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.”

the dishes, which had been kept warm by the

dishes all consisted of

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion,

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

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

vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I wouldn’t

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

express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to

the meal, Anita was eager to impress their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls

of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used

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

bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to give up.

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

words spoken were

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

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

his bowl and poured all the wild vegetables into her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I

smile, she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of reluctance at all.

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

no longer had to endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to

just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s

hearing these words, Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a

saying, “Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying

lips than she saw all the dandelions from her

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