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.”

the dishes, which had been kept warm by

the dishes all consisted

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being wrapped. I’m not sure

the morning, everyone generously offered 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.

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

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

spoke, he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot

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

kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables

spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own

from her bowl without any sign of her

bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to

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

words spoken were

outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to

made a mistake at such an important banquet. She

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

that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the

not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going

dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there

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

Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a

Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying

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

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