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.”

they finished savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had

all consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled

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. I’m not sure if you’ll

appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to

gesture of respect, made a point of generously

wild vegetables in the city. If it

local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the

dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned

kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah,

the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple

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

the smell alone was enough to make him

before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own cutlery to serve

spoken were

stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in

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

a delightful smile, she ate all 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 all.

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

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.

said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is.

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

are great for their

from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took a big

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