Crosstalk: Stop playing with your uncle!

Chapter 64: Great Challenge

After a flight of less than an hour, Qi Long and Sa Beining landed at Taiyuan, the grand event in Jin Province.

As soon as they arrived at the exit, Qi Long pulled Sa Beining back.

"what happened?"

"Don't talk, if you don't want to be socially dead!" Qi Long saw his former crosstalk colleague holding a big sign: [Warmly welcome the famous host Sa Beining and the famous crosstalk actor to travel to Taiyuan! ]

Because he was too high-profile, people gathered around him.

My fellow crosstalk performers were doing some live performance, and I knew they were recording a show.

At this time, Qi Long didn't understand some idol artists. Wouldn't they be embarrassed when facing that crazy fan picking them up at the airport?
His toes were already digging into the ground, which was even more embarrassing than going on a crosstalk stage.

The program crew is already laughing. Birds of a feather flock together. Qi Long’s friends are also good at having fun!
Qi Long and Sa Beining wore masks and sunglasses and walked with their heads down, but they were still recognized and immediately greeted them. What Qi Long and Sa Beining did not expect the most was that four or five middle-aged women also came and ran over holding their signboards.

As soon as I came over, I started singing: [pick me pick me up, the more you like me, the cuter I am! ]

Now Qi Long and Sa Beining couldn't hold it anymore and applauded with laughter.

Qi Long punched his friend Li Hua. Yes, it was a simple name. Everyone had written to him.

"You brought a girl group?"

The song the aunties sang just now is the theme song of a girl group talent show on Tencent Video. God knows how he convinced the aunties to sing this.
"Take a closer look, don't you recognize her?" Li Hua pointed at the middle-aged woman standing beside him.

When Qi Long saw her, he quickly took off his hat and bowed, and took off his gloves to shake hands: "Hello, Auntie, long time no see!"

Li Hua brought his mother with him. The rest were aunts who danced square dance with him. They were all aunts who liked Sa Beining very much. When they heard that they could meet Sa Beining, they came happily.

Qi Long and the others also knew each other. They had met him at a crosstalk competition on CCTV. It was like meeting two stars at once.

Seeing that there was going to be a traffic jam, Sa Beining and Qi Long told the people around them not to block the road and to go to a more spacious place outside.

When they got outside, because they were still recording the show, it was impossible to take photos and get autographs from everyone one by one, so the two of them simply took a group photo with everyone.

Coincidentally, neither of them uses Weibo, so I asked them to follow the program team’s Weibo and they will post it when the time comes.

"Just follow the program team of "Great Rivers and Beautiful Mountains", we will post it when the time comes."

Afterwards, the two got into the car rented by Li Hua, went to eat authentic Shanxi noodles together, and visited the Jin Temple in Taiyuan. Qi Long really knew about this place, and his words were meaningful and coherent.

However, to Qi Long's surprise, he always felt that the photography crew did not take the photos properly.

After coming out of Jin Temple, the two received task cards.

"In fact, our program is called "Amazing Challenges". Congratulations to the two of you for becoming the first group of challengers in our program. What you are going to challenge is a day in the life of a coal miner!"

"Ah?" Sa Beining and Qi Long were both stunned.

Qi Long immediately held Sa Beining's hand: "I haven't signed the contract yet. It's not too late for me to leave now. Bye, Teacher Sa!"

"Don't!" Sa Beining immediately grabbed Qi Long and said, "Brother, please, please, there is someone you can rely on. Now that we are here!"

Qi Long stopped and said with a smile: "The eight famous Chinese quotes on tolerance: We are all here, it's the New Year, we are still children, we are old, we are all friends, it's not easy for us, give us some face, and we will be gone."

"Hahahahaha!"

Early the next morning, Qi Long and Sa Beining took a two-hour drive to a state-owned coal mining enterprise, which is CCTV. No other program team could get such resources.

The two men received safety guidance training, solemnly swore to abide by the mine rules and regulations, and after acknowledging their master, they took the mine's special water bags, changed into miners' clothes, and set off.

Just going down to the mine is quite troublesome. First, take the elevator to about 500 meters underground, and then take the monkey car to the working face.

The monkey car was like a swing seat, going down very fast, relying on the speed bumps in the middle to slow it down. Every time it clicked, Qi Long screamed.

He was naturally timid, and after having experienced a car accident, he became afraid when the vehicle he was in went too fast.

Why didn't I get a courage-boosting item from the system? Now I don't have my phone anymore, and I can't buy any.
"It's not shameful to be afraid. Only a true warrior can do it even if he is afraid!" Qi Long shouted to give himself courage.

Sa Beining on the side was not afraid of these. He heard Qi Long's words and smiled at the camera above his head: "You heard it, right? It's not shameful to be afraid. It's shameful to be afraid and still do it!"

He spoke quite loudly, and Qi Long immediately said, "What's so shameful about this?"

Sa Beining laughed even more: "This is a crosstalk artist. He can drop his words on the ground, but his words cannot drop on the ground. Hahaha!"

Soon, the two arrived at the work surface. The sound of clanging continued to be heard. The wind was blowing underground, and the humid air made their bodies sticky and very uncomfortable.

The two received a task from their master. Normal coal miners had to advance five meters a day, but the two of them had to advance three meters!
At first, Qi Long, who got off the monkey bike and felt that he was capable, immediately said: "Three meters? Isn't that three Sa Beinings tall? No problem!"

"Ah?" Sa Beining: "You are only one meter tall, I am 1.8 meters tall!"

"You are one meter tall?" Qi Long asked back.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, both of you. Get to work. We have to make progress. First, use the mattock to loosen the coal, and then use the shovel to dig it into the pocket on the side."

"no problem!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

The two men patted their chests and made the assurance. To be honest, three meters is not very long, so both of them were very confident.

But this confidence disappeared as they swung their pickaxes at the coals.

It's hard, really hard. If you swing it hard, some small pieces of coal will pop out. That is to say, a one centimeter piece of coal may need to be swung many times.

They were not people who engaged in physical labor, and after swinging for a while, they felt their arms starting to ache and they began to sweat profusely.

However, when Qi Long saw that Sa Beining did not stop, he gritted his teeth and did not stop either.

The same thing happened to Sa Beining on the other side. The two of them inexplicably began to compete with each other, a competition for men's dignity.

It was not known how long it had been, but Sa Beining felt thirsty. He raised his head, took out the water bag and started drinking water. Qi Long also stopped when he saw this.

"Are you tired?" Sa Beining asked, panting.

Qi Long nodded: "Breathe gently, there is a lot of dust!"

"Wow, I'm so tired. I feel like after eight hours, my hands are no longer my hands." Sa Beining sighed.

Qi Long nodded in agreement, and his arm would probably be sore for a few days.

"You two stop chatting and continue!" The two men's master in the coal mine came running over to urge them.

"Master, how long have we been doing this?" Sa Beining asked.

"Less than half an hour!"

"Ah?" They said in unison again, "No, it feels like we have been enduring for a very long time!"
"Oh my god, time goes by so slowly. I'm so tired!" Sa Beining shook his head and picked up the pickaxe.

Qi Long also sighed: "Come on, the hardship we experience is their daily life day after day, let's do it!"

"Fuck!" Sa Beining shouted.

The two men set to work with all their might, and their energy lasted for three minutes.

(End of this chapter)