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.”

some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the

all consisted of wild

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

words to heart, even going 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

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

in the city. If it weren’t

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

didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They

their guests. She kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables

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

glanced at Lysander and saw how unperturbed she 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 the food in his own bowl.

him. Just the smell alone was

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

words spoken were

clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to

a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed

the 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

seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild

of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m

felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there

was just wondering what kind

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

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

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

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