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,

consisted

curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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 you’ll be accustomed to

the morning, everyone generously offered their agricultural products to Lysander and the nurses as a token of 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

and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t

spoke, he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to

big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served,

Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and

spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used

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

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

I tell you before? The city folks, especially the

words spoken were somewhat

involved parties, Josiah wanted to clarify that 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

mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and at a loss.

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 them, he

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

breathed a sigh of relief. She rose

bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt

okay, Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of

much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe

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

sooner had the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took a

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