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
consisted of wild vegetables.
boiled dandelion, and sauteed
been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being
was already short on resources. 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
made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to eat.
variety of wild vegetables in the city.
followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot
didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed.
guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables in no time.
Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve
from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with the food
of the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was
I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own
were
the cutlery. However, stating outright that he
age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an
Identifying the problem, she directly took his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I absolutely love wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want to eat them,
Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well,
breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new
of dandelions, yet he felt
was just wondering what kind of
a
over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their
her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah.
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