Chapter 648 His Determination

The taste of that dish was fairly normal, leaning toward the salty side.

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.”

they finished savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling the entire table.

the dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

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

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

made a point of generously complimenting them

vegetables in the city.

the local customs and lifted the clay mug

dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and

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

the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply

Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign

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

were somewhat harsh.

the cutlery. However, stating outright that he

who was already of grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet.

she 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

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

that the food she had served was not 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

he felt

Josiah said. “I was just wondering what

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

great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I

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

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