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.”

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

dishes all consisted of

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

that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and

was already short on resources. 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 afternoon, there wasn’t much left

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

the city. If it weren’t for your introduction,

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.

guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah,

exist. Anita simply used her

bowl without any sign

for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make

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

words spoken were somewhat harsh.

Josiah wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions

made a mistake at

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 doesn’t want to eat them,

smile, she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the

not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m

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

Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish

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

are great for

had the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from

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