There is no doubt that the British are among the top three countries in the world when it comes to fish. Although most of the fish they cook are fried or grilled, this does not affect their love of fish.

You know, for the dividends of fish exports, as well as to feed more people. For more than 20 years, from 1944 to 1976, the British government even did not hesitate to launch the navy for the "Cod War" many times.

Loch Lomond, which carries fresh water from across Scotland, is the largest lake in the whole of the UK.

It is connected to dozens of other lakes and 50 rivers, and most of the cold water contains a variety of fish, such as salmon, sea trout, rainbow trout, grayling, and sometimes even brown trout and snakehead.

Regrettably, however, the government banned all fishing boats from fishing, and then added a lot of strange clauses such as "no throwing of anything" and "no electricity to the lake" due to some "small accidents" a year ago.

Nowadays, the only way to taste the delicious Loch Lomond fish is to sit on the shore with a rod in hand, and all other methods are considered poaching.

However, Elena, a self-proclaimed veteran foodie, has always been very resistant to fishing.

Different from normal people: bait, hooking, and reeling normal fishing steps.

Elena usually had to pray before the harvest that the hooked fish would not happen to be the dozens, but probably hundreds of big and fat creatures roaming in Loch Lomond - the silver-haired little Lori, who had little strength, was humiliated more than once and was dragged into the water by the hooked fish.

The most miserable time, she was even "fished" into the water four times in one day, so that in the end, the angry little Lori went directly into the town's stone workshop overnight, and used the power of science to complete her revenge.

However, today was clearly a lucky day for her.

After leaving Benitez's hut and heading to the lake with her fishing gear, Elena caught three salmon and a grayling in less than an hour. Although the number is not too large compared to professional fishermen, it is more than enough for an orphanage.

Oh no, a little bit more, to be exact.

Elena glanced at the small plastic bucket placed on the riverbank, and after putting four large fish, it was indeed a little too narrow. The most important thing is that she doesn't want to go back to the orphanage so early, in case she happens to bump into Benitez, and the mood has not improved, a nagging must be inevitable.

"This fish looks so beautiful. ”

The girl squatted down, stretched out her fingers and gently played with the grayling that looked different from the rest of her friends in the cold bucket, with a faint fluorescent appearance, a greenish-brown body, and a white belly.

There are irregular black spots on the head and back of the body, dorsal fin and pectoral fin, and green, red and black spots on the side, dorsal fin and caudal fin, which are extremely bright and beautiful.

"It's so good-looking, if I put you with the three of them, I'm going to fight. ”

Elena tilted her head in thought, stretched out her hands, expertly grabbed the fat fish's tail, and threw it the ground.

Pia~Pia~Pia~

After a symbolic few thrashes on the ground, the big fish felt a wave of tiredness and obediently fell asleep.

River trout, also known as catfish, Oriental salmon, is a very common main edible fish in Scotland and Ireland, the meat is delicious, sweet and warm, and the spines are few, can be caught all year round, after fishing, remove the scales and bones, wash and use fresh.

Whether it is fried, boiled in soup, or roasted, it can perfectly reflect its deliciousness.

If there are any shortcomings, it is that the salmon will be a little more troublesome to cook, and if the fish glands are not cleaned up, it is still easy to cause diarrhea and nausea.

Of course, this is not too much of a problem for Elena, after all, it is not the first time that she has encountered such a situation of "helplessness" cooking ingredients in the wild.

Elena got up and found a few rocks by the river, formed a small pile of stones, found some dry branches on the bank, and lit a bonfire with a lighter. Then he opened the fishing tackle bag that had been placed aside, took out the kitchen knife that he had accidentally placed inside, and skillfully began to remove the scales and internal organs of the grayling.

......

Crackling, nooze~

The flames scorched the dead branches, making a crackling sound, and the plump juice dripping on the red-hot stones made a tickling sound.

The branches of the trees on the lakeside are not very suitable as a source of fire for barbecue, because the smoke from it is more choking than other fire sources, and the smoke will inevitably affect the taste of some of the grilled fish.

However, Elena, who was squatting on the ground and intently flipping the grilled fish, obviously did not care about these insignificant little flaws.

"Wow, this one is really beautiful. ”

Elena licked her lips, her little nose twitched, and she swallowed as she looked at the grilled fish in her hand with bright eyes.

The white skin of the fish has been grilled to a golden brown, and the grayling in the lake is significantly fatter than commercially available because of the fishing ban on Loch Lomond. The golden fish oil slowly seeped out of the cracked fish belly, and people couldn't help but move their index fingers.

"It's so fragrant, my saliva is about to flow out. However, there is one final step. ”

Looking closely at the browned fish that had been grilled, Elena tried to suppress the urge to bite straight down.

The girl happily picked up the salt and pepper shakers placed next to the stone pile, quickly sprinkled them on top of the fragrant roasted grayling, and then picked up a small oil brush and finally brushed the whole body of the fish to spread the flavor as evenly as possible.

"Hey, hey, you're done, let's eat!"

Elena rubbed her hands contentedly, picked up the grilled fish from the fire, closed her eyes and took a full breath of the aromatic aroma of the grilled fish, her little head shook back and forth in intoxication, opened her little mouth, and couldn't wait to bite down.

At this moment, Elena faintly heard the voice of a slightly familiar adult woman next to her, and she felt that her right hand holding the barbecue skewer suddenly emptied.

"Grilled fish flying!"

Whew...... Hmmm?!

After biting into the air, Elena opened her eyes in confusion, and her hands were empty, even the iron skewers that pierced the fish had disappeared without a trace. Not far to her right, Professor McGonagall, dressed in a Scottish plaid coat, held a wand in one hand and a still sizzling grilled fish in the other.

——OVO——O-O——O_O

"My fish ......" the silver-haired little Lori looked stunned, her eyes moving back and forth between her hand and Professor McGonagall a few times, and finally realized what had just happened.

Her grilled fish is summoned by Professor McGonagall with a flying spell.

Someone in this world actually uses a flying spell to snatch food! A noble wizard would use magic to snatch a Muggle girl's grilled fish!

"Robber, you give me back the fish! I caught it with my own hands and then roasted it for more than ten minutes before it was baked!"

Elena's delicate little face flushed with anger for a moment, and she rose to her feet angrily, rushing in the direction of Professor McGonagall to snatch back the fruits of her labor.

Pia ......

Before she could take two steps, Elena felt a tingling sensation in her lower legs, and then the girl stepped on her left foot and fell to the grass by the lake with a bang.

"Oh, it hurts...... Squatting for too long, leg cramps. ”

Elena sat up, her fingers carefully poked her calf, and a sore pain like electricity immediately made little Lori so painful that tears were about to fall out.

Helplessly holding her original position and not daring to move any longer, Elena sat on the ground and raised her head, crying with tears in her eyes, looking at Professor McGonagall in front of her unwillingly, and shouting angrily.

"Give me back the fish! What the hell do you want to do with this nasty old woman!? I told you that you would never go to Hogwarts!"

Old woman?!forget it...... Don't worry about children.

Professor McGonagall couldn't help but twitch her eyebrows, and looked at Elena, who had fallen to the ground and fell to the ground, angry and funny—what a stubborn little girl, obviously tears were about to fall, but she still maintained a fierce appearance with teeth and claws, and refused to give in at all.

"Don't worry, Hogwarts has always been a voluntary student, and I'm here just to have a good talk with you. ”

As she spoke, Professor McGonagall pointed to Elena's calf and asked in a gentle tone.

"Isn't it uncomfortable? Why don't I help you see it first?" ”

Although it seemed a bit too much to gloat at this time, Professor McGonagall's mood did relax a lot with Erin's flat fall.

No matter how precocious she was, she was still a child of less than eleven years old, the most naïve, the most willful, the most arrogant, but at the same time the most lovely and the easiest to correct.

As if sensing the smile in Professor McGonagall's sight, Elena gritted her teeth, reached out and pulled her sore calf up, clasped her hands around her knees, and looked up at the wizard in front of her with a hostile expression.

"Give me back the fish!

"If you promise to follow me on a visit to Hogwarts, then I'll give you back the grilled fish. ”

Professor McGonagall walked over to Elena, the grilled fish in her hand bobbing back and forth, intentionally or not, as she spoke, quietly observing the little girl sitting on the ground.

This time, the communication with Benitez was simply unexpectedly smooth for Professor McGonagall, and after her brief introduction of her intentions, Benitez was extraordinarily cooperative.

Sure enough, as Benitez said, Elena's biggest weakness is the deliciousness.

As the grilled fish in McGonagall's hand swayed from side to side, the silver-haired little Lori's eyes unconsciously followed the grilled fish slightly left and right.

"Really?"

Hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Elena hesitated slightly, and repeated in a skeptical tone.

"Just a visit, nothing else?"

"Just visiting, I'll send you back here later. ”

Professor McGonagall nodded and replied earnestly.

"Deal!"

Elena's eyes rolled slyly, and without hesitation, she readily agreed, while her little hand spread forward and repeated with an extremely serious expression.

"Give me back the fish!"

"Good good ......"

McGonagall shrugged her shoulders and reluctantly shoved the grilled fish back into Elena's hand, honestly she couldn't understand why such a clever little girl could be so obsessed with eating.

After talking to Benitez a bit, she realized that maybe Dumbledore was thinking a little too complicated—the reason why she ate the owl might really be just because of greed.

"Alright, can you follow me to Hogwarts now?"

Standing silently until Elena finished eating the roasted grayling, Professor McGonagall asked gently.

"Hiccup~"

The silver-haired little Lori squinted her eyes, hiccuped happily, wiped the corners of her mouth, stood up and patted the grass clippings stuck to her body, and the corners of her mouth curved, "I'm sorry, I lied to you." ”

Anyway, according to the Muggle Protection Act, as long as Elena didn't attack Professor McGonagall, then Professor McGonagall couldn't use any magic against her - the Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts would be a real joke if he was wanted by the Ministry of Magic for using magic on minors.

Elena looked at Professor McGonagall with a smug smile on her little face, looking forward to seeing the witch in front of her look of stunned, angry and helpless.

"It's okay, I know. ”

"Huh?" Elena's face froze, and she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Professor McGonagall smiled slightly, and said in a flat tone, "So I dropped a few drops of diluted life and death water on the grilled fish. ”

Regarding how to persuade Elena to go to Hogwarts, Benitez emphasized only three things from beginning to end.

First, don't try to reason with Elena.

Second, you'll never be able to convince Elena.

Third, even if you convince her, she will find a way to cheat.

"Life and Death...... What?!"

Silver-haired little Lori's eyes widened and she pointed at Professor McGonagall in disbelief.

Before she could finish speaking, a sudden and intense sleepiness came over her, her eyelids became extremely heavy, her body went limp, and she staggered and fell asleep in Professor McGonagall's arms.

"The rest is up to Professor Dumbledore. McGonagall hugged the girl sleeping in her arms and raised her wand in her right hand.

There was a crackling sound in the air, and the figures of the two disappeared by the lake.

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(Meng Meng Da Youmeng wants to eat, the new book asks for recommendation votes to support, huh, the big chapter of more than 3,800 words!) The protagonist is finally going to Hogwarts.) ）