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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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