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.”

rest of the dishes, which had been kept warm by the stove, were quickly served,

consisted

was a curly dock salad, boiled dandelion, and sauteed wild asparagus.

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 accustomed to

By the time they were preparing for the welcome

as a gesture of respect, made a point of generously complimenting

a variety of wild vegetables in the city. If it weren’t for your introduction, I wouldn’t

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

with the dishes served, the villagers finally

kept serving dishes to Lysander and Josiah, filling their bowls with a variety of wild vegetables in no

Anita simply used her own cutlery to

her bowl without any sign of her usual mysophobia issues. However, he found himself struggling

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

food. “Didn’t I tell you before? The city

words spoken were somewhat

wanted to clarify that the issue wasn’t about the cutlery. However, stating outright that he couldn’t stomach the dandelions seemed

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

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 eat them, he can give them all to

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

was not wasted, Anita finally breathed a sigh of relief. She rose to

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

Alvarez,” Josiah said. “I was just wondering what kind of dish this is. It’s quite bitter.”

known as cankerwort. It’s actually a kind of medicinal herb. If you

great for their cooling and detoxifying effects. I quite

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

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