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

the dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

dock salad, boiled dandelion,

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 wrapped. I’m not

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 do with

respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t

he followed the local customs and lifted the

any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started

guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of

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

was eating several bites from her bowl without any

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

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.

clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t

at such an

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

a delightful 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 at

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

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

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

as cankerwort. It’s actually a

conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite like them.”

the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back

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