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 dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were

dishes all consisted

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

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

generously offered their agricultural products to Lysander and the nurses as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for

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

in the

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

that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed.

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

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

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 himself struggling with the

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

Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The

words spoken were somewhat

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

she had made a mistake at such an important

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

couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing

She rose to her feet and headed

bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.

just wondering

“Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a

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

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

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