Start telling crosstalk from Tingyunxuan

Yang Yunsheng smiled and said, "Isn't this just showing how capable you are?"

"Oh, how so?" Yan Hexiang looked at Yang Yunsheng, completely bewildered.

"A crosstalk performer is like an encyclopedia; he has to know everything. Don't you think that makes sense?"

Yang Yunsheng looked at Yan Hexiang.

Then Yang Yunsheng patted Yan Hexiang on the shoulder before continuing, "If an ordinary crosstalk performer is an encyclopedia, then Teacher Yan Hexiang is a walking treasure trove of knowledge!"

Yan Hexiang was displeased and looked at Yang Yunsheng suspiciously.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, are you trying to flatter me?"

Yang Yunsheng explained, "Teacher Yan, what I mean is that actors need to learn to understand and observe life, and you are one of the best among us. Why don't we do one and perform in front of so many audience members?"

Yan Hexiang nodded: "Okay, then let's perform a deaf person interrupting the audience!"

Yang Yunsheng fell into deep thought, then waved his hand.

"Teacher Yan, if you're going to perform the deaf person interrupting, I think it would be more appropriate to ask your third aunt to perform it!"

Yan Hexiang quickly stopped Yang Yunsheng, almost resorting to his signature move of pulling hair.

"Get lost! How dare you talk about my third aunt like that? I could have said I'd have your second maternal uncle perform!"

Yang Yunsheng pointed at Yan Hexiang, facing the audience with a wronged expression.

"Look everyone, Teacher Yan has started cursing right there on stage!"

Yan Hexiang said fiercely, "Looking at your wrong and obnoxious expression, I want to slap you. You started by making fun of me, and now it's my fault!"

Yang Yunsheng said with disdain, "Teacher Yan, can you please perform a proper crosstalk routine for everyone on stage today?"

Yan Hexiang was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

"Then what right do you have to slander my second aunt? Apologize to my second aunt right now!"

The audience also voiced their support for Yan Hexiang, because they couldn't always help the lead comedian bully the supporting comedian. What if the supporting comedian quit?

Easy, just find a different straight man.

Besides, is my second aunt someone I can bully?
You can bully Yan Hexiang, but you can't bully your second aunt.

It wasn't easy for my second aunt to raise Yan Hexiang.

Yang Yunsheng smiled and immediately said, "Teacher Yan, you've actually misheard me. I wasn't talking about his second aunt!"

The audience was stunned. Wasn't that the second aunt?

Weren't we talking about my second aunt? I'll take your surname!
Yan Hexiang chuckled twice and gave a meaningful "oh".

"You mean, you're not talking about my second aunt!"

Yang Yunsheng nodded and said, "That's right, I wasn't talking about your second aunt!!"

Yan Hexiang didn't mind and continued, "Then let's continue, I'll have one!"

Yang Yunsheng said, "Then let's make this clear beforehand: the second aunt we just mentioned is not your biological aunt."

Yan Hexiang exclaimed "Ah!" but the audience burst out laughing.

"No, what's with my second aunt again?"

Yang Yunsheng said, "What I mean is, your second aunt may not be a blood relative, but the father standing on your stage must be a blood relative."

The audience didn't understand at first, but they quickly realized what was going on.

Good grief, so they're trying to take advantage of us.

Yan Hexiang said, "You're my own flesh and blood, so who's the one in my family?"

Although there are no distinctions of rank on stage, rules must be observed off stage.

However, the father-son dynamic can only refer to Yan Hexiang, and cannot involve his parents.

At most, they'll say he's passed away, which is something they can agree to.

"I don't know!" Yang Yunsheng stopped teasing.

Yan Hexiang was dumbfounded; this guy was actually denying it. "No way, are you putting on an act with me?!"

Yang Yunsheng said "Eh?" and then said, "What I just want to say is that if you're standing on this stage, you should give the audience a good crosstalk performance!"

This infuriated Yan Hexiang, who said he wasn't a proper crosstalk performer.

Yang Yunsheng looked at Yan Hexiang in disbelief and couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Yan, are you standing on this stage because you don't intend to perform crosstalk properly anymore?"

The audience started to boo. It was Yan Hexiang who didn't want to perform crosstalk properly. It was clearly you!
Now that they're famous and rich, they've gotten arrogant!
They even abandoned the tools they used to make a living.

This situation is truly astonishing!

Yan Hexiang chuckled and said, "To be honest, I am getting a little cocky!"

Yang Yunsheng naturally knew what Yan Hexiang meant and said, "Absolutely not, this is all slander against me!"

slander?

When the word "slander" came out, the audience was stunned by laughter.

That's slander, not defamation!

Brother, can't we at least have some education?

High school education?

Fine!

Yan Hexiang complained, "This is what happens when you don't read books!"

Yang Yunsheng asked Yan Hexiang, "So we're just going to act like we're uncultured, right?"

Yan Hexiang chuckled twice and replied, "I'd love to play an uncultured character, but my education level doesn't allow it!"

Indeed, Yan Hexiang's cultural level is considered high even among crosstalk performers.

Yang Yunsheng waved his hand and said, "If you can't play Wen, you can play my little nephew, that should be fine!"

Yan Hexiang sneered, "I'm just a little nephew, but okay, alright, come on!"

Yang Yunsheng chuckled: "The scenario is that I come from that side and you come from this side, and we chat after we meet! Just look at me, how well do I imitate you!"

Yan Hexiang nodded and said, "Alright, alright, whatever you say!"

Yang Yunsheng addressed the audience, saying, "Then, everyone, let's wait and see!"

Then, Yang Yunsheng walked to the left and Yan Hexiang walked to the right.

Yang Yunsheng began to pretend to be Yan Hexiang's uncle, while Yan Hexiang played Yang Yunsheng's nephew.

But when Yan Hexiang turned his head and looked at it, he became unhappy.

"Wait, what's with that expression? Are you constipated?!"

Yang Yunsheng ignored Yan Hexiang and walked towards the center of the stage, humming a song as he went.

"You smell of his perfume. My wounds make you feel inferior, afraid to be too perfect. I'll take off everything and sleep with you."

Yan Hexiang clicked his tongue twice and pointed at Yang Yunsheng.

"Looks like this guy's started singing!"

Yang Yunsheng approached the microphone and began to tell the audience about his future prospects.

"Oh dear, once people get older, they start to like young and pretty girls. But alas, my hearing isn't what it used to be. I gave them two hundred yuan, and they said they liked me, but I couldn't hear them. What's worse, their eyesight isn't good either. Otherwise, I wouldn't be right in front of them and still not be able to touch them."

Yan Hexiang was both amused and exasperated, and said to Yang Yunsheng, "Shameless!"

Yang Yunsheng replied, "There's nothing wrong with liking young and pretty girls!"

Yan Hexiang shoved Yang Yunsheng: "Get lost!"

The two began to bow, thanking the audience.

Yang Yunsheng's career on the crosstalk stage is one of the few remaining performances he will ever have.

When I'll leave is anyone's guess! (End of Chapter)