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 dishes, which had been kept warm by

all consisted

boiled

served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being wrapped. I’m not sure if you’ll be accustomed

and the nurses as a token of their appreciation. By the time 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

villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began

such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I wouldn’t

followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the

the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed.

Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their

didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve

saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he

taste of the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell

before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are

spoken were somewhat harsh.

the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to

a mistake at such an important banquet. She was

wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of

that the food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new set of cutlery.”

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

said. “I was just wondering

It’s actually a kind of

immediately took over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great

saw all the dandelions from her bowl

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