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.”
savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been
consisted of wild vegetables.
a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild
that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before
their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for
as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously
a variety of wild vegetables in the city.
the local customs and lifted the clay mug
with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned
She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of
countryside, the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple food.
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 issues. However, he found himself struggling with the
too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was
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
words spoken were
stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions
made a mistake at such an
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
to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing
food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose
no longer had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat
Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what
“Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a
the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite
all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah.
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