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.”

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

all consisted of wild

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

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

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

tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously

a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it

and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot water.

shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned

to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and

didn’t exist. Anita simply used

that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found

Just the smell alone was enough to

tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots,

were somewhat harsh.

involved parties, 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

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

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 can give them all to me.”

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite

She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new set of cutlery.”

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

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

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

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

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

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