Free Web NovelChapter 687: Chapter 648: The Unassuming Bicycle Before My Eyes Turns Out to Be a Private Plane
When the noodles with spicy minced pork were served, everyone quickly picked up their bowls and began to slurp them down eagerly.
While eating, Zhao Rong tentatively asked the village belle, "Beautiful lady, how many followers do you have on TikTok?"
Hearing the word "TikTok," the village belle looked utterly confused. "TikTok? What’s that? I’ve never heard of it..."
Hearing that the beautiful woman didn’t even know what TikTok was, Zhao Rong immediately concluded she must be from the 1980s. They must have traveled back in time.
Miss Lili put down her bowl and chopsticks and said to Zhao Rong, "Zhao Rong, the question you asked was too modern. Let me ask her something about 2010."
So, Miss Lili tentatively asked the village belle, "Beautiful lady, is your phone a Nokia or an iPhone 4?"
When the village belle heard "Nokia" and "iPhone 4," she shook her head, looking puzzled. "Nokia and iPhone 4? What are those? I’ve never heard of them..."
Listening to the village belle, Miss Lili instantly concluded they must have traveled through time. Since the woman didn’t even know what a Nokia or an iPhone 4 was, she clearly had to be from the 80s or 90s.
Xuelian then asked the village belle an even more pointed question. "Beautiful lady, do you have a beeper? If you do, I could call you whenever."
When the village belle heard the term, her eyes widened as if she’d never heard it before. "A beeper? What is that? A pager? What is that? I’ve never heard of them..."
Upon hearing this, Xuelian was completely certain they had traveled through time. The woman didn’t even know what beepers or pagers were; she obviously hadn’t lived through the 90s.
Then, the assistant suddenly asked the village belle about a TV series filmed in 1984. "Beautiful lady, do you like watching ’The Legend of the Condor Heroes’?"
Hearing the title excited the village belle. "I’ve heard people say that the Hong Kong series ’The Legend of the Condor Heroes’ is excellent, but I haven’t seen it. Our family doesn’t have a black-and-white TV."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Rong’s group of five was completely certain that they had time-traveled to the 1980s.
Therefore, Zhao Rong directly asked the village belle, "Beautiful lady, could you please tell me what year, what month, and what era is it right now?"
The village belle immediately answered, "It’s the year 2184."
When Zhao Rong heard her say it was 2184, not 1984, he was stunned. "Beautiful lady, you must be mistaken," he said incredulously. "It should be 1984 now, not 2184."
The village belle burst into laughter. "Sir, are you joking? The year 1984 was two hundred years ago."
Miss Lili, still in disbelief, asked, "Beautiful lady, is it really 2184 right now, and not 1984?"
Hearing Miss Lili’s question, the village belle held out her palm, pointing to a chip embedded in her skin. "Miss Lili, just take a look at this chip in my skin. You’ll know the exact time and location."
As Miss Lili looked at the high-tech skin chip, a perfectly clear electronic timetable appeared before her eyes. She was amazed to discover that it really was the year 2184, not 1984.
A look of realization dawned on Miss Lili’s face. "Holy moly! Zhao Rong, we’ve traveled to the future, not back to the past!"
Yu Lan, unable to make sense of it, pointed at a newspaper on the wall. "Village belle, if you say it’s 2184, then why do you have a retro newspaper from 1984 on your wall?"
"Yu Lan, you might not know this, but my grandmother used to live in this house," the village belle calmly explained. "The reason she had 1984 newspapers and posters is that her previous life was during that era, so she was particularly nostalgic.
"She bought all these old newspapers and posters online and put them on her wall to reminisce about those happy times."
Hearing this, Xuelian pointed at a very retro Forever brand bicycle leaning against the wall. "Beautiful lady, if it’s 2184, then the era should be more advanced. Why are you still riding a vintage bicycle from 1984?"
The village belle smiled, walked over to the heavy-duty Forever brand bicycle, and climbed on. "Ladies and gentlemen, since we’re all in the same era, you should know that this bicycle is actually a personal airplane."
When the assistant heard that the simple-looking bicycle was supposedly a personal airplane, he was utterly astonished. "Village belle, are you kidding me? This is clearly a bicycle. Why are you calling it a personal airplane? That’s impossible!"
But before the assistant could finish his sentence, the village belle pressed a button on the bicycle, and it took off into the sky. As she rode it upward, the bicycle transformed into a small personal airplane and began to soar through the air.
When everyone saw the bicycle actually transform into a personal airplane in midair, they were all dumbfounded.
Zhao Rong said in disbelief, "Miss Lili, Yu Lan, Xuelian, Assistant... it seems we really have come from 2019 to 2184. We’ve traveled to the future, not back to the past."
Watching the personal airplane in the sky, Miss Lili couldn’t believe it had transformed from a decrepit old bicycle. "Holy moly, it really is 2184! The technology is so advanced. A decrepit bicycle is actually a personal airplane. It’s truly eye-opening."
Yu Lan was also deeply moved. "I remember when I was young, as black-and-white TVs were just becoming common, no one could have imagined that family cars would one day be just as widespread. Then, by the time I went to university, cars had become common, but no one dared to imagine personal airplanes would ever be affordable for the average person. And yet now, in 2184, even personal airplanes are commonplace."
Just as everyone was marveling at the fact that they had indeed traveled to 2184, the wall in front of them suddenly turned into a television. The program that started playing was a news broadcast from 1984.
"Welcome to today’s news broadcast. In the U.S. presidential election, the final 1984 vote count is in: Reagan with 525 electoral votes versus Mondale with 13..."
