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.”

the dishes, which had

the dishes all consisted

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

make 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 wrapped. I’m

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

as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting

vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

the clay mug to sip the

dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats

Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply

at Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign

the smell alone was enough to make him want

awkwardness and quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t

were somewhat harsh.

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

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

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 to eat

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

finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying,

bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause trouble for everyone.

Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish

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

took over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying

left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl

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