ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 594 The Dionia Royal Family

Christoya felt happy after hearing this, put her head on Davos's strong chest, and said softly: "It's all up to you..."

"It's too late, go to sleep, go to sleep..." Davos patted him gently, and 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, the place was already bustling.

Molina, the manager of the backyard, has directed the female slaves to wake up the children one by one, let them get dressed and wash up...there was a lot of complaining and crying in the main building.Molina was unmoved. When she encountered a child who was unwilling to get up or even acted foolishly, the slave girl had no choice but to go directly into the house and forcefully pull him up.Facing these princes and princesses of Dionia, the reason why she dared to do this was because this was the power given to her by Kristoya.

Eight years ago, Azuna married Aristelas with the help of Kristoya of Davos River. Of course, she had to leave Davos' official residence.Molina, a slave girl from Thessaly, was the child's wet nurse at the time. Christoya found that she was decisive and even more daring than Azuna, so she asked her to take over Azuna's position. In fact It proves that Kristoya is very discerning. With the number of children increasing these years, the backyard is indeed well-managed by Molina, which saves Kristoya a lot of worry.

After Davos simply rinsed his hands and walked into the restaurant, the family members were already sitting at the dining table.
"Where's Aviya?" Davos glanced at the hall and asked.Aviya is his third daughter, born to Agnes, and is only four years old this year.

"The crybaby refused to get up as usual, and Aunt Molina went in to ask her to get up. She was yelling, and Mother Agnes went upstairs to get her," Briantes answered loudly.Briantes is the fourth son of Davos, born to Kristoya, and is six years old this year.

"Briantes, Aviya is your sister. When she encounters difficulties, you don't help her, but instead say weird things on the sidelines. This is wrong, you know!" Cynthia immediately criticized him.

"My sister is right, Briantes is just annoying." Eunice also complained. She was born during the Great Greek War and is now ten years old.

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

Clotokatax turned to look at Cynthia: "Little Butt didn't mean to say bad things about Aviya. He has now realized that he was wrong."

"Okay, sister has forgiven you, but it depends on your future actions!" Cynthia said in the same tone as a child.

Briantes nodded hurriedly.

The third brother Apox who was opposite him made a face at him, which immediately made him smile.Apox was born by Agnes at the end of the Great Greek War, and he is more than nine years old this year.

Davos and Crystal had been sitting quietly, not intervening in the little conflict between the children.They always do, and with Cynthia and Crotokatax here, everything will work out in the end.And Davos also hopes that children will learn unity, friendship, tolerance and compromise in the process of resolving conflicts on their own.

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

Aviya's big eyes were red, and there were still tears on her face. She was holding a little stuffed animal in one hand, and Agnes was pulling her forward with the other.

"Baby Wei Ya, sit down in your seat quickly, it's time for us to have breakfast." Crystal said softly.

Her words worked. Aviya said softly, "Yeah", let go of her mother's hand, sat in her seat, put the doll behind her, and Agnes sat down next to her.

Ordinary Greeks usually eat. Because they eat simply, they don’t even have a dining table. They can eat outdoors with their hands on the food, sitting on wooden chairs, squatting, or standing.The Greek nobles and wealthy people's dining was much more formal. They had special dining rooms with separate dining tables according to the number of people. They also had slaves waiting on them to clean their hands at any time because they ate with their hands.

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

As the number of family members increased, Davers asked a skilled carpenter to make a large round table and place it in the center of the restaurant. The family sat around and ate. This way, there was no distinction between closeness and distance, and it created a lively family atmosphere. , it is also conducive to cultivating children's love for family members and their emphasis on family.

Davos sat facing the entrance of the restaurant. On his right was Agnes, on his left was Krystoya. Next to Krystoya was his eldest daughter Cynthia, followed by his second son Clotokatak. Si, then the second daughter Eunice, the third son Apox, the fourth son Briantes, the third daughter Aviya, and if you include the eldest son Adoris who is away at war, Davos has enough family members. There are ten people.

Molina, the director of the backyard, stood by. There were no other slaves in the dining room. After all, even the youngest Molina was over four years old and could take care of herself.Davos has always hoped that the children can do things on their own as much as possible, be self-reliant, and not rely on the service of slaves, so as not to become a waste who is industrious and does not separate grains.

"Let's have dinner." After Davos finished speaking, Clotokatax, with the help of Molina, brought food and bowls, first set tableware for each family member, and then The family distributes food. This is a task assigned by Davos to the older children in the family. It is mainly to exercise their awareness of serving others. Today it is the turn of Krautokas.

After Krotokatax finished distributing food to the three parents, he turned to Cynthia.

Davos's eyes widened at this moment, but he saw that his eldest son quickly distributed food to Cynthia.

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

Crotokatax walked towards Eunice calmly, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Davos immediately cast doubtful eyes on Crystal.

Of course, Kristoya understood what her husband meant. She didn't expect that just yesterday she told Davos about it, and today he would confirm it in such a public place. It was simply...

Kristoya immediately gave him a wink, telling him not to make it too obvious.

Davos pretended to be puzzled, opening his mouth in a questioning posture.

Kristoya had no choice but to clenched her fist and knocked on his thigh.

Davers bared his teeth exaggeratedly.

Kristoya almost spit the porridge in her mouth onto the table.

Agnes noticed the strangeness between the two of them and turned around, casting a questioning look.

Davos stretched his right hand towards her smooth and plump thigh.

Agnes' pretty face turned red, and she immediately pinched it hard with her fingers.

Davos once again showed a pained expression, which flashed away.

Several of the children were apparently oblivious to the drama going on between their parents, their attention focused on the food.

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

Before Eunice could answer, Briantes yelled, "Is there any need to ask, but she doesn't like to drink cow's and goat's milk."

In this era, many Greek city-state citizens raised sheep, so goat milk was a very common food. In addition to making cheese, it was processed and consumed directly.Cows are mainly used for practicality and transportation, but not for milk production.Davers once asked Bagule to advocate the use of cows to produce milk for sale and consumption in the Lucania region. Now it has just begun to take shape. There are still very few people who consume milk, and the output is not large. Of course, there is a small amount in the palace. supply.

But today's breakfast drink is goat's milk, which has a strong smell. Fortunately, in order for the children to grow taller and stronger, Davos has made it a rule for the children to drink a glass of goat's milk every morning since they were young. Now the children have all adapted, including the youngest Ivya, except Eunice.

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

Faced with the threat from her sister, Briantes was unwilling to admit defeat and couldn't make any sense. She could only bite the bullet and said: "It's wrong anyway!"

Eunice was too lazy to pay attention to him and turned to Crotokatax with a smile: "Brother, give me two spoons of honey, thank you!"

After Clotokatax finished dividing the food for Eunice, he placed some food for Apox.

Apox cheered: "Great, there are meat buns today!"

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

Holding the hot bun in both hands, Apox took a big bite, regardless of the burning of his mouth.Then he saw Briantes next to him also dividing the food. He rolled his eyes and said to his brother: "But, let's play a game, okay? Whoever wins can bite the other's meat buns." One bite."

"Don't play!" Briantes cautiously held the wooden plate containing the meat buns to his chest with both hands.When playing games, he lost to Apox every time, and he felt a little psychologically affected.

Apox was thinking about how to persuade Briantes when he heard Eunice say disdainfully: "But, look at your cowardly look! Apox, here you go!" Eunice was satisfied that Apox let Boo Liantes made a fool of himself and immediately broke off half a meat bun and handed it to him.

"Thank you, second sister!" Apox took it immediately. Briantes glanced at it greedily, remembered something, turned to Aviya and said: "Sister, look at this meat bun, it's too big, you can eat it alone." No, brother can help you eat some, okay?"

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