Chapter 1321: Diagon Alley This Holiday
Despite the current tensions, Quidditch matches are still the most talked about at Hogwarts.
It was a good thing that Harry was able to be the captain, and in Hermione's words, he could use the prefect's bathroom with them and other things, but there was no denying the pressure on his shoulders.
As captain, he has the responsibility to lead the team to victory and win the Quidditch Cup.
The Gryffindor team has been champions for many years in a row and people are used to winning.
But the situation is very different from previous years, and the team is in the most difficult moment.
Gryffindor's performance last semester was mediocre, and they ended up winning the Quidditch Cup with a small score.
This semester the situation deteriorated even further, Angelina, Katie and Alya graduated, and they had to replace their pursuers.
The rest of the players, with the exception of Harry, were young and inexperienced, and Ron was in inconsistent form.
Not to mention, many excellent Quidditch players have emerged in other houses in the past two years.
"We need a plan and a selection of new players. He said, "Ron, Ginny, you two have to come back, and the Frobisher siblings, and you need to convince both of them, and as for the rest, I think ......."
"Now is not the time to study these, since you have received them. Mrs. Weasley looked down at Ron's book list and sighed, "We can't delay any longer, we have to hurry to Diagon Alley." As long as your father doesn't work overtime, we'll go on Saturdays. I wouldn't be there without him. ”
"Dumbledore said the Ministry of Magic would send someone with us. ”
"yes, he agreed to let you go to Diagon Alley to show your faces, I really don't think it'......"
"Mom, do you really think the mystery man would be hiding behind a row of bookshelves at the Blotted Bookstore?" Ron said.
"Fosco and Ollivander are on vacation, aren't they?" Mrs. Weasley immediately became angry and said, "If you think security is a child's play, you can stay at home and I'll buy something for you!"
"No, I'm going, I'd like to see Fred and George's shop!" Ron said quickly.
"Then raise your awareness, young man, lest I think you're too immature to come with us!" said Mrs. Weasley, angrily, grabbing her large bell and placing it on a pile of freshly washed towels, the nine needles on which were still pointing to mortal danger, "Remember, it's the same with going back to Hogwarts!"
Ron turned and stared at them in disbelief as his mother picked up the laundry basket and walked out of the room in a rage, the clock dangling on top of it.
"Oh my God, you can't even make jokes in this house!"
However, in the latter days of the week, Ron became careful not to mention Voldemort again.
Mrs. Weasley had not been angry again until Saturday morning, but she seemed very nervous at breakfast.
Bill stayed home with Fleur as he handed Harry a bag full of money across the table.
"What about mine?" Ron asked immediately, his eyes wide open.
"It's all Harry's, you fool. Bill said, "Harry, I took it out of the vault for you, the elves are now heavily guarded and it takes about five hours for ordinary people to withdraw money. Not long ago, Aki Philpott plugged an honest detector into his ...... Alas, believe it or not, ...... like that"
"Thank you, Bill. Harry said as he pocketed the money.
"He was always so thoughtful. Fleur whispered affectionately, stroking Bill's nose.
Behind her, Ginny vomited at the bowl of cereal, and Ron squirted it all over the place.
"What about the two of you, Aven and Hermione, do you need to exchange money?" Bill continued, "The exchange rate is getting lower and lower these days, and many wizards want to exchange gold gallons for Muggle money for fear of war. If you two want to change, you don't have to go to the goblins, I know a few people outside Gringotts who can pay a higher price. ”
"Then I'm still ......," said Hermione, whose parents had given her the tuition ahead of time.
"No, the two of us have money, and I asked Dobby to send me the latest earnings from the newspaper last week, enough for Hermione and me. Seeing what Hermione was about to say, Evan continued, "Don't worry, Hermione, this is your payment for helping at the newspaper, and it's all your own money. ”
"But ......" Hermione was still a little apprehensive, she didn't want to spend Aven's money on this.
"That's what I said I was going to pay you for, aren't you going to ask for it? By the way, there's still some of it for Ginny, and I haven't paid you yet. As he spoke, he took out a purse and handed it to Ginny.
Ron's eyes widened as he watched Ginny count the money with envy.
Evan approached Hermione and whispered, "As for your money, you don't mind if it's kept with me, right?"
Hermione shook her head, what do you mind? She has almost everything in Aven's place now, not to mention this money, she goes through Aven's pocket every day to find her own clothes, and her movements are becoming more and more proficient......
Because of the rapid expansion of the scale and the recruitment of many new employees, the newspaper has spent a lot of money recently, and there is not much surplus, but this money is more than enough for the purchases of Evan, Hermione, and Ginny before the start of school, and the largest part of the expenditure is nothing more than new textbooks and robes, which is nothing.
There was also a portion of it that was paid by Colin, and Evan also had Dobby, the house-elf, send it to him.
In fact, it was the materials he needed for his magical research, the money he spent on ordering magical books and various materials.
These things are expensive and require a lot of gold gallons to buy.
Ai Wen has long-term purchasing contracts with many merchants, and in addition to the income from the newspaper, he also needs to sell his own potions and other alchemical products on a regular basis to barely make ends meet, and many times he cannot make ends meet.
So, he's been short of money.
Last time at the elf Zosai, Aven got a lot of priceless artifacts, and he wanted to exchange them for gold galleons, but he couldn't find a suitable buyer......
After breakfast, at the urging of Mrs. Weasley, they set off early.
When everyone came out of the house wrapped in cloaks, a special purpose car from the Ministry of Magic was already waiting in the front yard.
"Luckily, Dad was able to send us a car. Ron said wryly, stretching his limbs comfortably.
They entered the car in turn and sat in the spacious, comfortable back seat.
"Don't sit still, it's just for Harry. Mr. Weasley turned his head and said that he was sitting in front with Mrs. Weasley and the driver from the Ministry of Magic, "He's on Level 1 security now, and he's going to give us more security when he gets to the Leaky Cauldron." ”
"I know that Harry is the savior of the wizarding world. Ron jokingly said, "Evan is the Star of Hope, and I'm sitting with the two stars." ”
The joke made everyone laugh, and Harry laughed very forcefully, and to be honest, he really didn't want to buy something when he was surrounded by a large number of Aurors......