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.”

dishes, which had been

consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

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

the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in

made a point of generously

of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

the clay

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

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

bowl

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

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

spoken were

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, leaving

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

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 he doesn’t want to eat

finish. She seemed to accept the natural

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

felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there

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

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

are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I

dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took

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