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.”

dishes, which had

consisted

dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

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

as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t

the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to

variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your

lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly

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

guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander

Anita simply

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

simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him

before? The city folks, especially the

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

was already of grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an

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

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

that the food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going

longer had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.

wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s

words, Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you can ask

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

the dandelions from her bowl being

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