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.”

savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served,

consisted of

a curly dock salad, boiled

he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being wrapped. I’m not

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 wasn’t much left to offer. They had to make

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

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

the local customs and lifted the clay mug

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

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

didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to

subtly glanced at Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with

for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to

was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big

were

one of 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 seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him

had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and

noticing the situation, 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,

smile, she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance

breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch

of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat

“I was just wondering what kind of dish this

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

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

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

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