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.”

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

consisted of wild vegetables.

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

to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These

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 to offer. They

tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I wouldn’t

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 meal, Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their

exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to

from her bowl without any

of the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell

“Didn’t I tell you before? The city

words spoken were

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

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

vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m

accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance at

breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to

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

“I was just wondering what

as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you can

over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying

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

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