Jeong Dong-won sang 'Song of Hope' while baking bread in a traditional bread factory in Uzbekistan and received applause from the locals.
The 11th episode of MBN's Global Project 'Earth Exploration Life', which aired on the 18th, recorded the highest viewership rating of 2.8% nationwide based on Nielsen Korea. On this day's broadcast, Jeong Dong-won and Lee Kyung-gyu arrived in Samarkand, where the host Coville lives, experienced a traditional bread factory, and visited Registan Square, a tourist destination.
While the two were traveling by train to go to Coville's house, they heard from Coville that rice, a traditional bread, is famous. Then, curious Jeong Dong-won immediately searched for how to make bread on his mobile phone, and Lee Gyeong-gyu and Coville surprised Jeong Dong-won by saying, "Now you can do it" and "I'll call someone I know."
When Coville made the gesture of making a phone call, Lee Kyung-kyu said, "There is a kid who is very good at work," as if it were someone else's business, making Jeong Dong-won even more embarrassed. But soon, Coville suggested Lee Kyung-kyu about working in the walnut field. In response, Jeong Dong-won provoked laughter by responding, saying, “You are really good at farming.” Moreover, Lee Kyung-gyu, hearing the news that he had to go shopping for a kindergarten with 120 children today, showed a sudden fatigue, foreshadowing that the two people's life in Samarkand would be difficult.
Afterwards, the two arrived in Samarkand and headed to a traditional bread factory, and were amazed by the bread being baked in the oven. Then, when Lee Kyung-gyu saw a bread factory worker with a similar physique to Jeong Dong-won, he threw a joke at Jeong Dong-won, saying, "To enter here (in the oven), you have to be as slim as you." .
In addition, the two learned how to knead bread before baking and challenged baking with the finished dough. Jeong Dong-won, who put his hand in the oven, worried, saying, "I could die." Lee Gyeong-gyu said, "No, this friend is alive," and read Jeong Dong-won, and when Jeong Dong-won found it difficult to enter the oven despite Lee Gyeong-gyu's support, Lee Gyeong-gyu came forward and skillfully pasted bread into the oven, drawing attention. However, Lee Gyeong-gyu quickly ran out of stamina and disappeared with only the statement "I'll go to the market" and left Dong-won Jeong in a state of absurdity.
In the end, Jeong Dong-won put bread on the oven alone and worked more skillfully than expected, even receiving a scout offer from the son of the bread factory president, but he made a mistake right away. And Jeong Dong-won struggled to carry the finished bread and sang “It’s hot” while arranging the bread. The president's son, who was watching the scene, embarrassed Jeong Dong-won by moving the hot bread as if nothing happened when the bread transport vehicle arrived.
Above all, the son of the bread factory owner asked Jeong Dong-won to sing a song, and Jeong Dong-won mournfully sang the song of hope recommended by Lee Kyung-gyu and received a thumbs up from the president's son. After finishing the song, Jeong Dong-won asked the president's son for an answer, but the president's son firmly drew the line, saying, "I'm not a singer?" Soon after learning that the president's son was 13 years old, Jeong Dong-won boasted, "I'm 17 years old," but the president's son laughed at the fact that he didn't care about age at all.
In the meantime, Lee Gyeong-gyu visited the market with Coville, tasted Uzbekistan's yogurt and carrot kimchi, and returned to the bread factory in an hour after purchasing school lunch ingredients and bibimbap ingredients. The two visited the host Coville's house and exchanged greetings with the Coville family, and felt a little pressure at the table set with a delicacy. Before the meal, the two performed a simple ceremony according to the Uzbek table etiquette and ate somsa (bread baked in an oven filled with beef, potatoes, onions, etc.), one of the traditional breads of Uzbekistan.
Jeong Dong-won, who was eating cotton yarn, recalled the bread he brought from the bread factory and presented Korean green tea with bread to Koville's family. Then, the Kobil family also presented Uzbekistan traditional costumes to the two as a return gift, and the two immediately wore traditional costumes to add warmth. After exchanging gifts with the Coville family, the two tried to eat food, but when they couldn't eat because the youngest member of the Coville family and the grandfather next door alternated congratulatory and congratulatory songs, they laughed with a hard look.
After the dinner, the two headed to Registan Square along Coville, and couldn't take their eyes off the magnificent scale of the square and the splendor of pure gold and blue mosaic decorations embroidered on the walls. At that time, foreigners who recognized Jeong Dong-won appeared and asked for a commemorative photo shoot with Jeong Dong-won, and Jeong Dong-won did not believe this situation even while taking pictures with foreigners. When Jeong Dong-won asked foreigners, “Do you know me?” After taking pictures with foreigners again, the two laughed as they chewed on it, saying, "It's a fun happening."
Reporter Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia kkk39@tenasia.co.kr