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.”

rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were

the dishes all consisted of

salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

special arrangements. Pointing at the steaming ravioli that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They

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

and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them

such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your

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

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

She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their

concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used

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

bitter for him. Just the

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 own cutlery to serve

words spoken were somewhat harsh.

outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him

was already of grandmotherly age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important

bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying,

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

a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m going to fetch a new set of

endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t

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

actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t believe

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

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

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