His Beloved Ex-Wife

Chapter 648

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 entire

consisted

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

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 be accustomed to the

agricultural products to Lysander and the nurses as a token of their appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the

villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to eat.

the city. If it weren’t for your introduction,

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

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

Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild

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

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

too bitter for him. Just the

Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are

spoken were

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

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

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 absolutely love wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want to eat them,

finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well,

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

yet he felt somewhat

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

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

her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by

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