BXBX NOVEL Chapter 10,Part 2: Livelihood Issues - A very serious problem
Chapter 10,Part 2: Livelihood Issues - A very serious problem
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Cheng got up on time at 7 o’clock.
When Lin Cheng came out of his side of the room, he saw that Lin Momo had already gotten up as well, had changed her clothes, combed her hair, folded the quilt, and was now sitting quietly on the low ‘stool’ beside the bed.
On the ‘table’ in front of Lin Momo, there were a few bowls and dishes, and some smaller bowls were turned upside down on top of them as cover.
Seeing Lin Cheng coming out, Lin Momo’s eyes lit up. She removed the small bowls on the plates, pointed to the buns inside and said to Lin Cheng, “Dad, this is breakfast.”
Lin Cheng was stunned. “Where did the buns come from?”
“I bought them at the back.”
At the back?
Lin Cheng didn’t know where was this ‘at the back’ that Lin Momo was referring to, so he frowned slightly. “You went out?”
“No, it’s just in the hallway,” Lin Momo said.
When Lin Cheng still looked confused, she led him to the far end of the hallway. There was a small window there, and directly below it was a small alley with something like a vegetable market. At this time, there are all kinds of shouts below hawking different things.
“That’s the one I bought from,” Lin Momo said, pointing to a steamed bun stall below them
Then Lin Momo pointed to a small basket hanging on the side and explained to Lin Cheng, “I wrote what I wanted to buy on a small note, and used this to drop the money and the note to the boss below, and the boss put the buns in and sent the basket back up.”
It was the same system where she and grandma lived, and they did it all the time.
“….” Looking at Lin Momo, Lin Cheng didn’t know whether to praise her for being smart, or tell her that she doesn’t need to do these things, and that ‘dad’ should do them.
“Let’s go, let’s go back in.”
“Okay.”
The ‘father and daughter’ went back to the table. Lin Momo pointed to the dishes in front of Lin Cheng, and introduced each one in turn. “This is white sugar stuffing, this is bean paste stuffing. And this one is stuffed with sweet sesame and peanuts.”
This was the way Lin Momo thought of to save money, if Lin Cheng doesn’t go out to buy breakfast, according to this combination, every breakfast can save 1 yuan.
“I don’t know what flavor you like, Dad, so just…”
Lin Cheng’s eyes followed the direction of Lin Momo’s fingers and fell on the few buns.? Although the buns were bought from stalls, and the dishes were worn out and full of gaps, when Lin Momo presented them like this, it somehow made him feel better—like they were sharing breakfast together.
“I like sugar, bean paste, and peanuts and sesame seeds,” Lin Cheng said.
Lin Momo raised her head, looked at Lin Cheng in disbelief, and asked, “You mean you like these flavors?”
He really likes to eat sweets, but few people know it, even the people from the Lin family hardly know it.
Seeing Lin Cheng nodding, Lin Momo smiled.
“Hee hee, I also like these flavors.”
Because she didn’t know what Lin Cheng liked, she just bought all the flavors she liked, but she didn’t expect that the two of them liked the same things!
“Then I’ll give you this, too.” Lin Momo broke off half of the white sugar bun in her hand and placed it in the bowl in front of Lin Cheng.
Looking at the deformed half-bun in his bowl, the corners of Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly. “Take it back.”
Hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that both she and the little steamed bun must have been rejected by the other person! She took back the half-bun with some embarrassment.
“Then I’ll buy you one more tomorrow,” she whispered.
“No need.”
“Two are enough,” Lin Cheng said.
He didn’t really dislike the half bun that the girl placed in his bowl just now. This surprised even Lin Cheng himself.
It’s just that the kid gave him half of her bun, if he actually ate it…
Lin Cheng was thinking: will they become the first reality show ‘dad and baby’ team where the ‘dad’ starves the ‘baby’ to death?
… ..
Lin Cheng left the last peanut and sesame bun to Lin Momo, and prepared to pack up and head out for work.
Before Lin Cheng went out, Lin Momo stopped him and handed Lin Cheng a water bottle.
“The hot water here was boiled, you can take it with you,” Lin Momo said.
Bring your own water when you go out, and the money to buy water can be saved again.
“Where did you get it from?” Lin Cheng asked.
The water bottle was found in the debris pile she picked through yesterday. As for the hot water…
“When I went out in the morning, the grandma in 306 happened to be boiling hot water, so I asked her to give me some.”
After saying this, thinking of ‘Dad’ and his obsession with cleanliness, Lin Momo added,? “I washed the water bottle once with detergent and rinsed it three times. It’s very clean. You can use it with confidence.”
Lin Cheng: …
Before he got out of bed, during this brief period of time, how many things did this little girl do?
Although he really couldn’t accept this water bottle—the ‘history’ of which he didn’t know—under Lin Momo’s bright and expectant gaze, Lin Cheng still took it.
“And this, for today’s living expenses.” Lin Momo took out the prepared thirty yuan from the envelope and handed it to Lin Cheng.
Although she tried her best to conceal it, she still couldn’t hide the painful expression on her face.
Seeing this, Lin Cheng only took 10 yuan and returned the rest.
“Stay here, don’t run around, I’ll be back in the afternoon.” After briefly explaining things to Lin Momo, Lin Cheng went out to go to work.
… …
The audience in the livestream channel began to discuss:
[Dad just went out like this? Leave your daughter at home alone?]
[Why didn’t dad take his daughter to work with him?]
[That’s right, in the other teams, the dads all took their children to work.]
[Although, since it’s a show, you should really take the child with you.]
[Momo is so pitiful.]
T/N: I also do not know why Lin Cheng didn’t take Lin Momo with him to work.