Chapter 648 His Determination

The taste of that dish was fairly normal, leaning toward the salty side.

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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.”

some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by

dishes all consisted

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

so far 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 you’ll be

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

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

in the city. If it weren’t for

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the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent

dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started to enjoy

was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling

serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to

bowl without any sign

the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to give up.

intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks,

were

clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he

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

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 wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want to eat them, he can give them all

She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of

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

he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause trouble for everyone.

“I was just wondering what kind

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

great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite like

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

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