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.”

rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling the entire table.

all consisted of wild vegetables.

salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

as to 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 not sure if

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

villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the

he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug

city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started to enjoy their meals.

their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables in no time.

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

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

of the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him

noticed Josiah’s 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 use your own

spoken were

outright that he

age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and

wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well,

relief. She rose

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

“I was just wondering what kind of

relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind

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

left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from

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