Chapter 648 His Determination

The taste of that dish was fairly normal, leaning toward the salty side.

He chewed for a while, swallowing slowly, finally managing to dilute the peculiar taste that had filled his mouth.

Lysander asked, “Are you okay?”

Josiah waved his hand dismissively. “I’m fine.”

“Why must you do this? You’re surely not used to the food here. You don’t have to force yourself. You should hurry back to the city.”

“I’m used to the food.”

Lysander was puzzled.

“Give me a bit more time to adjust. I’ll get used to the food here.”

Lysander tilted her head slightly to look at him. “Are you really planning to stay here?”

“You’ve been here for half a month, no? I can also do it.”

“I’m not like you. I come from an ordinary family. As a child, we struggled, and I’ve experienced my fair share of hardships due to our poor conditions. This level of hardship doesn’t faze me, but it’s almost worlds apart from the life you’re used to living…”

“It’s okay,” Josiah said. “I’ve told you I want to experience your life. I can handle it.”

Lysander let out a soft sigh.

Josiah served her some food. “You should also eat.”

the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling the entire

the dishes all consisted of wild

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

even going so far as to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being wrapped. I’m not sure

they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to make do with what they had, turning wild vegetables into a creative

of respect, made

vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent

shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started to enjoy

kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables

concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple food.

bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with the food in

bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him want

awkwardness and quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use

spoken were somewhat harsh.

issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright

made a mistake at such an

saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I absolutely love wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want to

to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs

food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet

yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to

okay, Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this

as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t

conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects.

from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took a big

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