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 food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by

consisted

salad, boiled

to heart, even going so far as to make special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are filled

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

gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began

wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

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

any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started

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

concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her own cutlery to serve the couple food.

several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia

dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell

tell you before? The city folks,

were

the involved parties, 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

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

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 all

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

seeing that the food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new

felt somewhat uneasy. He

Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s quite bitter.”

hearing these words, Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe me, you

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

saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He

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