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.”

of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly

all consisted of wild

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

as to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he

on resources. In 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 make do with what they had, turning wild vegetables into

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

vegetables in the city. If

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

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

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

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

moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling

Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to

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 cutlery to serve

were somewhat harsh.

wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in a difficult

realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet.

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

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

relief. She rose to her feet and

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

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

as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of

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

the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah.

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