In the evening, in order to welcome this first batch of guests, the farm also prepared an outdoor barbecue party.

… …

Seeing the atmosphere of joy and laughter, the audience in the livestream channel was speechless with envy.

[What evil have I done in my past life to make me watch a livestream like this…]

[I’m shedding tears of envy while chewing bread.]

… …

At the farm, just when everyone was having fun, a bright light suddenly streaked up in the night sky and a red-purple firework exploded above them with a ‘bang’!

“Wow! It’s fireworks!” Someone at the scene exclaimed.

As everyone cheered, more and more bright lights zipped into the night sky and bloomed over their heads. Soon, colorful fireworks enveloped the entire night sky.

This was not Lin Momo’s first time watching fireworks.

When she still lived with her grandma, Lin Momo would sometimes see some people setting off fireworks during Spring Festival on the streets where fireworks were allowed to be set off.

But those were only simple fireworks. They were not as big as what she was seeing right now, certainly not as many, and definitely not as beautiful. The big fireworks seemed to be right in front of her, as if she could touch them if she stretched out her hand.

Lin Momo and several guest children jumped excitedly under the fireworks.

It wasn’t until she was a little tired from all the fuss that Lin Momo ran back to Lin Cheng, took his hand and jumped again.

“Dad, Dad! When was this prepared?” Lin Momo asked, tugging at Lin Cheng’s hand.

How come she didn’t know there was this great event planned? Obviously there were no fireworks in the list when they were preparing yesterday.

“Is it a surprise you secretly prepared?” Lin Momo continued to ask, somewhat hitting the nail on the head.

Hearing this, Lin Cheng smiled and answered Lin Momo, “Not exactly.”

“Ah?” Lin Momo was stunned.

Lin Cheng rubbed Lin Momo’s head and said, “This is a gift prepared by your great-grandpa for you.”

Hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo suddenly realized how it was and looked around in surprise.

“No, your great-grandpa didn’t come.”

“Ah, so great-grandpa is not here…” Lin Momo was a little disappointed.

Lin Cheng explained, “Your great-grandpa is too old to take a long flight. He is waiting for you at home.”

Hearing this, Lin Momo nodded, shook Lin Cheng’s arm and said, “Then, let’s go see great-grandpa as soon as we get back!”

“Okay.”

… …

Over at the Lin family manor.

Hearing what Lin Cheng said to Lin Momo in the livestream, Old Master Lin snorted in dissatisfaction. “Nonsense! What does he mean by I’m too old to fly? It’s obviously that brat who won’t let me go!”

Hearing Old Master Lin’s remarks, Butler Zhou and Zhou Ming on the side couldn’t help but smile and persuaded, “The eldest young master is only caring about your well-being.”

After all, the old master was indeed getting on with age, and flying for a long time did have certain hidden dangers.

Old Master Lin waved his hand, still dissatisfied, and said, “Forget it, I won’t watch anymore. Where is my coat? Bring it to me. I’m going to exercise outside.”

In the past, Old Master Lin stayed at home all day and didn’t like to go out for walks or exercise. Recently, for some reason, he suddenly fell in love with exercise and took some time to do it every day.

Butler Zhou followed Old Master Lin to the yard and said worriedly, “Old master, exercise should be done moderately, step by step. You should take your time.”

“Don’t worry, I know it well,” Old Master Lin said as he began his exercise.

The content of the old master’s exercise was quite simple: he moved his arms and raised his legs, then held the cane with both hands to push forward and pull back. He repeated this for more than a dozen times until he was a little tired and the old man stopped.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

By this time, the evening carnival at the farm had ended.

People from the program team appeared in the livestream. This was the latest hour that the program team had ever appeared on screen.

“Congratulations to dad and baby for completing this week’s mission,” the director said with a smile. There was a bit of amazement in her eyes as she looked at Lin Cheng.

She also didn’t expect that Lin Cheng would do well in such a seemingly lucky draw but was actually a difficult task. In fact, not only did he complete it—he also far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

“Dad and baby really brought us many surprises this week. On behalf of the program team and the audience, I would like to thank you.”

After that, the director changed the topic and asked, “What kind of family background do you think you will draw for next week?”

“It shouldn’t be more difficult than this week, right?” Lin Cheng said with a smile.

These words also caused a burst of laughter from the surrounding program staff: this father and daughter team have indeed been worked hard this week.

“Then it depends on your luck,” the director replied, and she asked the staff to bring over the familiar lottery box.

There were a total of 9 [Family Background] options this time. The other four celebrity family teams have already completed their lottery picks, so there were only five options left in the box at this time.

Because Lin Momo had already fallen asleep, Lin Cheng himself went up to draw lots this time.

Without thinking about it, Lin Cheng directly took out a card from the box.

Opening the card, Lin Cheng’s usually calm face showed signs of emotions.

“What did Momo’s dad draw this week?” the director asked curiously.

Lin Cheng: “…”

This was probably the briefest information card they have encountered so far.

Lin Cheng didn’t say anything, just turned over the card to face the camera.

[Home address]: Xiangyang Street, behind Chaoyang Community

(there is a vacant land behind the community which has been idle for 8 years due to procedural issues and funding problems. Some homeless people have temporarily built shanty houses there. This place is non-fixed residence).

[Dad’s occupation]: Unemployed.

[Annual household income]: None.

[Transportation]: None.

[Financial status]: None.

[Disposable funds this week]: 37.5 yuan.

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

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T/N: Fireworks have been restricted to varying degrees or even outright banned throughout the cities of China since the 1990s. There was a brief lifting of restrictions/ban in 2000s, but then popular sentiment once again moved to prohibiting it because of its impact on air quality.

Great-grandpa’s fireworks show would only have been possible because they were far the from the urban area, and even then they would have needed to apply for a permit.