave her in one hand and a notebook and pen in the other hand. She had her head buried in her notes and he didn’t know what she was writing or drawing.

Lin Cheng took a closer look and saw that the mobile phone in Lin Momo’s hand was currently displaying the results for ‘How to grow cabbage?’.

In addition to this, Lin Momo’s notebook was filled with various farming and breeding strategies:

[How to grow potatoes]

[How to grow tomatoes]

[How to raise pigs]

[How to raise fattened pigs]

[How much are fat pigs are sold for]

[What fruits are most profitable to grow]

[What can you grow to make a fortune] …

Lin Cheng’s lips twitched slightly as he watched Lin Momo write down half the tenets of ‘How to Get Rich Through Farming’ in her notes. He didn’t know whether to tell her that in terms of modern farms of this size, management was more important than planting.

“Momo,” Lin Cheng called her.

“Huh?” Lin Momo responded, but had no time to raise her head and pay attention to Lin Cheng.

“It’s time for you to go to sleep,” Lin Cheng reminded, tapping Lin Momo’s forehead with the back of his finger.

“Oh, wait a minute.” She had been copying the part about how to milk a cow, and she still had not finished the last bit.

“Go to sleep now,” Lin Cheng repeated, and then added, “We have to go out tomorrow, and there will be many things to do.”

After hearing this, Lin Momo finally raised her head and looked at Lin Cheng.

“Do we have to go buy chicks, piglets, lambs, and other things?” Lin Momo happened to see this part in her research.

“…” The corners of Lin Chen’s mouth twitched again.

“No, we are going to see Grandpa tomorrow.”

“Grandpa?” Lin Momo was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the name she saw in the household registration book that day.

“Is this my great-grandfather you mentioned before, the one in the household registration book?” Lin Momo asked, surprise clear in her voice.

“Yes,” Lin Cheng nodded and asked, “Do you want to meet your great-grandpa?”

“Yeah!” Lin Momo nodded vigorously and couldn’t help but ask Lin Cheng curiously, “I haven’t met him before. My great grandfather, what kind of person is he?”

What kind of person…

An improper fan? A strange old man? Suspected of trying to abduct children? And… liked Squidward?

The few words Lin Momo herself used to describe Old Master Lin suddenly popped in Lin Cheng’s mind, and he suddenly didn’t know how he was going to introduce her great-grandfather to Lin Momo.

“He’s a bit similar to grandpa Zhou Haihua whom you met when you were on the filming set,” Lin Cheng finally answered after thinking for a while.

“Ah…?” Thinking of the ferocious old man on the set who would give her a scary smile from time to time, Lin Momo had a look of horror on her face.

However, when she thought that the other person was her relative, Lin Momo tried hard to convince herself to accept the potentially scary great-grandfather whom she had not yet met.

“Then when will we see great-grandpa tomorrow?” Lin Momo asked.

“Tomorrow morning,” Lin Cheng replied, and then said, “So, it’s time for you to go to bed now.”

“Well, okay.” After hearing Lin Chen’s words, Lin Momo nodded and put away her notes on ‘How to Get Rich Through Farming’ obediently. Then she went back to her room to wash up and go to bed.

However, not two seconds later, Lin Momo came back out again, peeked at the door of Lin Cheng’s study, and asked, “Dad, we are going to see my great-grandfather for the first time tomorrow, should I bring him a gift?”

“No need.” For Old Master Lin, probably the best gift was to meet Lin Momo.

“Would great-grandpa be unhappy if I didn’t prepare a gift?”

“No.”

“Oh.” Lin Momo turned around and returned to the room.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Lin Momo returned to the room and lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling with her eyes wide open, unable to fall asleep.

After being quiet for a while, Lin Momo got up from the bed again—after thinking about it for a long time, she still felt that she should prepare a meeting gift for her great-grandpa.

Lin Momo’s eyes searched around the room and found nothing worthy of being given as a gift.

She wanted to prepare a gift for her great-grandfather whom she will meet for the first time, but she didn’t know what she could give him.

After struggling for a long time, Lin Momo felt that she should ask Lin Cheng for help.

… …

In the study.

Lin Cheng was looking through Lin Momo’s notes on ‘How to Get Rich Through Farming’ when he saw his daughter suddenly running out in her pajamas. Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked in a soft voice, “What’s wrong?”

“Dad, let me ask you a question.”

“What is it?”

“What does Grandpa like?”

This question seemed to stump Lin Cheng. Compared with other old men, Old Master Lin didn’t seem to have a wide range of hobbies. His only real hobby was probably to complain about other old men’s hobbies on WeChat Moments?

Although, he now seemed to have another hobby: watching his great-granddaughter’s livestream on his tablet.

“He doesn’t have any special hobbies,” Lin Cheng said truthfully.

“Is that so…” without getting a proper answer, Lin Momo returned to the room with her head hanging down.

Lin Momo’s eyes fell on the two caterpillar dolls on the bedside, but she quickly shook her head in dismissal—although Lin Momo felt that these two dolls were very precious, she was afraid that her great-grandfather would only find them ugly.

Lin Momo sat by the bed and thought hard again, and finally thought of a gift that she could give.

… …

Lin Momo jumped out of bed again and walked to the door of her bedroom.

Opening the door quietly, Lin Momo peeked out through the crack in the door. After making sure that Lin Cheng was still in the study, she went out, walking very carefully.

Lin Momo thought she was being very careful and would not be discovered by Lin Cheng, but little did she know that her sneaky appearance still caught Lin Cheng’s eyes.

Seeing his daughter sneaking out, the vein in Lin Cheng’s temple jumped and he said, “Lin Momo.”

“!” Lin Momo shivered when she heard her name being called.

“It’s half past ten,” Lin Cheng reminded her with a headache.

“I’m going right now, I just came out to get something.” After saying that, Lin Momo quickly ran to the living room and got her school bag, then just as quickly she ran back to her room with her head shrinking down her neck like a turtle under Lin Chen’s stern gaze.

After running back to the room, Lin Momo took out a piece of paper and a set of paintbrushes from her school bag and spread them out on the small table next to the bed.

She was going to draw something for her great-grandfather as a meeting gift.

Lin Momo held the paintbrush and thought about it for a moment. She had not been to many places and not seen many things at all. The past few weeks participating in the show with her dad was Lin Momo’s most colorful experience so far.

After thinking about it, Lin Momo took out a pen and divided the entire paper into four parts, and drew the most interesting things and the most interesting places she encountered in the first four episodes of the program.

“I hope my great-grandpa will like it…” Lin Momo whispered while drawing, praying in her heart that her gift would not be disliked by her great-grandfather.

… …

On the other side of the house.

Lin Cheng thought Lin Momo had already gone to sleep.

When he saw Lin Momo running out of the room again, he suddenly felt that his patience had been greatly challenged tonight.

Meeting Lin Cheng’s gaze, Lin Momo felt a little guilty.

“Well, I’ll just ask one last question! It’s the last one!” Lin Momo held up one finger and asked, “What color does Grandpa like?”

“Color?” Lin Cheng frowned slightly, and finally answered casually, “Gray-green.”

“What kind of color is gray-green?” Lin Momo asked.

Lin Cheng pointed at a certain pair of slippers by the door and said, “That kind.”

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

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T/N: Lin Cheng actually has it easy—Lin Momo is a very well-behaved kid! 😂

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