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.”

food, the rest of the dishes, which had been

the dishes all consisted of

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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

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

of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they

the city. If it weren’t for your introduction,

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

the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats

She kept serving dishes to Lysander

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

subtly 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

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

tell you before? The city folks, especially the big

spoken were somewhat

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

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

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 can

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

food she had served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her

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

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

It’s actually a

are great for their cooling and detoxifying

than she saw all the dandelions from

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