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 kept warm by the stove,

all consisted of wild

boiled

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

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

of respect, made a point

the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I wouldn’t

followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot

seeing that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the

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

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used

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

Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to

more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette.

were somewhat

cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed

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

his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all

all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural

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

endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He

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

as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If

are great

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

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