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.”

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

consisted of wild

curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

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 if you’ll be accustomed to

In the morning, everyone generously offered their agricultural products to Lysander 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,

of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to

a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent

dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started to

to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a

the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply

eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling

simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough

“Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use

spoken were

outright

had made a mistake at such an

she directly took his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m

finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite

finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen,

had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go

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

actually a kind

took over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling

the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from

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