Chapter 17 Voluntary Labor
When the banquet was about to end, Xie An finally got out of the entanglement of the children, Xie An felt that he had become a free nanny, and his unhappy eyes patrolled around, hoping to find the old gentleman and take revenge. The old gentleman didn't find www.biquge.info pen & fun & pavilion, but he actually saw Malfoy and his son standing with Lord Earl. Xie An couldn't help but walk over curiously.
When little Malfoy saw Xie An, he couldn't help but hide behind his father's back, but Mr. Malfoy didn't feel any discomfort, and the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Mr. Malfoy took his son to another place.
"Huh, can Malfoy also attend Muggle gatherings?" Xie An asked curiously.
"Hmph, the Draco family has a long history and has an ambiguous relationship with Muggles, and now that they see an opportunity for trade between wizards and Muggles, they are ready to pick up their previous relationship with Muggles. Lord Earl sneered.
"I see, it seems that the Draco family is now going to rely on our influence to open channels for the Muggle world, and I am afraid that they will not dare to offend us for a while. Xie An said.
"Draco and several others are now policy advisors to the Minister of Magic, and want to pass a law to buy more materials from Muggles and sell them to Muggles through magic, but unfortunately many wizards are now disgusted with making money through such channels, and in the end the proposal failed. The Earl explained.
"Wizards are used to being closed-minded, and it's normal not to accept it for a while. Xie An said softly.
"It's a pity that Fudge didn't want to offend too many wizards for the sake of votes, so he took the risk of reform. Dumbledore used to be very open-minded, and recently made relevant suggestions to Fudge, but unfortunately Fudge was blindly conservative, and instead thought that Dumbledore wanted to replace him, which was really funny. The Earl said with an experienced analysis.
"Andy, where have you been, I haven't found you for a long time. The Countess also came at this time.
"I was watching TV with a child on the second floor. Xie An replied.
"Oh, you've seen the TV, and it's a very interesting and magical thing, and it seems more complicated than the pictures of our activities. The Countess looked at memorial.
Xie An secretly screamed badly, it is said that he had never seen any electronic devices before, but now that he saw such a magical TV, he didn't mean that it was a little abnormal, and hurriedly remedied: "Dad, that TV doesn't seem to be expensive, why don't we buy a few and give them to other wizards." ”
"I'm afraid it won't work, I don't know why, many electronic devices will be damaged when they arrive in the wizarding world, probably due to magic, in short, the TV sets that I bought back to the manor before can't be used, and those devices can only be used normally in the Muggle world. The Earl said regretfully.
"Could it be because there is no electricity meter installed?" Xie An asked, after all, many wizards didn't even know the socket.
Lord Earl rolled his eyes and replied directly, "Do you think your father is an idiot who doesn't understand anything?!"
"And such a thing, how is it possible? If no one uses magic on the TV, it can't work properly?" Xie An asked in surprise.
"Yes, son, even the TV on Baker Street sometimes happens strangely, and in the Lee Manor, the TV can't be turned on. Until now, wizards couldn't use even the simplest electric light. The Earl said helplessly.
"The lighting at Hogwarts is different from here, it's all candle braziers, far less bright than electric lights. The Countess looked around at the brightly lit surroundings and couldn't help complaining.
Recalling what he had seen and heard before, Xie An lamented again: Magic is really magical.
After a cheerful Christmas, it's time to go back to school. Xie An had to put away the family's diesel generator and full power lines for Victor to get on the train back to school.
Luna took her place early, and after the Christmas separation, Xie An and Luna still kept in correspondence, although most of the time it was Luna who wrote to Xie An, and Xie An only replied to a few letters casually.
"Luna, I brought the Christmas present I bought for you, you wait, I'll give it to you. Xie An wanted to take his Christmas gift out of his luggage, and at this time Hermione came in, and the three of them greeted each other, and the space in the box became smaller, and Xie An had to push his luggage back into the luggage rack.
"Andy, is there anything wrong with your luggage?" asked Hermione, curious.
"Nothing, I just wanted to get something out of it, and that's what I was going to give to Luna for Christmas. Xie An said indifferently.
"But Christmas is over, isn't it too late to give Luna a present? Hermione chuckled softly and complimented Jan on the diamond-encrusted platinum mechanical brand Swiss hand on her wrist.
"You're welcome, as long as you like it. Xie An replied.
"What is your gift to me. Luna asked in a strange tone.
"That thing is a bit big, if you want to take it out, you have to let it. Xie An said.
"Well, we'll help you, I want to see this belated gift too. Hermione said.
The three of them put Xie An's luggage away, opened the suitcase, and neatly stacked clothes, socks and a few envelopes inside. A huge box took up half of the suitcase, and Xie An carefully took the box out of it, and by the way, took out a few envelopes. Then I sorted out the rest of my clothes and put my suitcase back in.
After vacating the space, Xie An opened the box, and a magic camera appeared in front of everyone.
The two girls looked at this magic prop in surprise and were very excited.
"This is for me, Andy, thank you!" Luna looked at the camera in front of her intently, with a rare look of cuteness on her face.
"I took the time to buy it from Diagon Alley, and I wasn't too sure if it would work, so I tried it first, and took a few rolling photos, which looked pretty good, and I mailed the better ones to Cho Zhang, and there were a few left, you see," Xie An opened the envelope and took out a few pictures of the cute panda that could move, and Hermione couldn't wait to take it.
"This is the latest model, and it can produce photos directly, but it is a little troublesome to operate, you see it like this..."
Luna eagerly picked up the camera and tried it, and the train was running in the wilderness with a cold wind, and the carriage was filled with laughter. How warm.
The originally empty Hogwarts was once again filled with people, and Xie An completely didn't notice the scholar who was buried in the parchment in the background performing astrology, nor did he notice the practitioner of Transfiguration waving his wand at a teacup, or the explorer who persistently searched for mermaids, only noticing that he was - almost - on every picture of Luna, and wondered if he shouldn't have asked for the camera back, and if there were any embarrassing moments in the future, would it be too miserable.
Cho and Luna belong to the same academy, and since Luna got this toy, the two of them can be seen taking pictures everywhere in the academy.
"Luna, you've made me quidditch so ugly, next time I'm about to catch the Golden Snitch, don't take a picture of me falling. Cho grumbled.
"But the time is too difficult to grasp, I have already pressed the shutter in advance, but the camera only reacted for a long time, it seems that we have practiced too little, why don't we go to the Black Lake to take pictures today." Luna explained.
"Okay, Andy, are you going?" asked Cho.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I just been informed that the second volunteer work is scheduled for today. Xie An replied boredly. Placed a bunch of pictures of Autumn Quidditch on the couch.
The first voluntary labor was to clean the honor room, Fairch had just left, Xie An had already found a little elf waiting uneasily, Xie An asked expressionlessly, "Do you usually clean here?"
Judging from the look in her eyes, this was a very young elf, and looking at the pair of black swallows embroidered on the sky blue background of her pillowcase, Xie An deduced that this was a very young girl.
"Yes, Kirin Wizard. The girl replied timidly.
"Okay, then you can go ahead. Xie An said.
"But—" Of course, the girl was told that Xie An had come to be punished.
"Oh, don't worry, I'll stay here forever and I won't embarrass you. Besides, I won't clean it, and if I get it wrong, I'll have to trouble you. Xie An continued to follow the good path.
The elf thought for a while, and realized that what Xie An said might be right, so he happily did it.
Xie An chatted with Miss Elf for several hours, and when Filch arrived, he found that the entire honor room had a new look. The first time of voluntary labor was easily passed.
"What's your second labor?" asked Cho hurriedly.
"Hehe, help Sprout take care of the magic herbs in the house. Xie An said helplessly.
"Professor Sprout is very kind, and he shouldn't embarrass you. Cho reassured.
After class, Xie An went directly to the south side of the castle, which was sunny to facilitate the growth of potions, Xie An found Professor Sprout, and the approachable professor arranged for Xie An to catch insects with her.
While the two were working and chatting, Professor Sprout had heard of Xie An's excellent magic ability, and Xie An also took the opportunity to ask a few questions about potion cultivation and extraction.
"Oh, I didn't expect what Sisyphus said to be true. Strict potion making requires precise extraction, and perhaps Sisyphus was right in his advice, and I should really teach you that as a priority. Professor Sprout said to Xie An as he arranged for the elves to put the various herbs in the right place to prevent them from attacking each other.
"Oh, Professor Snape is a good Potions professor, but I think some of his teaching methods are a bit outdated. Xie An said.
"Andrew, it's not a good thing to talk about the professors at the academy behind your back. Speaking of which, Sisyphus doesn't know what he's been busy with lately, but he seems to have been injured some time ago. Professor Sprout said.
"Oh, Professor Snape doesn't care what we say about him, he's always been mysterious. Xie An continued to lash.
"Andrew, don't say that again. Professor Sprout warned Xie An softly, and then said, "But something mysterious has happened in the academy recently, the principal asked me to provide him with devil vine seeds, and some precious medicinal materials that grow in the forbidden forest have not been stolen by anyone. Devil vine is a very dangerous plant, as long as there is the right environment, it will grow indefinitely, I once heard that they found a single devil vine the size of a town in the south. Where is Dumbledore going to plant that?"
"You know, Professor, I've always been against dangerous magical experiments in the Academy. For example, the last troll, if it was not handled well, maybe the students would be injured or even die, Dumbledore was indeed a great wizard, but I think he was too impulsive sometimes. Xie An continued to ramble.
"Too impulsive?!" Professor Sprout laughed, "Andrew, I think you're more interesting than Brother Weasley." ”