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.”

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

dishes all consisted of wild

curly dock salad, boiled dandelion,

he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were

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

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

of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t

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and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent

from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to

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

countryside, the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita

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

for him. Just the smell alone

The city folks, especially the big

were

cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach

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

saying, “It’s all right. I’m not

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

wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new

no longer had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause

just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s

these words, Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a

“Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling

she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He

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