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 been

all consisted

dock salad, boiled

that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before

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

tension and, as a gesture of respect, made

vegetables in the

the clay mug to sip

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

to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and

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

her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found

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

Josiah’s awkwardness and quickly 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

were

parties, Josiah wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright

mistake at such

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 them all to

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

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

of dandelions, yet he felt

“I was just wondering what kind of dish this is.

actually a kind of medicinal

“Yes. Dandelions are great for

than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He

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