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, were quickly served,

all consisted of

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

took 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,

as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the

of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them

in the city. If it weren’t for your

and lifted the clay

from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned

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

the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own

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 his own bowl.

the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the

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

were

the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in a difficult

was already of grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at

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 want

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

breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new set of cutlery.”

to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat

just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s quite

as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal

Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite

all the dandelions from her bowl

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