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 the stove,

the dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

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, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched

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

as a gesture of respect, made a point

the city. If it

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he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot

served, the villagers finally relaxed. They

Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables

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

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

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

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

were somewhat

cutlery. However, stating outright that

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

Identifying the problem, she directly took his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all

to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite

food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet

of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t

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

known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t

saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I

from her bowl being transferred back

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