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 the stove, were

all consisted

boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

heart, even going so 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.

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, turning wild vegetables into

the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to eat.

of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the

express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats

serving dishes to Lysander

didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the

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 issues. However, he found himself

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

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

words spoken were somewhat

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

grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and at a

quickly glanced at 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 them all

accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well,

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

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

was just wondering what kind of

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

are great for their

words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being

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