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,

dishes all consisted

curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

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

their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had

the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began

variety of wild vegetables in the

he followed the local customs and lifted the

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

to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables in no time.

the countryside, the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used

was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself

the smell alone was enough to

and quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city

were somewhat harsh.

to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that

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

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

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

the food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet

to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt

okay, Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish

cankerwort. It’s actually a kind

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

than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took

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