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

consisted of wild vegetables.

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were

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

tension and, as a gesture of 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

followed the local customs and lifted the

didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed.

to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and

serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery

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

him. Just the smell alone was enough to

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

words spoken were

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

realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed

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, and I absolutely love wild vegetables. If

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

had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to

he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go

okay, Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s

also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind

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

sooner had the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her

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