The calm and comfortable Christmas holiday is gradually coming to an end.

Shortly after New Year's Day, students returned to school one after another, and the Hufflepuff common room became more and more lively.

As more and more people returned to school, Jon couldn't continue to study and practice magic here.

He was forced to relocate his position and go to the Room of Requirement again, as before.

A week after New Year's Day, the new semester officially begins!

At the same time, there was a news that began to circulate widely among all the students-

"I heard that Harry Potter of Gryffindor received a firebolt as a Christmas present!" said Zacharis-Smith cryptically in the common room one evening.

"What is a firebolt?" Hannah Abbott asked, puzzled, "that name sounds familiar......

"The firebolt is the most perfect broomstick to date, representing the highest level of craftsmanship at the moment!" Zacharis explained, as if he had received an advertising fee, "Every broom at the end of the broom has been sifted to perfection, and the streamline is perfect, and the balance and precision are unparalleled...... With an acceleration of up to 150 miles per hour in under ten seconds, it's a dream for any Quidditch player!"

"Potter's previous Light Wheel 2000 was blown off by a storm in the match against us!" Cedric Diggory could also hear envy in his voice: "He can be regarded as a blessing in disguise......

After all, Cedric himself still swept the eight stars with a broom.

"Who the hell would give him such an expensive gift!" said Ernie McMillan incredulously, "Firebolts are not a bargain!"

"Maybe it's his admirer...... Harry has a lot of fans!" Hannah guessed.

"Could it be a smoke grenade from Gryffindor?" asked Hufflepuff hitter Jimmik tentatively.

"Anyway, our match with Gryffindor is over anyway!"

......

All speculation came to an end at noon one day at the end of January.

That day, while the whole school was having breakfast, Professor McGonagall and Mrs. Hooch appeared in the hall with a broom wrapped in protective film.

"Well, I went to look for you in the Gryffindor common room. Professor McGonagall's voice was not loud, but it was still loud enough for many to hear, "Give it back to you, we've done everything we can think of, but there's nothing out of the ordinary with this broom...... Where do you have a good friend, Potter!"

With the departure of the two teachers, the entire hall exploded in an instant.

"Oh my God, is it really a fire bolt!"

"That's the broomstick for the England national team!"

"Harry, can you let me touch it?"

Not only the Gryffindor students, but also many Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students, crowded around.

Including Ernie McMillan and Zacharith Smith, who were still sitting next to Jon just now.

Everyone shouted loudly, just to catch a glimpse of the "fire bolts".

Jon didn't get too busy, nibbling on a ham in his hand while casually observing his surroundings.

Soon, he noticed Draco Malfoy on the Slytherin table.

Poor Malfoy's face was blue, and his eyes were fixed on the crowd on the Gryffindor side, and his expression could not be said to be jealous or angry......

......

Jon could put himself in Malfoy's shoes, if he was Malfoy, he would have called his dad - no, an owl to his dad, and asked Lucius Malfoy to buy him a firebolt, or even seven firebolts, and one for each Slytherin Quidditch!

Of course, Jon obviously didn't have the means, but the Malfoys didn't seem to have either.

Lucius Malfoken bought his son seven Light Wheels 2001 to help him join the Slytherin Quidditch team to rival Harry Potter, but he couldn't afford to buy another Firebolt......

In fact, the Halo 2001 is already the top broom in the world, and the price of seven of them is not inferior to a fire bolt.

It's just that Lucius Malfoy was able to spend the budget on the broomstick, and the seven light wheels were completely used up in 2001......

According to Jon's own guesses, as well as through Astoria's knowledge...... The vast majority of the bright-looking "pure-blooded families" are in a state of eating food.

The reason why they are said to be only glamorous is because they have almost no source of income.

A typical "pure-blood": he owns a palatial estate with many antique gold, silver, and mountains of gold from Gringotts that have been passed down for centuries.

But the manor is for living, and the antiques are for use, and it seems to be worth a fortune, but if you want to sell them and discount them for cash, you will find that you can't sell them for much gold at all.

The gold in the vault, as it is consumed from generation to generation, will only become less and less for the vast majority of families.

Even many families have to borrow money from Gringotts to get by.

Gold has been accumulated by generations of pure-blood ancestors: they have either found mysterious treasures, made their fortunes by alchemizing potions, or made their fortunes by exorcizing Muggles......

But as time went on, such wealth accumulation became more and more difficult.

Very few wizarding families have an industry that produces sustainably, and in fact the output of the so-called industry is almost nothing in a wizarding world with a huge abundance of material production.

Because of the existence of magic, food, cloth, and water, which are the most basic survival resources, are extremely cheap in the wizarding world.

Because of Gamp's basic transfiguration, you can't conjure food, but you can make a small amount of food more than an adult, make a normal pumpkin grow taller than an adult, and make a barren farmland get an unprecedented harvest......

Even the Weasleys, a wizard "poor family", were troubled by the fact that they could not afford to buy new magic books and wands because they had to support four or five children to study, and although they could not even get a gold Galleon, this did not affect their living in a house of several hundred square meters, with an endless yard, and a family with more than a dozen mouths, and still be able to eat and drink spicy food all day long.

And a pure-blood family, in order to maintain the social and decent appearance of the family, as well as to deal with all levels of the hierarchy, will definitely spend a lot of wealth, and this wealth consumption is far from being compensated for by being a Ministry of Magic official or a member of the Hogwarts Board of Directors.

As a result, they will become more and more dry and decayed.

This is also the reason why Voldemort's concept of "pure-blood supremacy" can attract these pure-blood families.

By attacking, enslaving and plundering the hemp wizards and Muggles, they can once again gain a great deal of wealth and resources, once again fill the coffers of Gringotts, and let future generations enjoy the same luxurious and prosperous life as before!

......

Jon lowered his head and calmly took another bite of the ham.

His heart did not fluctuate, and he even wanted to laugh.