Chapter Seventy-Two: Macaon's Proposal
Pelius felt like he didn't have to go out in the afternoon, "What else?"
Telamon handed over another letter, "Big brother, this is a letter from my mother. ”
Peleus was stunned for a moment, and immediately reached out to take it, he hadn't seen his mother for many years.
He took the letter and read it carefully, and when he heard that his father had allowed his mother to come out to visit Theramon, Peleus was a little happy and a little sad.
Of course, it would be good if I could reunite with my mother every year in the future, but why would my father, who has always been strong, agree?
Aeakos is old.
Peleus will be forty years old in a few years, and Aeakos is now nearly seventy.
An old man who is nearly seventy years old, has no children and no daughters, no matter what his health is, at least his mentality is old.
Peleus sighed silently, a person as strong as his father had finally compromised with himself.
"Big brother, aren't you happy?" Telamon was a little strange, why did Peleus suddenly start sighing?
"No, that's good. Peleus looked at Telamon, perhaps he didn't understand such feelings.
Telamon remembered what she had promised Achilles in the morning, and said, "Big brother, Achilles hasn't seen his mother either, has he?"
"He ......," Peleus hesitated, "no." ”
Telamon immediately said, "It just so happens that this time my mother is going to Salamis Island, and I want to take Achilles to live with me for a while." ”
Peleus instinctively wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Forget it, your sister-in-law may not be reluctant to ...... him"
"It's okay, Corinth is not far from the island of Salamis, my sister-in-law can go with us, just to meet my mother. ”
"Corinth?" Peleus asked, confused.
Telamon immediately reacted, scratched his head and whispered, "This is where Iasong got married." ”
Peleus's face sank, and he stood up and walked out the door, the voice coming from where he had left.
"I'll come back in the evening and discuss it with your sister-in-law. ”
Telamon smiled, and that should be it.
After thinking about it, Telamon also stood up, he also had something to do in the afternoon.
......
When the evening sun went down, Telamon returned from the forest to the west with thirty of his attendants, each wearing the corpses of two giant wolves on their spears.
Telamon rode a dark horse at the front of the procession, greeted by the moon creeping up into the sky and the awe-inspiring eyes of the warriors of the Thessalian tribe.
The corpses of sixty giant wolves! The huge smell of blood almost rose to the sky.
Only those who live in the Thesalia tribe know how terrifying the giant wolf is in the jungle to the west, and even the average warrior can hardly match a giant wolf with his bare hands.
Wolves that have been hungry all winter, except for their companions and cubs, will attack all living creatures they come across, even packs of wild boars and lone lions often become the belly of the wolves.
If it weren't for the fertile land and excellent pastures surrounding the tribe, the Thessalian tribe would have moved away long ago.
However, Trammon went out with his attendants for an afternoon, and destroyed more wolves than their tribe could kill in a year, and more importantly, unscathed!
Not a single person was injured!
This is the elite warrior from the island of Salamis, far outpacing the various tribes of Sereli.
Telamon returned to Macaon's house alone, and sixty wolf corpses were piled up outside the tribe's fence wall, and no wild beast dared to approach it that night.
......
In the afternoon, they were supposed to lend the lion cub to Ajax to play, but both of them were so tired that they made up for an afternoon's sleep, and they barely got up until it was time for dinner.
"I mean, you two haven't slept enough?"
Seeing the two children yawning over, Telamon asked with a smile.
Ajax tried to answer him, but a mouth yawned, and the three adults laughed at the same time.
Achilles walked over and couldn't help but wrinkle his nose, "What kind of smell?" ”
Telamon sniffed at her clothes, "Is it me? But I've just taken a shower." ”
Ajax sat down next to Telamon and sniffed, but he didn't smell anything.
Achilles sat down and asked while eating dinner, "Uncle, what are you doing in the afternoon?"
"I didn't do anything, I just went out for a walk. Telamon said lightly.
"Oh. Achilles didn't delve into it, and concentrated on dinner.
When the food on the table was ready, Achilles was about to go upstairs when Peleus suddenly stopped him.
"Achilles, wait a minute. ”
Achilles sat down again, "Is there anything wrong with you?"
Peleus drank the rest of the wine from his glass before he spoke, "Your mother and I are going to your uncle's house, and you are going with us to meet your grandmother." ”
"Okay, I got it. Achilles nodded in response.
Peleus poured himself another glass of wine, "We'll leave in two days, you get ready." ”
What to prepare?
Achilles thought about it for a while, and he just said goodbye to little Pat.
"We're going to be a guest this time, so we won't bring any entourage on the road, the maid of the Macaon family is very good, you can pick one to take care of you on the road." ”
Listening to Peleus, this time he is not going to take Achilles with the car.
But it's no wonder that last time because of population migration, there were not enough horse-drawn carriages at all, but this time it's different.
The maids of the Makaon family are quite capable of working, but they are too ordinary, and they are not familiar with each other.
After thinking for a while, Achilles suddenly remembered a figure that he hadn't seen for a long time, and wouldn't it be much better than those maids if he had him?
"Father, I don't want a maid. ”
"Oh?" Peleus glanced up at him, but the glass in his hand didn't stop, "And who do you want?"
"Uncle Phoenix, who came with us before, if you can, is him. ”
Pelius nodded and didn't say anything, he remembered that Phoenix seemed to have been on the hunting team recently. After all, land should be given priority to families with old people and children, and a lone like him would have to go hunting or resume his old work as a shepherd.
According to Peleus's thoughts, this trip to Salamis Island is definitely not like taking dozens of people back and forth like Eramon. Because after these few days of farming, Makaon had to requisition people to build cities in the east, and in such a tense time, any labor force was very important.
Thetis, who was sitting next to her, picked up, "One more thing, Achilles. We can't take the lion cubs with us, so you'll have to find a place to send them for a while. ”
"yes, I see. Achilles nodded in response.
Tomorrow I will go to little Pat's house and tell him, and by the way, I will give him the little lion. Well, perfect.
When everything was done, Theseis relaxed, and when she turned around, she found Peleus pouring himself wine again.
"Peleus, why did you drink so much tonight?"
"It's not ...... I am happy to think of my mother. Come, come, Telamon, have two drinks with me. Peleus said and went to Telamon to clink glasses.
Now that the eldest brother had spoken, Telamon raised his glass.
Titis glanced at the two of them helplessly, turned and went upstairs to sleep.
......
The next morning, Ajax, who had been refreshed, finally remembered the lion cub that Achilles had promised to play with him for half a day, and ran from the third floor to the second floor early in the morning to "collect debts". In desperation, Achilles had no choice but to hand him the lion cub who had not yet woken up.
When the little lion woke up, he was stunned, why did his small (big cake) face fall into the hands of this strange human?
So the plot of the next morning fell into a cycle of chase and flight, and Ajax stubbornly thought that this was the lion cub playing with him, and it was a sign of lion lion's lion's lion's affection for him.
At noon, Achilles finally rescued the lion cub, and the lion cub, who had been tired all morning, fell into a deep sleep again.
At noon, Makaon and Peleus also came back to eat, and after eating, Makaon took his own step as usual, and Achilles was about to go to Little Pat's house to say goodbye, and the two walked towards the door one after the other.
Makaon went out first, and when he heard some noise behind him, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, and turned around to see Achilles coming out after him with the lion cub in his arms.
"Your Royal Highness, are you going out at noon?"
"Yes, Mr. Macaan. Achilles replied politely. "I was about to go to Uncle Menotios' house. ”
"What a coincidence, it just so happened that I was on the same road as His Royal Highness the Prince. Macaon laughed.
"Is there anything you have to do with Uncle Menotios?" Achilles asked curiously.
Macaon tugged his beard and said a little helplessly: "In the morning, His Majesty told me that I was going out for a while, so that I could discuss something with Menotios, and I was about to go to him to discuss something. ”
"That's really hard work, Mr. Macaon. ”
Originally, Peleus should have done all these things, but Peleus was a bit of a shopkeeper, and it would take at least three months to go out this time, and all the big and small things had to be handed over to Macaon.
Makaon waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, "I wonder what happened to His Royal Highness the Prince in the past?"
"It's nothing, just go and say goodbye to Patroclus, and ask him to help me raise the lion cub for a while. ”
Macaon looked at the lion cub held by Achilles, thought for a moment, and said, "Isn't His Royal Highness the Prince going to take it to Salamis Island?"
"yes, it's too inconvenient on the road. ”
"If ......," Makaon pondered, "I mean, if I can, I can take care of it for you for a few days." ”
"Huh?" Achilles looked at Macaon in surprise, not knowing what he was thinking.
Makaon smiled and said unhurriedly: "This pet of yours is a bit congenitally deficient, it just so happens that I learned some methods when I traveled before, maybe I can make up for it." ”
Achilleston was overjoyed, "That's great." ”