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.”

rest of the dishes, which had been

all consisted

dock salad, boiled

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

of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t

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

the city. If it weren’t for your introduction,

customs and lifted the clay mug to sip

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

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

serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery

unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl

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

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 particular about

words spoken were

Josiah wanted to 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 him in a

at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and at

the situation, Lysander quickly glanced at Josiah’s bowl. Identifying the problem, 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 them, he can give them

she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite

finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m

yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t

was just wondering what

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

took over the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great

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

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