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 stove, were quickly

all consisted of wild

curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

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

time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to make do with what they had, turning wild vegetables into a creative feast.

of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before

never seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I wouldn’t

the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent

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

eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their

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

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

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

was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city

were

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

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

noticing 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

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

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

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

wondering what kind

It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you

are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects.

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

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