Chapter 13 The Dionysian Royal Family (Part 1)

Cristoia was happy when she heard it, put her head on Davos' firm chest, and said softly, "It's all up to you..."

"It's too late, go to sleep, go to sleep..." Davos patted him, the two relaxed and soon fell asleep...

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Early the next morning, Davers got up and went to the courtyard for morning exercises. By the time he returned to the main building covered in sweat, it was already lively.

Molina, the backyard manager, had already instructed the female slaves to wake up the children one by one, and let them get dressed and wash up... Then the main building was heard complaining and crying. Molina was unmoved, and when she encountered a child who was unwilling to get up, or even acted foolishly, the slave girl had no choice, she went directly into the room and forcibly pulled him up. Facing these princes and princesses of Dionia, she dared to do it because it was the power that Cristoia gave her.

Eight years ago, with the help of Davos River Cristoia, Azuna married Aristillas, and of course had to leave Davos' mansion. Molina, a slave girl from Thessaly, was the child's wet nurse at the time. Cristoia found that she was decisive, even more daring than Azuna, so she let her take Azuna's position. It proves that Cristoia is very discerning. With the increase of children in recent years, Molina has indeed managed the backyard in an orderly manner, which has saved Cristoia a lot of heart.

After Davers simply rinsed, he walked into the restaurant. The family members were basically sitting at the table.

"Where's Aviya?" Davos glanced at the hall and asked. Ivia is his third daughter, born to Agnes, who is only four years old this year.

"The crybaby wouldn't get up as usual, Aunt Molina went in to get her up, and she yelled that Mama Agnes went upstairs to call her," Briantes answered loudly. Briantes is Davos' fourth son, born to Cristoia, who is six years old.

"Briantes, Ivia is your sister. When she encounters difficulties, instead of helping her, you say strange things. This is wrong, you know!" Cynthia immediately criticized him.

"Sister is right, Briantes is just annoying." Eunice also complained that she was ten years old when she was born during the Great Greek War.

Briantes was criticized by his two sisters and felt a little aggrieved. He turned his attention to his second brother, Clotokatax, for help.

Clotokatax turned to look at Cynthia: "Little Boot didn't mean to speak ill of Ivia, he has now realized that he was wrong."

"Okay, my sister has forgiven you, but it depends on what you do in the future!" Cynthia said in a childish tone.

Briantes nodded hurriedly.

The third brother Apox, who was opposite him, made a face at him, which suddenly made him smile. Apox was born to Agnes at the end of the Great Greek War and is over nine years old this year.

Davos and Cristoia have been sitting quietly, not interfering with this little conflict between the children. They always do, because with Cynthia and Krotokataxes around, they'll all work out well in the end. And Davers also hopes that children will learn unity, fraternity, tolerance and compromise in the process of resolving conflicts by themselves.

At this time, Agnes took Ivia into the living room.

Ivia's big eyes were red, and there were still tears on her face. She held a small puppet in one hand, and was dragged forward by Agnes in the other.

"Baby xiaomi, take your own seat, it's time for us to have breakfast." Kristoya said softly.

Her words were very useful, Ivia gave a soft "um", let go of her mother's hand, sat in her place, put the puppet behind her, and Agnes sat down beside her.

Ordinary Greeks usually eat, because the food is simple, and there is no dining table. They grab food outdoors, sit on wooden chairs, or squat or stand to solve a meal. The Greek nobles and wealthy dined more formally. They had special dining rooms, each with their own table according to the number of people, and slaves waited on the side to clean their hands at any time, because they ate with their hands.

The dining situation in the kingdom of Dionia was very different, because after Davos invented the knife, fork, and spoon, the people no longer needed to eat with their hands. And although it is still a divided meal system, many families have become popular to eat at the same table, and very few families do not even separate men and women. It is said that this was influenced by Davos.

As the number of family members increased, Davos asked a skilled carpenter to make a large round table, which was placed in the center of the restaurant, and the family sat around to eat, so that there was no difference between closeness and distance, and there was a lively family atmosphere. , but also conducive to cultivating children's love for their families, the importance of family.

Davos sits facing the entrance of the restaurant, with Agnes on the right, Kristoa on the left, next to Kristoya is the eldest daughter Cynthia, and then the second son Clotokatak Then there are the second daughter Eunice, the third son Apox, the fourth son Briantes, the third daughter Ivia, and if you count the eldest son Adoris who was out on the expedition, Davos' family members are enough. There are ten people.

The backyard supervisor Molina stood by, and there were no other slaves in the restaurant. After all, even the youngest Molina was over four years old and could take care of herself. Davers always hoped that the children could do things by themselves as much as possible, be self-reliant, and not depend on the servants of slaves, so as not to become a waste of four bodies and indiscriminate grains.

"Let's have dinner." After Davos finished speaking, Clotokatax, with the help of Molina, brought food and bowls, first set the table for each family member, and then served each family member. The family distributes food. This is the task that Davers arranged for the older children in the family, mainly to exercise their awareness of serving others. Today is Clauto Katax's turn.

Crotokatax turned to Cynthia after distributing food to the three parents.

This time Davos' eyes widened, but saw that the eldest son quickly distributed food to Cynthia.

"Thank you, Chloe!" Cynthia said with a smile.

Krotokatax walked towards Eunice calmly, nothing out of the ordinary.

Davos immediately cast doubtful eyes on Cristoia.

Of course, Cristoya understood what her husband meant. She didn't expect to tell Davos about it just yesterday, and today he was going to confirm it in such a public setting. It was just...

Cristoia immediately gave him a wink to tell him not to be too obvious.

Davers pretended to be puzzled, opened his mouth, and put on a puzzled gesture.

Cristoia had to tap his thigh with her fist.

Davos exaggeratedly bared his teeth.

Cristoia nearly sprayed the porridge in her mouth onto the table.

Agnes noticed the difference between the two, and also turned her head and cast an inquiring look.

Davers stretched his right hand to the base of her smooth and plump thighs.

Agnes blushed slightly, and immediately pinched her with her fingers.

Davos showed a painful expression again, and it was fleeting.

Several children apparently did not notice the farce going on between their parents and their attention was focused on the food.

"Still the same as before, with a spoonful of honey?" Crotokatax asked his own sister with a smile.

Before Eunice could answer, Briantes shouted, "Why don't you ask, it's just that she doesn't like to drink cow's milk."

In this era, many citizens of Greek city-states raised sheep, so goat milk was a very common food. In addition to making cheese, it was processed and consumed directly. The cow is mainly for utility and transportation, not for milk production. Davos once asked Bagule to advocate the use of cows to produce milk, sell it and eat it in the Lucania region. Now it is just beginning to be a little bit more popular. There are very few people who eat milk, and the output is not large. Of course, there is a small amount in the palace. supply.

However, the drink for breakfast today is goat milk. Goat milk has a strong smell. Fortunately, in order for the children to grow taller and stronger, Davos has stipulated that they should drink a glass of goat milk every morning since they were children. Now the children are all acclimated, including the youngest Ivia, except Eunice.

"I don't like drinking, what's the matter!" Eunice immediately glared at Briantes.

In the face of his sister's threat, Briantes didn't want to admit defeat, and couldn't make any sense, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "It's not right anyway!"

Eunice didn't care about him, she turned her head and smiled at Crotokatax: "Brother, give me two spoons of honey, thank you!"

Clotokatax finished dividing Eunice, and then put food for Apox.

Appox cheers: "Great, today's meat buns!"

The Greeks used fermented flour to bake bread, and Davos asked the chef to wrap the chopped beef and mutton with the fermented dough and steam it in an iron pot. Children especially boys love to eat.

Apox held the hot bun in both hands and took a big bite regardless of the hot mouth. Then he saw that Briantes next to him had also distributed the food, and he rolled his eyes and said to his younger brother, "Bout, let's play a game, shall we? Whoever wins, whoever wins, can bite each other's meat buns. One bite."

"Don't play!" Briantes vigilantly used both hands to bring the wooden plate of meat wraps to his chest. Playing games, every time he loses to Apox, he has some psychological shadows.

Apox was thinking about how to convince Briantes when Eunice said disdainfully, "Bout, look at your timid appearance! Apo, here it is!" Eunice was satisfied that Apox let Bo Riantes made a fool of himself, and immediately broke a small meat bun and handed it to him.

"Thank you second sister!" Apox immediately took it, Briantes glanced greedily, remembered something, turned his head and said to Ivia: "Sister, look at this meat bun is too big, you can eat it alone No, brother can help you eat a little, okay?"