Chapter 15: Pillowcases
In December, the weather gets colder and colder. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMalfoy, who was beaten up, never showed up again, and it was enviable to hear that he had already started his Christmas holiday early. After exchanging several letters with Lord Earl, it was discovered that Mr. Malfoy had not reacted to his son's beating. The matter passed peacefully.
"Professor McGonagall, are you sure I should finish my homework today?"
"Of course, Mr. Weasley. If you can't complete your assignment on time, it will be reflected in your final grade. ”
The students have been nervous for the past few days, as if they have forgotten what they have not done. Hermione became more nervous than Luna, often making special moves for no apparent reason. Xie An also had to carefully complete his homework according to Luna's notes.
The library was a good place to revise, and Luna Hermione and Shayne did their homework together.
"Luna, are you sure the professor taught this paragraph, didn't you add it yourself when you were sleepwalking?" Xie An looked at a piece of history about the wizarding world in surprise, how did it look a little familiar, as if it had happened recently! This should be news that only the Muggle world has.
Luna glanced at Xie An's record and said softly, "I have carefully recorded Professor Binns's lectures, and there are no omissions or additions. ”
"Oh my God, Professor Binns actually knows these things, isn't he already dead, can he get new memories?" Xie An said in surprise.
"Andy, the ghost must have new memories, otherwise Peeves wouldn't have been hiding from you after you taught him a lesson. Luna made the obvious conclusion.
"Is that so, I always thought that a ghost was just a repeater of what he did in his lifetime. Xie An muttered in confusion.
"Oh, Luna, did you see my notes on the history of magic, it occurred to me that maybe my first statute on wizards wasn't accurate enough to be reconfirmed, I don't remember where I put it. Hermione jumped up from her seat, startling her classmates.
"Hermione, your exam syndrome is getting worse, don't be nervous, it's just final homework, not OWLs. Xie An teased.
"You lent Andy your notes for review, Andy, give them back to Hermione!" Luna flipped through her notes quickly, but couldn't tell any nervousness from her confused expression.
The excitement of the rare Quidditch victory had not yet dissipated, and the weight of the lesson was stacked on all the students. Back in the common room, the fire was still surrounded by a large group of hard-working students, and Cho would be there a lot, and it seemed that Cho was getting a little nervous as much as Hermione was about taking his academic performance seriously.
"Well, Filly, lend me your paper on the alchemical effects of wormwood root extract. Terry sighed deeply and looked up from the two large stacks of books. "Eleven inches of content, I dare say Professor Snape is trying to make us kill ourselves. ”
"Who's to say it isn't?" said Stewart. He didn't even have time to look up, only to see short blond hair swaying behind a pile of big books. "Professor McGonagall's paper on the detailed analysis of the intertransformation of inanimate objects is so damn that I can only make up less than a third of the length. There was a deep exhaustion in his tone. "Merlin, save my brother!"
Hearing the discussion of his classmates, Xie An felt that his homework might be able to be rescued, after all, everyone looked similar, so Xie An sat on the sofa in the corner, took out Luna's notes, compared them with his homework, and looked at them again to see if he could add more and make up enough length...
"You're not with Luna?" the Chinese girl easily spotted Xie An returning to the break room, bypassing a group of classmates who were discussing their Transfiguration class papers and heading into the corner.
"Oh, Autumn, Luna is still in the library, and I think I've written well, so I'm back early. Xie An didn't pay attention to the small dissatisfaction in Qiu's tone, but was even more unhappy with his decision to give up his final homework so easily.
"Andy, the light wheel you gave me last time hasn't come yet, thank you seriously, can we go home together after the Christmas break? Xie An's tone of voice had always been like this, Qiu didn't hear the difference, mustered up the courage, and once again put forward his wish to visit Li Manor.
"Yes, it's all by train anyway, and we can sit in a box. I'll let Victor come in a horse-drawn carriage so we don't have to crowd the bus. Xie An replied indifferently, and looked down at his parchment again.
"Okay, I'll go find you then. Qiu smiled slightly, feeling that he had done a big thing, and went to review with peace of mind.
"It's less than three days away from handing in homework!" one student lamented.
Since the last time Shay visited the Hogwarts logistics department with the recovered Kvera and expressed her sincere gratitude, it seems that the logistics department no longer hides from Shea, and Shea can often be seen in the castle with elves.
They were busy in the castle wearing new pillowcases made by Xie Anding—a full five hundred—and saw Xie An politely stop the work in his hand to express his gratitude. Many elves had nothing when they defected to Hogwarts, and the last time Xie An just glanced at it, he found that many elves were wearing tattered clothes with indistinguishable colors.
After inquiring about Kwilla's taboos, Xie Ann asked the Countess to order hundreds of pillowcases of different colors and patterns from the Muggle world, made of imported silk - the Earl has a way - with beautiful embroideries on them.
When the Hogwarts elves saw such a magnificent gift, many of them cried with excitement. As a doomsday human with extremely few resources, Xie An can certainly understand the preciousness of obtaining a new piece of clothing. Except for those decent politicians who need to wear at all times, who can really keep their hair unmessed and their clothes uncurled on the battlefield? Xie An tried his best to suppress his frustration and handed out pillowcases to the elves one by one.
"What does this pattern mean, it seems to be a bird and snake pattern, could it be that there were snake spirits and eagle spirits in the ancient East?" asked the female elder who handed Xie An the map last time, pointing to the colorful dragon and phoenix auspicious patterns on the red pillowcase.
"No, Elder Dora, those are two mysterious creatures of the East, snake-like creatures called dragons, which can raise clouds and rain and help the Chinese people to farm the land, generally symbolizing hard-working and powerful men. The bird-like creature is called the phoenix, and this oriental phoenix is a symbol of moral justice, generally representing beautiful and noble women. This motif represents abundance and justice. With your status, this pillowcase pattern is perfect for you. Xie An slapped the high-ranking Elder Dora without a trace.
"Haha, Andrew, your explanation is so detailed, but you're right, who doesn't want to have abundance and justice. Elder Dora happily put the dragon and phoenix on himself.
"What about this pattern, this child looks like he is riding on a unicorn with two horns, is this bicorn also an oriental mystical creature?" asked the head of the logistics department as he hurriedly picked up another pillowcase with an intricate pattern.
"Yes, Mr. Minister, this is called a Kirin Son. You can think of the two-horned creature as a young dragon form, and in the right time and circumstances, a young unicorn can become an omnipotent dragon. The implication of this pattern is to hope that the child can be as talented as the unicorn, and they call such a child unicorn. This is a good wish for a good future for their children. Xie An said nonsense.
"Oh, it's so beautiful, it's so exquisite, it turns out that this is the mysterious East!" the Minister of Logistics happily put the pillowcase embroidered with the unicorn pattern on himself, raised his chest and looked into the distance happily, looking as if he was the Minister of Magic.
"Andrew, thank you for bringing so many gifts, this may be exactly what we desperately need, I accept it on behalf of the elves, you have a rare talent for wizards, and more importantly, you also have precious qualities, to borrow your own words, you are now a young genius Kirin wizard!" Elder Dora said earnestly.
Xie An replied with a smile. "Thank you for the compliment, I will continue to work hard. ”
These pillowcases were really nothing to the Li family, but the Earl and the Lady had personally carefully selected the patterns, the materials were selected from the finest silks, and they also paid special attention to the question that Xie An had mentioned about the elven elders.
The number and style of pillowcases are much larger than the number of Hogwarts elves, which ensures that each elf chooses their favorite pillowcase, and now the elves in the castle seem to be wearing luxurious silk robes, and they all greeted Xie An politely: "Kirin wizard, do you need any help?"
Xie An secretly smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that he would also be called a beast by others one day.
After discussing a piece of Hogwarts history with Professor Binns, the final lesson of the year finally ended. The Ravenclaw students cheered and threw their textbooks into the sky, some accidentally passing through Professor Binns's body.
Luna finished sorting out Professor Binns' answers to Shea's questions, and then walked out of the classroom with Shea. Cho Chang was already waiting outside the classroom, and the three of them said hello and went out of the castle together - the Christmas holidays began!
After getting off the Hogwarts Express and waving goodbye to his classmates, Xie An caught a glimpse of Victor in the crowd wearing a sky blue pillowcase with a cute dolphin embroidered on it. He walked over and happily greeted Victor and complimented him on his beautiful new pillowcase.
Victor happily took the little master's luggage and happily led the three of them to the outside of the station.
The three of them got into the carriage, and Victor magically signaled that the carriage could go, and the driverless carriage slowly dissolved into the air and disappeared into the crowd like a ghost carriage in a horror movie.
"Autumn, are you going to Andy's house too?" Luna looked at Autumn strangely, the three of them had a good time along the way, and Luna couldn't wait to see the long-separated rolling.
"I told my parents that they would like to visit the Earl of Lower by the way, and thank you for helping Gigi last time. Qiu explained a little nervously that she didn't expect Luna to go to Xie An's house together, which caused her a little pressure. Gigi is the house-elf of the Autumn family.
Luna never seemed to be nervous, and when she heard Qiu say this, Luna said happily: "Then we can spend this Christmas together, Li Manor is a very interesting place." Luna's joyful eyes show that she is really looking forward to spending a wonderful Christmas holiday with Cho.