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 quickly served, filling the
dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.
a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion,
the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed.
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
the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point
variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for
local customs and lifted the clay
the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their
to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with
didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own
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,
the smell alone
I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own cutlery to
spoken were somewhat
outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him
had made a mistake at
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
the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance at
rose
to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.
Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what
actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you
Dandelions are great for their
left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from
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