Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show

Chapter 29: Want a bedtime story?

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"What are you doing standing there?" Lin Cheng asked as he looked at Lin Momo, who was clinging to the kitchen partition in a daze.

"Nothing," Lin Momo shook her head and said, "Well, I'll just take a look."

"It's very hot here, and the oil is very thick. Go outside and wait." Lin Cheng said.

"oh."

Hearing Lin Cheng's words, Lin Momo stepped back a little and obediently moved away from the kitchen area.

However, after arriving at the dining area outside, Lin Momo moved another stool towards the kitchen, still looking at Lin Cheng nervously and seriously.

Seeing this, Lin Cheng's mouth twitched slightly.

—This girl is so nervous. Is she afraid that he will ruin the food, or is she afraid that he will burn down the kitchen

Lin Cheng secretly complained in his heart.

In order to prove that he was not as bad as Lin Momo thought, Lin Cheng withdrew his gaze and began to concentrate on cooking.

"What do you want to eat?" Lin Cheng looked at Lin Momo through the window of the kitchen partition and asked.

"Hmm..." Lin Momo thought for a moment and ordered two dishes: "Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and... stir-fried potatoes with green peppers!"

According to the recipes of the neighbor grandmothers, these two dishes are the simplest.

"Are you still tired?" Lin Cheng asked again.

“That’s all…” Lin Momo shook her head: she was worried that Lin Cheng wouldn’t do any more.

Lin Cheng nodded, took out the necessary ingredients from the freezer, washed and cut them.

Then, the prepared materials were placed next to the gas stove, one row of ingredients, one row of side dishes, and one row of seasonings.

Before leaving, one of the shop owners left some seasonings in the shop. Lin Cheng and his friends picked out the ones that were not expired, and bought the rest from the small supermarket next door. Compared with other restaurants, these seasonings were not rich, but they were enough for the two home-cooked dishes ordered by Lin Momo.

After all the preparations were done, Lin Cheng started cooking.

For the first dish, Lin Chengxian made scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Beat the eggs, heat the oil, fry the eggs, add the tomatoes…

Throughout the whole process, although Lin Cheng's movements were not as skillful as those of a professional chef, they were not clumsy either.

Watching Lin Cheng's series of actions, the audience in the live broadcast room made surprised sounds:

Can Lin Cheng cook

I always thought he couldn't cook, and I used to wonder if Lin Cheng would come up with some weird dishes as a restaurant owner.

Although Lin Cheng and Lin Momo have sold buns in previous programs, cooking is different from making snacks where you just need to prepare the ingredients according to the method given on the Internet.

It seems that Lin Cheng is cooking really well.

Could it be that he was cramming this weekend

Haha, maybe.

But I still tend to believe that Lin Cheng can cook.

It's very hidden.

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Not only the audience in the comment section were surprised, even Lin Momo was also surprised.

Unconsciously, Lin Momo had moved to the kitchen partition again. She was watching Lin Cheng cooking through the glass with a serious look on her face, her face full of disbelief.

"Very surprised?" Lin Cheng raised his head and glanced at Lin Momo.

Lin Momo nodded vigorously.

"When did Dad learn to cook?" Lin Momo asked curiously—Chen Yu, Zhou Qi and the others didn't know how to cook, and they ordered takeout every day. Lin Momo thought Lin Cheng didn't know how to cook either.

"A long time ago." Lin Cheng said.

"At that time, I was studying in Country Y. The service fee there was very high. It would be very expensive to eat out, so I cooked by myself in the rental house..." Lin Cheng shared his past with his daughter for the first time.

About his past, including the experience of studying abroad without any education, Lin Cheng never told anyone, including the old man of the Lin family.

Lin Cheng's remarks also answered the doubts of the audience in the live broadcast room.

So that's how it is. Lin Cheng had studied abroad before.

I feel that Lin Cheng’s experience studying abroad is not that good. He should have been working and studying.

Suddenly I became a little curious about Lin Cheng's previous experiences.

Me too, but unfortunately there is very little information about Lin Cheng on the Internet. Apart from the rumors and negative information at the beginning, there is almost no information about Lin Cheng's family, education, and identity on the Internet.

The more this happened, the more curious people became about Lin Cheng's information.

Here, under Lin Momo's "supervision", Lin Cheng cooked scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

"It looks delicious." Lin Momo whispered.

She didn't know how it tasted as she hadn't tried it yet, but judging from its appearance and aroma, it must be delicious!

Hearing Lin Momo's words, Lin Cheng's lips curled up into a satisfied smile.

"Okay, take it out first." Lin Cheng put the scrambled eggs with tomatoes on a plate and handed it to Lin Momo.

"good!"

Seeing Lin Momo skipping out with the dishes in her arms, Lin Cheng got nervous for a moment.

"Go slower, be careful of the heat." Lin Cheng reminded.

After Lin Momo left, Lin Cheng made two more dishes: one was the shredded potato and green pepper that Lin Momo ordered, plus a bowl of meatball soup.

By the time Lin Cheng finished cooking the remaining two dishes and brought them out, Lin Momo was no longer in the restaurant.

Lin Cheng took two steps forward and saw Lin Momo holding a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and talking to the owner and his family at the door of the restaurant next door.

"This is our scrambled eggs with tomatoes, you can try it."

Lin Momo used to live with her grandmother in an old residential area, and it was common for someone to buy something delicious or cook a meal and share it with the neighbors.

Lin Momo shared her own dishes with the restaurant owner and his family to thank him for his help today.

"Did your father make this?" the boss was a little surprised.

Originally, he thought that most of the newcomers to reality shows were half-baked, just putting on an act in front of the TV audience, and not necessarily showing their real skills. Unexpectedly, the dish in front of him looked quite decent.

"Yeah," Lin Momo nodded vigorously, and then said, "It's delicious!"

Just then, Lin Cheng came over and tapped Lin Momo on the head, saying shyly, "That's enough, stop showing off."

Lin Momo came to enjoy her own dishes with the boss's family. In addition to expressing her gratitude to them, she also had the thought of showing off a little, but only a little.

Lin Momo didn't expect that her little trick would be seen through by Lin Cheng. Her face immediately turned red and she pouted.

Seeing this, the boss and his wife couldn't help laughing.

"Excuse me." Lin Cheng said to the boss's family, paused, and then said: "Sorry to bother you."

"No, no, don't bother you." The boss and his wife waved their hands and said indifferently.

"You can cook?" The boss looked at Lin Cheng in surprise and said.

Lin Cheng said sincerely: "Some simple home-cooked dishes."

Hearing this, the boss nodded and said with a smile: "That's not bad."

"We have just finished cooking and are preparing to have dinner. If you don't mind, please come to our house and eat together." The boss invited Lin Cheng and his daughter.

Hearing this, Lin Cheng was slightly stunned. After expressing his gratitude to the other party, he declined politely: "I won't bother you anymore."

The boss waved his hand again and said enthusiastically, "No, no, sorry to bother you. Two more pairs of chopsticks for two more people."

The proprietress also echoed, "Yes, and we are sharing tables here, so it will be more lively when there are more people eating."

Finally, Lin Cheng nodded to the enthusiastic invitation from the restaurant owner and his family.

So, their family’s dinner was upgraded from two dishes and one soup to six dishes and two soups.

In the evening, it was no longer so hot outside, so the restaurant owner simply placed his usual dining table in an open space between the two shops so as not to affect the passage of passers-by, and asked a few children to help move stools around the table.

The boss and his wife have three children in total. One older one lives in the school dormitory, and there are two younger children at home. The boss's wife works in the workshop during the day and comes back to eat in the evening.

There were four people from the restaurant owner's family, plus Lin Cheng and Lin Momo. There were six people sitting around the small dining table. It was a bit crowded, but it was definitely lively.

"I usually add some spicy flavor when I cook. This one is spicy. This green pepper is not spicy. And this one is not spicy either. Try it and see if you can get used to it." The restaurant owner carefully explained to the father and daughter.

Lin Momo nodded and recommended her own dishes to the boss.

Looking at the appetizing scrambled eggs with tomatoes on the table, the boss picked up a piece of it with chopsticks.

As soon as the boss put the chopsticks into his mouth, he was stunned.

—Sweet

Shouldn't fried tomato and eggs be salty? Who can tell him why this dish of fried tomato and eggs is sweet? !

The boss looked at Lin Cheng, and just when he was thinking about how to tactfully ask Lin Cheng whether he had put sugar instead of salt, he saw that both Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were eating the plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes with relish.

Even the way of eating it is surprisingly the same—pick up a piece of tomato and place an egg on top.

boss:"… "

After dinner, Lin Momo helped the restaurant owner clean up the dishes.

Lin Cheng returned to their shop and began to clean up the attic.

The attic was not big, only about seven or eight square meters. Because it was partitioned off later, the height was much lower than that of a normal room, so Lin Cheng had to bend his head to walk in.

Originally there were some useless sundries and garbage in the attic, but they had been cleaned up by the two during the day. At this time, there were only a few storage boxes and some simple furniture that were barely usable left in the attic.

However, Lin Cheng still took a careful look around the attic.

What is Lin Cheng doing

In the live broadcast room, the audience expressed doubts.

Cleaning up

It doesn't look like they're cleaning up.

It seems like he is looking for something.

This place is so small, what can you find here

Actually, Lin Cheng was not looking for something at this time, but looking for bugs.

The interlayer of the shop is a place where no one lives for a long time, so it is inevitable that there will be some bugs.

Lin Cheng cleaned up some dusty spider webs and a few dead insect corpses in the corner, then checked carefully again. After making sure there was nothing else there, he began to make the bed for Lin Momo.

There was originally only one wooden bed in the narrow attic. Lin Cheng moved the original bed to the very edge and used boxes to build another bed next to it.

The narrow space allowed Lin Cheng to make two beds, leaving only a gap in the middle that was barely big enough for one person to pass through.

Seeing this, more and more comments appeared in the barrage:

This attic is already small, wouldn't it be even smaller after all this decoration

Yes, why put two beds when one is enough

Although... the child is still young, it's okay for the father to take care of him. After all, in another live broadcast room, the picture of Bai Yulin's father coaxing his daughter to sleep is still very cute.

Although some people think that Lin Cheng’s behavior is unnecessary, there are also many comments supporting Lin Cheng.

My opinion is different from that of the people before me. I think Lin Cheng is right.

I agree that the child will grow up slowly, and the differences should be made. Lin Cheng pays attention to these things, which actually shows his attention and care for his daughter.

That’s right! And Lin Cheng made Momo’s bed so cutely.

The bed sheets and quilt covers were still the pink Minnie three-piece set that Chen Yu and the others had prepared before. After Lin Cheng spread out the sheets, he spread out the quilt, covering a part of the exposed part and folding the other three parts inside. The point was that Lin Cheng seemed to have deliberately folded the Mickey Mouse head on the quilt cover in the middle, and did the same with the pillow.

In addition to these, Lin Cheng also placed a battery-powered night light at the head of Lin Momo's bed. Ignoring the slogan of the night light, this mushroom-shaped night light is still very cute.

After being taken to wash up by the boss lady next door, Lin Momo saw the bed that had been made as soon as she returned to their attic, and her eyes lit up.

"Thank you, Dad." Lin Momo said to Lin Cheng with a smile. She jumped onto the bed impatiently, but as if she was afraid of wrinkling the smooth quilt, she carefully got under it.

"Just go to sleep, I'll go downstairs to clean up and come back later."

"Oh, okay."

Lin Cheng went downstairs to tidy up, and when he returned to the attic, he found Lin Momo still lying on the bed with her big eyes wide open, poking here and there, and she didn't look sleepy at all.

"Why don't you sleep?" Lin Cheng asked.

Lin Momo: "Hmm..."

This was her first time to sleep in the attic, and in her "own" store. This new experience made Lin Momo feel a little novel, and she was so excited that she couldn't sleep.

"sleep."

"oh… "

Lin Cheng dimmed the night light at the head of Lin Momo's bed so that she could go to sleep.

Lin Cheng took out his work phone and dealt with some other things.

After Lin Cheng finished explaining the work, he put away his phone and looked down at Lin Momo beside him. He found that the girl had just quieted down and was still not asleep.

At this time, Lin Momo had half of her head buried in the quilt, and her pair of big eyes exposed outside the quilt were still wide open and she would steal glances at him from time to time.

"Would you like to hear a bedtime story?" Lin Cheng suddenly asked.

While thinking, Lin Cheng took out his mobile phone and started searching on the Internet.

—The Three Little Pigs? Seems a bit childish.

—Fairy tales? It doesn’t seem to be suitable for children of Lin Momo’s age.

—Romance of the Three Kingdoms? It seems a little too early.

Finally, after flipping through it, Lin Cheng finally found a book called "Collection of Fables" and prepared to read it to Lin Momo.

As a result, Lin Cheng lowered his head and was met with the girl's rejection expression.

"No." Lin Momo shook her head firmly: She was too old to listen to bedtime stories anymore.

Lin Cheng, who suffered a disastrous defeat in his career as a father, said: "…"

In the live broadcast room, the audience laughed at Lin Cheng's frustrated expression:

Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter.

Lin Cheng’s expression just now was so funny.

Lin Cheng: It's a rare occasion that I wanted to play the role of a father, but ended up being rejected by my daughter.

To be honest, when Lin Cheng was about to tell Momo a story just now, I was quite looking forward to it, but the result... I never expected it.

After all, Bai Yulin's set of drawings of a father telling his daughter a story to put her to sleep were quite adorable and even became a hot search topic several times. Unexpectedly, the same thing would have a completely different outcome when it came to the Lin family's father and daughter.

I guessed the beginning, but not the ending.

This way.

After rejecting Lin Cheng, Lin Momo still gave Lin Cheng a sweet smile, and then said to Lin Cheng: "Thank you, Dad."

Lin Momo turned around, and turned back the next second to look at Lin Cheng.

"Good night, Dad."

The corners of Lin Cheng's mouth softened, and he said to Lin Momo, "Good night."

The first day of live broadcast is over.

The next day, early in the morning.

Before Lin Cheng woke up, Lin Momo had already climbed out of bed.

At this time, some early risers had already started to arrive in the live broadcast room.

Everyone was a little surprised to see Lin Momo appear in the live broadcast picture.

Baby, why do you get up so early

It's not even daylight here yet.

It's the same here.

What was she going to do so early in the morning

In the live broadcast, everyone watched Lin Momo first sit up from the bed, and after a short period of daze, she said very quietly in the direction of Lin Cheng next to her: "Good morning, Dad."

Afterwards, Lin Momo changed her clothes, carefully folded the quilt, and then tiptoed down to the attic as if she didn't want to wake Lin Cheng up.

Lin Momo came to the first floor. It was still dark outside.

Lin Momo first took her toiletries and washed up in front of the sink next to the store.

Then he changed the large basin that he had used for cleaning, filled it with water and carried it into the store.

Lin Momo rubbed the rag clean, wiped the cash register and the side dish counter from top to bottom, and then wiped the tables and chairs in the store carefully, placed paper towels on each table, and put the chopsticks that were washed and disinfected yesterday into the chopstick holder and placed them neatly on the table next to the paper towels, and then the small table signs and toothpick boxes...

After tidying up the things on the table, Lin Momo put a garbage bag in each trash can and placed them next to the table.

After doing all this, Lin Momo finally used the table cleaning water to mop the floor of the entire store until it was shiny.

The live broadcast room was very quiet, and the store was also very quiet.

For more than an hour, in this small shop, there was only a small figure busying back and forth: focused and serious.

Although she was working all the time, Lin Momo's face always had an expectant and happy expression.

Oh my god, so serious...

It feels like Momo is cleaning this shop as if it were her own.

Seeing her carefully preparing to open the shop, I also wanted to open a small shop.

Me too, I suddenly yearn for this kind of positive and self-satisfied life...

When Lin Cheng woke up, he didn't see Lin Momo, so he guessed that Lin Momo might have gone downstairs by herself.

Sure enough, when Lin Cheng walked down from the attic, he saw Lin Momo busying herself in the store.

"Okay, I'll take care of the rest." Lin Cheng said.

Lin Cheng wanted to let Lin Momo go to rest, but seeing Lin Momo's eager eyes, Lin Cheng said, "You help out here."

"good!"

After Lin Momo finished cleaning the store, Lin Cheng began to clean the kitchen, prepare pots and pans, cut and wash vegetables, and prepare ingredients.

After being busy for a whole afternoon, near noon, the father and daughter opened the store, and the "One-Day Restaurant" officially opened for business.