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 rest of the dishes, which had

the dishes all consisted of wild

boiled dandelion, and sauteed

far as to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming 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

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 wild vegetables into a creative

respect, made a point of generously

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

lifted the clay

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

to Lysander and Josiah, filling

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

Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl

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

before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own cutlery to serve others!” Blaine

spoken were

the involved parties, Josiah wanted to 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 him in a difficult

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

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

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

the food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward

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

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

much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me,

conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their

dandelions from her bowl being

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