The Charming Ex-Wife

Chapter 648

Chapter 648 His Determination

The taste of that dish was fairly normal, leaning toward the salty side.

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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.”

of the dishes, which had been kept warm by

the dishes all consisted of wild vegetables.

was a curly dock salad, boiled

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

the time they were preparing for the welcome feast in the afternoon, there wasn’t much left to offer. They had to make do with what they had, turning wild

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

wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for

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he spoke, he followed the local customs and lifted the clay mug to

express any dissatisfaction with the dishes served, the

kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah,

didn’t exist. Anita simply

that moment, she was eating several bites from her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However,

Just the smell alone was enough to make him want to

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

words spoken were

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

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

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 wild vegetables. If he doesn’t want to

smile, she ate all the dandelions that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness of the wild vegetables quite well,

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

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

Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of

words, Anita felt much relieved. “Dandelions, also known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you don’t

Dandelions are great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite like

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

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