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.”

they finished savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling the entire table.

dishes all consisted of

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

just been served, he said, “These are filled

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

and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they

of wild vegetables in the city. If it

lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot water.

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

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

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her

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

too bitter for him. Just the smell

noticed Josiah’s awkwardness and quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very

words spoken were somewhat

stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in a difficult

of grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She

vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I absolutely love

to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables

relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go

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

cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Dr.

Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying

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

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