The Charming 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.”

had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling the

all consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before being wrapped.

By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They

gesture of respect, made a point

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

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

city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served,

Lysander

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

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

for him. Just the smell alone

noticed Josiah’s awkwardness and quickly 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

were somewhat

one of the involved parties, Josiah wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright

made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and

situation, Lysander quickly glanced 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

the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing

sigh of relief. She rose to

felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause

was just wondering what kind of

actually a

Dandelions are great

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

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