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.”

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

dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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 in lard and water before being

offered their agricultural products to Lysander and the nurses as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome

a gesture of respect, made a

the city. If

and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly

served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started

to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables

countryside, the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own

Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any

the smell alone was enough to make him

I tell you before? The

words spoken were

cutlery. However, stating outright that he

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

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,

finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance at all.

rose to her feet and headed

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat

Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this

as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb.

great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite

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

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