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.”

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

dishes all consisted of

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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 in

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

and, as a gesture of respect, made a

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t

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

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

Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple

bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues.

Just the smell alone was

awkwardness and quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city

words spoken were

stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to

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

bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right.

couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the

she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet

longer had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t

just wondering what

relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe

“Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite

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

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