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.”

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

the dishes all consisted

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion,

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 wrapped. I’m not sure

were preparing for the welcome feast in

noticed the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting

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

the

dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the

eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables in no time.

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

was. At that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with

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

intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots, are very particular about etiquette. Don’t use your own cutlery to

words spoken were somewhat

outright that he couldn’t stomach the

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

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, he

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

was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and

had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He

“I was just wondering what kind of

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 like them.”

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

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