Xu Nianhua specifically chose a time to call Pei Yining, and upon learning that Pei Yicheng hadn't returned yet, she said, "Yining, when your brother comes back, tell him I've already arrived home safely, but I won't be able to make phone calls from home these next few days."
"Your village doesn't have telephones?" Pei Yining inquired.
"No," Xu Nianhua sighed and said, "You don't know, our village has just gotten electricity, we're actually one of the early ones to have it. There are still many villages without electricity at all. I guess it will be a few more years before we can have telephones."
She said, unsure, missing the mobile phones from the future where she could find someone anytime, anywhere!
