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.”

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

dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled

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

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 make do with what

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

seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction,

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lifted the clay mug to sip

any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed.

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

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

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 his own bowl.

Just the smell alone was enough

before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own cutlery to serve

words spoken were

the 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

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

she directly took his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not

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

sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward

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

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

much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you

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

sooner had the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from

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