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 stove, were quickly served, filling the entire

consisted of

a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and

that had just been served, he said, “These are filled with chickweed. They were blanched in lard and water before

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

as a gesture of respect, made

the

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local customs and lifted the clay mug to sip

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

kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with

the countryside, the concept of serving spoons didn’t exist. Anita simply used her

from her bowl without any sign of her

the smell alone was enough to make him want to

noticed 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,

words spoken were

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 previous statement, leaving him in

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

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 wild vegetables.

that Josiah couldn’t finish. She seemed to accept the natural bitterness

served was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to her feet and headed toward the kitchen, saying, “I’m

yet he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t go there to cause trouble

wondering what kind

cankerwort. It’s actually a

great for their cooling and detoxifying

left her lips than she saw all the dandelions from her bowl being transferred back by Josiah.

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