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.”

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

the dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

salad, boiled dandelion,

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 wrapped. I’m not sure if you’ll

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 what they had, turning

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

a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it

and lifted the clay mug to sip 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

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

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple food.

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 the

of the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone

you before? The city folks,

spoken were

However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his

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

wild vegetables 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, he can give them all to

Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no

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

just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s

felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you can

“Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and

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

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