The time passed quickly, and at about half past twelve, there was a loud noise in the aisle.

A smiling woman with dimples pushed open the door of the cubicle, pointed to the small cart in her hand, looked at the three children who were immersed in reading and asked, "Honey, would you like to buy some snacks on the trolley?"

Ron, who was already absent-minded, raised his head first, glanced at the dazzling array of trolleys, and smiled awkwardly, "No, thank you." ”

As he spoke, Ron pulled out a bulging plastic bag from his arms, and several pieces of sandwiches that had been crushed were squeezed together, looking like he didn't have much appetite, and he tried to move his cheeks to reveal an embarrassed smile, and muttered, "I brought my own sandwiches." ”

With that, Ron quickly put down the sandwich in his hand and looked out the window, and Elena noticed that Ron's ears were red again, obviously he was not very satisfied with the sandwich.

"Sorry ma'am, I don't have to. ”

Elena also shook her head and refused, not that she just had a heart for eating and drinking.

In fact, since that day's trip to Hogwarts, Elena's small coffers have been confiscated. Both the pound and the gold gallons were "kept on their behalf" by the hateful adults, so that she would not secretly run somewhere else to do things.

According to Dumbledore and Benitez, if Elena wants to buy something, just tell them directly, and as for taking the initiative to touch money or anything, at least don't even think about it until school starts.

Therefore, except for a large box of snacks, Elena is truly penniless at this time, and she can't buy it if she wants to.

"Hey, Ron. If you don't mind, I'll trade this for you. ”

Turning her head and glancing at the silent Ron, the silver-haired little Lori thought for a moment, walked to the suitcase, took out a box of chocolate balls wrapped in golden tin foil and handed it to Ron, "I heard Fred and they said when I got on the train that Mrs. Weasley is going to take care of your seven children, and I think her skills should be quite good." ”

"But ......"

Ron glanced at Elena with some hesitation, subconsciously trying to hide the flattened sandwich in his hand.

"Don't worry, it's normal chocolate. The flagship product produced by the Italian Ferrero company, if it weren't for the fear of gaining weight, I wouldn't give it to you. ”

Raising her eyebrows, Elena simply reached out and snatched the sandwich from Ron's hand, and then threw the chocolate ball in her hand into the boy's arms.

As a positive microcosm of the wizarding world, especially after reading Harry Potter parts 1 to 7, it's hard to feel bad for Weasley. When almost everyone reads a book, they fantasize about whether they can make the life of this family less embarrassing.

After all, apart from the failure to properly implement family planning, there are few obvious black spots on the Weasleys, a model parent.

"You won't like this, it's too dry. The sandwich is filled with canned corned beef, which is actually not very tasty. Ron, who was caught off guard and snatched the sandwich, shook his head and said sadly.

"She doesn't have time," he seemed to feel that something was wrong, and he quickly added, "You see, I mean, she has to take care of all six of us at once...... I mean, it doesn't represent mom's craft. ”

Ron blushed and stood up, trying to snatch the crumpled plastic bag from Elena's hand.

"Don't worry, Ron. I'm not a pampered lady, and "picky eater" doesn't exist in my dictionary. ”

Elena shrugged her shoulders, opened the plastic bag, took out the already cold sandwich and took a bite, "You know, when the orphanage was first established, in order to save food for other children, Daddy Benitez and I could only eat black bread that was as hard as a stone almost every day. ”

A look of nostalgia flashed in the girl's eyes, Benitez from Spain was not treated well by the Native Church in England, plus a small burden that did not load the language pack when he crossed over, during that time, the older and the younger tried everything to maintain the small orphanage.

You know, the squalor and ugly in the fog of London is far more cruel and disgusting than the banana people who don't know the truth. Maintaining an orphanage in the nineties is like walking in purgatory. In comparison, whether it was Harry's childish exclusion and bullying, or Ron's family embarrassment, it was really not worth mentioning.

Of course, this is also the place where Benitez has always been most assured, as long as the orphanage and he are still there, Elena will never deviate from the right path, even Dumbledore, who has signed an unbreakable oath, is not as sure as Benitez.

"Wait, Elena, you're an orphan?!"

Ron and Harry's eyes widened in surprise at Elena's words, for in their opinion, a silver-haired girl with elegant manners and a wealth of knowledge had nothing to do with the word orphan in any way.

"Actually, strictly speaking, it's not an orphan, let's not talk about it. ”

Elena shook her head slightly, not wanting to talk too much about this issue, raised her head and smiled at Ron, pointed to the sandwich in her hand, and gave a sincere thumbs up in admiration.

"Seriously, it tastes good. The beef sandwiched in the middle is strained in tomato soup before it's salty and has the taste of cooked tomato juice. And then the cheese in the middle is also fried, firmly attached to the bread, and it is made very carefully! ”

If the level of British cuisine is divided into 50 points, Mrs. Weasley's craftsmanship is at least 70 points, although the sandwiches look simple and the appearance is not so exquisite. But as a foodie, whether it's a lightly fried cheese layer or a strained corned beef in tomato soup, Elena can clearly feel Mrs. Weasley's heart.

"I don't know, isn't that so......?"

Ron nodded blankly, his expression was much more natural, although he couldn't understand Elena's words, but one thing was clear, it seemed that his mother's sandwich was not as bad as he thought.

"If you like it, I'll give it to you. I'd long ago want to try Muggle chocolate. ”

After taking a closer look at Elena's expression, Ron frowned, waved his hand generously, lowered his head and began to unwrap the Ferrero chocolate balls wrapped in golden tin foil.

Seeing the expression on Ron's face become clearer, Elena kept smiling, and swallowed the sour, salty and icy sandwich in her mouth without changing her face.

But there is no need to say these things for Ron to know, in Elena's opinion, Ron's later character that has been criticized by many people can't be completely attributed to the head of such a sensitive and immature child.

As a member of the Iron Triangle, Ron's existence is more often used to foil Harry's bravery, or Hermione's wisdom, which is a particularly inhumane and cruel arrangement - no one wants to live forever in the shadow behind someone else's brilliance, even if that person is your iron buddy, so there will be such an emotional outburst during the fourth-year triwizard tournament.

And at home, as the youngest son, unlike Ginny, who is loved by thousands of people, Ron is at the bottom of the entire family's status. As he himself said, the brothers took almost all the positive role models, and if he could do it, it would not be a big deal, because they did it before him.

If there were no emergencies, Ron would never have needed anything new, wearing Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand, and Percy throwing away unwanted mice, and the prom wearing ugly second-hand dresses that he had scoured...... It may be that for the Weasleys, this is already the best distribution they can make from the perspective of the family in an embarrassing living environment, but all this is undoubtedly extremely unfair to a child.

Harry's generosity is certainly a manifestation of kindness, but in Elena's opinion, in addition to gaining a series of local tyrants 666, as well as a follower. In essence, it did not bring much encouragement and change to Ron in a positive direction. It will even make his self-doubt of being abandoned worse in his heart.

Because, from the very beginning, Ron didn't need mercy, nor did he need to be some great star. What he wants is actually very simple, but it is very complicated - the recognition and attention of society and relatives to his existence as an "individual".

That's true, but ......

Elena glanced at the Ferrero chocolate in Ron's hand with a puzzled face.

The tiny chocolate ball was covered with milk chocolate and crushed hazelnuts, and inside was wafers, soft chocolate, and a whole hazelnut, so close that Elena could clearly hear the crunch of the wafer layer being cracked open by her teeth.

QAQ~ (poked his finger silently aggrieved in his heart).

The silver-haired little Lori swallowed, kept smiling, and took another bite of the sandwich - she really wanted to eat it, it was obviously a snack that Papa Benitez bought for her.

That big dog over there, what are you looking at? Hurry up and make some representations!

Glancing at Harry Potter sitting in her seat, curiously looking at the items on the cart, Elena roared inwardly.

At least help her order a glass of pumpkin juice first, so that she can't go to the suitcase to get a bottle of Coke and pit herself, right?!

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PS: Hey, a little digression, a little bit about this chapter. (It's a bit long and can be skipped)

I know a lot of people probably don't like Ron. A lot of HP fanfics default to Black Ron as a glorious form of political correctness.

Not only because he robbed Hermione, but also because compared to other characters, he is too mediocre and full of all kinds of shortcomings, just like us who are stupid in reality.

At first, I also thought about whether to continue to write him as a background board or a harlequin for the main character. But when I put Ron in perspective and think about how he would see the world at this age, I suddenly felt resentful about him.

Why Neville's little effort and change can be talked about, while Ron's hard work and various growth along the way will be infinitely underestimated and taken for granted, as if he were in the Weasley family. Many people say that why Fred wants to die, it is better to let Ron die, at first glance it seems to be in line with everyone's liking, but this kind of well-known cruelty is actually the erasure of personal value that happened to each of us for a long time.

So, Elena is back, and she is not a completely righteous Virgin White Lotus. She's the little devil, the third big devil, the enemy of magical beasts, but, like me, her purpose is to make the story a fairy tale. And fairy tales, everyone, will not be a drugless or inconsequential existence.

In my opinion, bad guys, it's enough to have a schizophrenic murderer faceless monster.

As the author of "The Age of Innocence Against the Current" said when he finished the book, I hope that all people will be treated warmly by this world.