Chapter 648 His Determination

The taste of that dish was fairly normal, leaning toward the salty side.

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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 kept warm by the stove,

dishes all consisted of wild

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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

their agricultural products to Lysander and 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,

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

in the city.

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the clay mug to sip the slightly

seeing that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They

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

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

that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues.

too bitter for him. Just the smell alone

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

were

wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving

mistake at

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

She seemed to accept

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

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

okay, Mrs. Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of

“Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t

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

words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred

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