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.”

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

dishes all consisted of wild

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

to 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 with chickweed. They were blanched

their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They

gesture of respect, made

wild vegetables in the

local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly

from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats

Lysander and

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita

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

was simply too bitter for him. Just the

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

words spoken were somewhat

Josiah wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in a

age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with

Lysander quickly glanced at Josiah’s bowl. Identifying the problem, 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 doesn’t want to eat them, he

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

not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause trouble for

“I was just wondering what kind of dish this is.

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

great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite

all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took a big

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