"Pay attention to the presentation!" Finally, the soul of this dish is mainly in the way it is presented!"

In the Hogwarts kitchen, after Elena turned around and gave one last advice to the elves, she glanced at the few little witches around her who were full of strange faces and wanted to stop talking, and said in a brisk tone.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go to the auditorium. ”

Despite some unpleasant hiccups, the Hogwarts Great Hall tonight was as grand as ever.

Hundreds of magic candles float above the dining table, illuminating gold plates and goblets.

The four long house tables were already filled with chattering students, most of whom had a mixture of apprehension, confusion and excitement on their faces, and from the mouths of friends and classmates, many of them already knew what had happened this afternoon.

Whether it's the three houses stealing vegetables together, or the Hufflepuff sweeping the faculty garden, it's a milestone for these little wizards - any of them, when the scope and influence are large enough, the punishment for breaking the rules will not be so frightening.

The students whispered to each other as they looked curiously at the expressions of the professors in the faculty seats.

In a slight difference from the usual place, there is an extra table next to the faculty seat at the end of the auditorium, but there are no seats behind the table, so it doesn't look like a guest is visiting.

In addition, although the professors, especially the deans of the college, looked a little serious, in general, they were not as irritable and angry as the students imagined, which made the young wizards a little less nervous.

In the middle of the faculty and staff long table, sat the principal Albus?? Professor Dumbledore.

The old wizard's flowing silver-white hair and beard glistened in the candlelight, and his sumptuous dark green robes were embroidered with stars and moons. The fingertips of Dumbledore's two slender hands touched together, his chin rested on his fingertips, and his eyes looked at the ceiling above the Great Hall through the half-moon lenses, as if in deep thought.

The ceiling was enchanted to look like the night sky outside, and countless stars dotted the deep night sky, and the twinkling starlight gave the entire auditorium a layer of dreamy mystery - like the name of the only dish on today's menu.

"Looking up at the stars, it's such an intoxicating name. ”

Sybil, the professor of divination at Hogwarts?? Trelawney picked up the menu in his hand and glanced at it, raised his head, stared at the starry sky above the auditorium in a daze, and whispered in a voice similar to an aria.

"What a rich combination of ingredients and how poetic does it take to be named this name?"

In the auditorium under the deep starry sky, you can enjoy a delicious dish called "Stargazing", which is a romantic experience.

"Ahem. ”

Just as Professor Trelawney was in his reverie, Dumbledore's clear cough was heard.

I saw Professor Dumbledore suddenly stand up, and the buzzing in the hall suddenly stopped, and everyone stopped talking and subconsciously turned their heads to look at Dumbledore.

"So. Dumbledore glanced at the white-haired dango who had just entered the Great Hall, raised his eyebrows and said with a little seriousness, "I think you already know that there have been some regrettable group garden thefts in the afternoon. So, before I begin today's dinner, I would like to announce a few announcements. ”

"In light of today's food theft in the four houses, the Hogwarts kitchens will temporarily refuse to cook ingredients of unknown origin. In other words, tonight's cooking of vegetables and staples will be done by all of you – and for that, the Hogwarts kitchen has prepared a cauldron, frying pan, knives and a variety of common condiments. You can flexibly adjust and choose according to your taste. ”

With Dumbledore's voice, steaming cauldrons, kitchen utensils of various styles, and dozens of unnamed seasoning jars appeared on the tables of the four houses.

Immediately afterwards, piles of earthy 'swag' from the student dormitories or vegetable gardens also appeared at the end of each college's long table, piled up in a disorderly manner, looking exceptionally green and pollution-free.

The corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched a few times—he seemed to have seen the chaos a few minutes later.

After a slight pause, Dumbledore continued.

"In addition, starting tomorrow, Hogwarts will start implementing the [Potato Exchange System]. Each college can determine the dishes that will appear on the table of the college in the next week by paying a certain amount of potatoes, and the specific amount of payment is determined by the actual food reserves and cooking difficulty of each college. ”

"At the same time, there is an academy market every weekend where you can sell/buy the ingredients you want and new menus from the kitchen or other colleges. In particular, the scope of coverage will be ...... for all three meals, including meat and drinks"

"Great!" George blinked, touching his twin brother with his elbow.

"That's right, it's good to keep growing potatoes in the future. Fred nodded, the same smile on his face.

According to the new rules issued by Dumbledore, the large potato field planted by Gryffindor House instantly changed from the worst choice that no one cared about to a treasure of "gold" - think about it, no matter what they want to eat in the future, they can buy it back with endless potatoes.

"Why, I always felt that something was wrong. ”

Hermione furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, turned her head to look at Elena, who was sitting next to her, and asked in a low voice.

"Elena, why does it sound like we're rewarding Gryffindor? It stands to reason that we should be ......the most likely to be punished for breaking the school rules several times in a row."

There is no doubt that if there is anyone in the whole of Hogwarts who can better grasp the meaning of the new rules, it is Elena, who was directly involved in the formulation of the new rules. Kaslana is definitely the perfect fit.

"This is already a punishment......

Elena glanced at the Gryffindor boys who had fallen into ecstasy with a little pity, shook her head, and whispered.

"Don't forget, the power to set the price is in the hands of the Hogwarts kitchens and the other houses. Potatoes as a benchmark currency means that the unit value of crops grown in Gryffindor House is at the bottom of the system – simply put, they may need to exchange a dozen potatoes for an apple in the future. ”

Although Hogwarts' [Potato Standard] sounds somewhat similar to the [Gold Standard], there is actually a very fundamental difference, that is, in this system, the potato also exists as a base monetary unit.

On the other hand, Slytherin Houses, which have a strong and irreplaceable nature of "commodities", although theoretically have the highest trade pricing ceiling, but scarcity does not mean expensive, and only when "Slytherin specialties" are widely in demand, the crops they grow will slowly begin to increase in price.

Of course, there's more to it than that.

Although the entire [potato trading system] seems fair and open at first glance, the Hogwarts kitchen, as the black hand of the market, can actually interfere with the "asset value" of all houses at any time by adjusting its pricing power.

This kind of dimensionality reduction blow in the economic profession, not to mention this group of children who are generally not more than eighteen years old, even the experienced Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and others are difficult to figure out all the twists and turns in a short period of time.

“...... The specific details will be posted on the bulletin board of each college later. ”

Dumbledore smiled as he looked at the many students in front of him and said - the students were like hornets that had blown up their nests, so much so that he had to raise his voice to make sure his words were heard by all.

Undoubtedly, the vast majority of the children's attention was clearly attracted by the subsequent "potato market".

Everyone was excitedly thinking about what they were going to eat the next week, and how the crops they grew in their academy should be sold to other academies.

In desperation, Dumbledore had to clear his throat again.

"Oh—you have a whole week to get to know and discuss this...... Don't be in a hurry......" said Dumbledore, "now let's turn our attention back to today's dinner, and as punishment, all the rest of the cooking tonight will need to be done by you all except for the [Stargazing] fish dish served in the kitchen. ”

With Dumbledore's reminder, the young wizards' attention finally slowly pulled back and returned to the table in front of them.

"Look up at the stars? Do you know what it is?"

"I don't know, but it's a wonderful name, and it's definitely a fantastic dish like the starry sky above. ”

"I didn't expect to get into such a big disaster, and I can still eat delicious food, I'm so lucky!"

"It seems that the faculty seats are the same as ours, so don't worry about it this time. ”

"I don't know what kind of food it is, the authentic Scottish flavor, it's really nostalgic. ”

"Tsk, what a bunch of naïve guys, when that little girl left, she was obviously angry......"

All the teachers and students looked curiously at the empty dinner plate in front of them, looking forward to the appearance of "Looking Up at the Starry Sky", and at the same time thinking about how to cook a delicious dish full of creativity and imagination in a while.

No one realizes what will happen next.

"If there's no problem, let's go, shall we?"

Dumbledore smiled and looked around the Great Hall, clapping softly with his hands raised.

The next moment, countless plates of famous British dishes [Looking Up at the Stars] appeared in front of everyone in the auditorium. (Picture)

Under Elena's repeated instructions, the house-elves carefully adjusted the shape of each plate of [stargazing at the starry sky] to ensure that each fish head was facing the sky, and each pair of dead fish eyes were shining with a strange light.

“......”

Slowly lowered his head, staring blankly at the dozen pairs of staring at his own and staring at the protruding fish eyes that were staring at him, Albus?? Dumbledore's cheeks twitched - this is the legendary way of cooking Scottish fish?!

Meanwhile......

The entire auditorium seemed to have been unleashed as if it had been silenced, and everyone silently stared at the fisheye in front of them, caught up in a long and complicated period of life reflections, many of whom were destined to have nightmares on this night......