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 kept warm by the stove, were

consisted of wild vegetables.

dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild

just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard

they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much

and, as a gesture of respect, made a point

wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t

followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip the slightly astringent hot water.

any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the villagers finally relaxed. They returned to their respective seats and started to

dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls

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

bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling with the food in his own

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

Josiah’s awkwardness 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

spoken were somewhat harsh.

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 previous statement, leaving

she had made a mistake at such an important banquet. She was overwhelmed with guilt and at

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.

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

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

endure the bitterness of dandelions, yet he felt somewhat

said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish

words, Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If

great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite like them.”

left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah. He then took a big

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