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.”

food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the

dishes all consisted

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

took Lysander’s words to heart, even going so far as to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said,

were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to make do with what they had, turning wild vegetables into

gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting

such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I

the clay mug to sip

served, the villagers finally

Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety

serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple food.

was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with the food in his own

him. Just the smell alone was enough to

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

spoken were somewhat harsh.

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

at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and

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 can give them

the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the

of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen,

felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause

just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s quite bitter.”

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

saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling

from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took

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