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

Suddenly, Lin Momo thought of something and exclaimed, “Oh, I know!” 

Before Lin Cheng could ask her, the little girl had already run to the kitchen and took out a plate from the cabinet.

“You can use this to make it!” Lin Momo said. 

First, she kneaded a piece of dough into a ball and then pressed it down hard with the bottom of the plate. The dough was flattened into a round shape.

Seeing what Lin Momo did, the barrage section became lively again:

[Good guy, that’s great thinking! ]

[Haha, my daughter is so smart.]

[Momo: It’s another day for me to make suggestions for this family.]

[Although the dough made by doing this would not be as resilient as rolling it by hand, it is indeed very round, hahahaha.]

… …

It was not only round but also easily made.

“How is it?” Lin Momo asked Lin Cheng with sparkling eyes.

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There was a not-so-obvious smile on the corner of Lin Cheng’s mouth, “Good.”

“Then I’ll do it,” Lin Cheng took the dinner plate from Lin Momo’s hand and sprinkled a layer of flour on it, so that it wouldn’t stick to the dough.

Next, Lin Cheng cut the dough into small pieces, and Lin Momo was in charge of kneading the small pieces of dough into balls, then carefully sprinkling a little flour over it, and finally sending them to Lin Cheng, who pressed them flat.

Lin Cheng, an adult, did the work of pressing the dough, and the efficiency was much faster than before.

During the process, the father looked serious and no one spoke, but unexpectedly, the two cooperated with each other with a tacit understanding.

What’s even more surprising was that the number of people watching the livestream of the dad and daughter repeatedly flattening dough has increased by more than 20,000 in just 20 minutes.

Prior to this, Lin Momo had stared at the dough in a daze, unmoving, waiting for it to rise and the scene seemed to be a still picture—this garnered her a lot of popularity. That coupled with the recent increase in viewers watching the dad and baby flatten dough, and the number of stable viewers in Lin Cheng’s livestream channel had reached more than 150,000.

Even the weird hashtag #Father Daughter Assembly Line Dumpling Production Workshop# was also on the hot search list. Although the hot search ranking was low and it was only a flash in the pan, it was enough to surprise Chen Yu and the two assistants watching in front of the computer.

“It’s actually on the trending search?!” Wang Xi repeatedly looked at the screenshot on the phone to confirm that she read it correctly.

“But this, Brother Cheng and Lin Momo only rolled the dough for a long time, what the hell are the audience watching?” 

How did it become popular?

Wang Xi was very puzzled.

Chen Yu was also a little confused. After thinking about it, he said, his tone carrying uncertainty, “Maybe because this segment is more relaxing and higher quality?”

… …

Because the program team didn’t allow them to bring any personal cellphone, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo didn’t know what happened over on the internet.

The father and daughter have already finished the preparations needed for making the actual steamed buns.

Because it was the first time to do this, the two did not even attempt the challenge of the more difficult fillings, but instead wisely chose the red bean paste filling which didn’t need to be prepared again and was easy to operate.

“I know how to make this!” Lin Momo volunteered. She took a piece of flattened dough, scooped a ball of red bean paste in the center of the dough, using the first basic method of wrapping buns in the diagram she had drawn in her notebook.

While working, Lin Momo did not forget to explain what she was doing to Lin Cheng. Her tone was very serious.

“It goes like this, with one hand holding it, bring it up this way, this finger pressing on this side, this finger pulling the other side over, pinching it…” 

Lin Momo began wrapping the bun in a stylish manner, and after some pinching, half of a bun was preliminarily revealed.

“Look, that’s it, isn’t it very simple—”

Before Lin Momo could finish speaking, she gave a surprised ‘pah!’—the red bean paste filling leaked out from the other side of the bun.

Lin Momo’s embarrassed expression froze on her face. This slap to the face came too fast…

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“It’s okay, it’s okay, just pinch it again,” Lin Momo hurriedly said.

Although she tried her best to save the bun, it only got worse and worse.

In the end, the whole bun became oddly shaped, as if it had been badly beaten by other buns, with red bean paste ‘blood’ all over its head.

Looking at the bun in her hand, Lin Momo lowered her head, not daring to look at Lin Cheng.

This was the simplest, most basic version of the steamed stuffed bun. In her notebook, she also drew how to make peanut buns, sugar buns, twist buns… a lot.

Probably because he didn’t want to see the girl’s disappointed expression, Lin Cheng took the bun from Lin Momo’s hand, looked at it, and said, “The demonstration is very clear, I think I understand it now.” 

Lin Cheng then followed Lin Momo’s tutorial and made a steamed stuffed bun—it really wasn’t as easy as he thought…

After some experimentation, Lin Cheng managed to make a steamed bun that looked more like a steamed stuffed bun.

It’s only that it was too slow.

If they made steamed stuffed buns to be sold at this speed, the two of them would starve to death!

The father and daughter looked at each other silently.

When making the next one, Lin Cheng simply folded the filling into the dough, turning the whole thing into a ball.

As long as the dough wraps the filling, it has the same meaning anyway, and folds and other forms designs are not important.

Finally, in order to distinguish these similar looking ‘mantou’ from each other, Lin Momo and Lin Cheng made a tally: they will put a red bean in the middle of steamed buns filled with red bean paste, pinch a small sharp point on the white sugar buns, two points on the peanut buns, three on the pork buns, and four on the vermicelli buns—and practiced doing it on these buns.

In the live broadcast room, more comments flashed across:

[Is this okay? ! Ha ha.]

[As long as the mind does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties, hahaha.]

[I’m learning how to wrap buns and prevent rollovers in the livestream channel. ]

……

Looking at the dozen or so ugly buns on the chopping board, Lin Momo suddenly had a sad look on her face.

“Would no one buy our buns?” Lin Momo asked in a low voice. This was a serious question.

Lin Cheng glanced at the buns and said nothing.

The two put the dozen or so proofed buns on the steamer.

After a while, the aroma of red bean paste filled the room.

The steamed buns, which were originally unattractive, turned into white and fat ones after steaming, and they didn’t look so ugly anymore.

T/N: Traditionally, baozi or steamed buns would have ‘designs’ based on how the dough was pinched while the filling was being folded in. The ones Lin Cheng made probably looked like plain mantou (´ ᴗ｀✿)