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

salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being wrapped. I’m

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

made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to eat.

in the

lifted the clay mug to sip

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

the meal, Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety

exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to

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

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

Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The

spoken were somewhat

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,

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

all the wild vegetables into her own, saying,

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables

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

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.

Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what

relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal

“Yes. Dandelions are great for their

her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her

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