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
dishes all consisted of
boiled dandelion, and
Lysander’s words to heart, even going so far as to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are
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 afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to make
of respect, made
in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I
he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot
shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally
was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety
concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her
subtly 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 food in
dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the
you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t
words spoken were somewhat harsh.
stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in a
grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such
bowl. Identifying the problem, she directly took his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s
she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the
the food 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
he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there
Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is.
cankerwort. It’s actually a kind
Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite
all the dandelions from
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