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.”

finished savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm

all consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled

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

village 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

tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a

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

the local customs and lifted the clay mug

seeing that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the

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

Anita simply used her own

glanced at Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia

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

quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the

words spoken were

clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving

age, realized that she had made a mistake at such

Josiah’s bowl. 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, he can give

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables

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

felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause trouble

said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s quite

It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Dr. Thorne.”

great for their

lips than she saw all the dandelions from her

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