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.”

they 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 of

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion,

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

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. They had to make do with what they had, turning

villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a

of wild vegetables in the

customs and lifted the clay mug to sip

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

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

didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple

was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with the food in his own bowl.

was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was

Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the

were somewhat

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,

a mistake at such

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

ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance at all.

had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying,

bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause

Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish

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

the conversation, saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite

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

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