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.”

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

all consisted of wild

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

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 wrapped. I’m not sure if you’ll be

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 afternoon, there

respect, made a point of generously

seen such a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it

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

seeing that the big shot from the city didn’t express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served,

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

Anita simply

bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual

the dandelion was simply too bitter for him. Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to

Josiah’s awkwardness and quickly intervened when Anita was about to serve Josiah more food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city

were somewhat

parties, Josiah wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed to contradict his previous statement, leaving him in

age, realized that she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with

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

She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the

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

the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause

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

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

“Yes. Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects.

dandelions from

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