Chapter 185 The纨绔世子 24 (2/2)

"Besides, it's only natural for farmers to cultivate the land. Why should there be a distinction between inferior and superior? If they learn how to cultivate the land, their harvest will be better, they can pay the rent, and they'll have more rice in their own pots. Isn't that a win-win situation?"

"Besides, the ability to farm and make a living is never a treasure that needs to be hidden."

Zi Xi paused, her gaze sweeping over the farmers who had stopped their work and were somewhat uneasy, her tone carrying a matter-of-fact certainty.

She was never a selfless person, but basic things like rice planting are things that most people with common sense in modern times know.

Xia Momo was speechless, her face flushing red and then turning pale, after being confronted with her simple yet powerful question.

The woman's open gaze and her argument about feeding more people made her questions, which were tinged with class superiority, seem narrow-minded and ridiculous.

She even saw a hint of pity for her in Liu Zixi's eyes.

It's like watching a fool who knows nothing of human suffering and only knows how to talk nonsense!

Xia Momo was certain: this woman was subtly mocking her!

"You...you..."

"Stop playing dumb! You know perfectly well what I'm saying! We...we..."

Xia Momo was so angry that she was trembling and pointed at Zi Xi. In her haste, she almost let something slip again.

Zi Xi's eyes sharpened instantly. She said, "Why is the female lead coming to find me if there's nothing wrong?"

The female lead must have seen the restaurant's decor and assumed that the female lead was also a time traveler, and was afraid that she would affect her status as the only time traveler!

But Zi Xi decided that as long as she didn't admit it, she was a native of the Jade Dynasty!

“Young lady, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. I’m a native of Yuli, and I just run a small restaurant to make a living with a little bit of my family’s cooking skills and a bit of luck… What do you mean by knowing or not knowing, and what do you mean by ‘us’?”

"The young lady's words are cryptic and I really can't understand them... Could it be that the weather is too hot and the young lady is feeling a little dizzy from the sun?"

She took a step forward, casually wiped her muddy hands on her coarse cloth clothes, and looked at Xia Momo with a puzzled expression.

She actually denied it outright?!

To deny it so readily and so calmly?!

That questioning look made Xia Momo's heart skip a beat, and the words she was about to say got stuck in her throat.

There was neither panic nor agreement, only a slight impatience and confusion at being disturbed.

Liu Zixi's puzzled reaction was certainly not what one would expect from a fellow villager whose identity had been exposed.

Is she really not?

But are these novel ideas and those well-organized agricultural knowledge really just her family's traditional skills?

Exceptionally gifted?

This idea was hard for Xia Momo to accept. If Liu Zixi wasn't a time traveler, how could she, a native, have thought of all this?

Why should she do better than a modern person like her?!

The immense sense of disparity nearly drove Xia Momo to madness, but Zi Xi's questioning gaze and the increasingly hostile stares from the surrounding farmers forced her to suppress her urge to explode.

"Liu Zixi, you..."

She stared intently at Zi Xi's face, which was covered in mud but remained calm, her chest heaving violently. After a long while, she managed to squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth.

But then I thought, what's the point of talking to this native?

She turned around abruptly, disregarding her manners, and almost fled back to the carriage, slamming the curtain shut.

"go home!"

Her shrill voice was filled with uncontrollable anger.