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 dishes, which had been

all consisted

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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

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 they had,

respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before

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

lifted the clay mug

seeing that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their

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

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

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

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

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 your

spoken were somewhat

the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in a difficult

she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and at a loss.

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,

a delightful smile, she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables

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

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

just wondering

a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you can

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

she saw all the dandelions from

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