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.”

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

the dishes all consisted

a curly dock salad, boiled

even going so far as 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

to Lysander and the nurses as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon,

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

in the

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

dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned

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

countryside, the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to

subtly glanced at Lysander and saw how unperturbed she was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual

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

were somewhat

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

grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and

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

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of

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

endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He

wondering what kind

relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of

great for their

from her

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