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.”

savoring some of the food, the rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served, filling

all consisted of wild

salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed

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

appreciation. By the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in

noticed the villagers‘ tension and, as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting them before they began to

variety of wild vegetables in the

he spoke, he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot

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 variety of wild vegetables

the concept 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

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

tell you before? The city folks, especially the big shots,

words spoken were somewhat harsh.

one of the involved 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

had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was

her own, saying, “It’s all right. I’m not picky, and I absolutely love wild vegetables. If

to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well, showing no signs of

seeing that the food she had served was not wasted, 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 set

of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat uneasy.

Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind

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

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

sooner had the words left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by

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