Chapter 14: Earn a Wave
"Is there anyone here?" The African-American boy asked, pointing across from Albert.
"Nobody, sit down. Albert laughed and said, "My name is Albert Anderson." ”
"Lee Jordan. The black boy bared his white teeth, looked at the book on the table in surprise, and said seriously, "It feels like you're going to be sorted into Ravenclaw, I've heard of it...... Most people who like to read are sorted into Ravenclaw. ”
"As long as I don't go to Slytherin, I don't care about the rest. Albert pulled a few chocolate-flavored candies out of his pocket and asked, "Do you want candy?"
"Thank you, it tastes good. Lee Jordan took one, unwrapped it and threw it into his mouth, "I like chocolate." ”
"That's good, take whatever you want. Albert keeps all kinds of hard candies on the table, and sharing food is an effective way to bring people closer.
This trick has been tried many times in school before.
"I think I should go to Gryffindor, I've heard that it's the best place to be, Headmaster Dumbledore is from Gryffindor, you know, he's the greatest wizard of all time. "Lee Jordan is very talkative, with candy in his mouth and talking non-stop.
However, his nagging was soon interrupted.
A pair of red-haired twins are knocking on the door.
"You don't mind squeezing anyone more!" said one of the twins, pretending to be shy, "we're late, the other carriages are packed, and the girls don't welcome us." ”
Before Albert could reply, the other twin said, "I'm George, George Weasley." ”
"If I were you, I'd try to dry the water on my body. Lee Jordan kindly reminded. "I'm Lee Jordan. ”
Albert Anderson. Albert closed the book, put it back in the box, and gestured to the spot next to Lee Jordan.
"I'll see George later. The other of the twins turned and left.
In fact, the other of the twins soon returned, bringing his own suitcase by the way.
Naturally, there is room for four people in the compartment of the train, after all, this is originally a six-person seat.
However, some students will be in a cubicle with their friends, and even if there is a vacant space, others are not welcome to come in. That's what caused the belated Weasley twins to be unable to find a cubicle.
"This is Fred, my twin brother. George introduced
"Even if you don't say it, we can see it. Lee Jordan said. "I can't tell who of you is who, maybe you should mark yourself so you can tell. ”
"Do you want sugar?" asked Albert again.
"Oh, thanks, Mommy doesn't like us eating too much of this stuff. Each of the twins took one, opened the wrapper, and stuffed it into their mouths.
"It tastes so good. ”
"It's your owl, it's beautiful. One of the twins wanted to reach out and touch it, but was glared at by Shira and gave up, he didn't want to be pecked.
"It doesn't like strangers very much. Albert casually explained, "But you can try feeding it some nuts, and maybe it will be willing to touch you." ”
Lee Jordan tried, but it didn't work, and Sheila ignored him and continued to close her eyes and rest.
The train started and began to slowly accelerate forward to get off the platform.
"How's it going about the wizarding world?" Albert casually picked up a topic, "You're all from the wizarding world." ”
"How do you know. Lee Jordan was surprised.
"The clothes on your body, your dress is obviously not up to standard. Albert pointed to the costumes on the three of them and said, "Ordinary people don't wear it like that, obviously only wizards don't understand this, just like we don't understand wizards in the wizarding world." ”
"Awesome. Lee Jordan gave a thumbs up and said, "By the way, there seems to be something in the window." ”
Albert turned his head sideways and saw an owl by the window, and quickly pulled the window open to let it in.
It was a gray owl that came in and shook its body, and the rain splashed everywhere.
Sheila screamed in displeasure, jumped on Albert's shoulder, and glared fiercely at the uninvited guy, very unhappy that her nuts had been stolen.
"Don't be angry, it's just a little nut, I'll buy it for you again when I'm done." Albert looked at the owl that flew away, touched Sherra's head and comforted her.
"I always felt like you weren't at all like a Muggle-born wizard. Lee Jordan muttered quietly, "Muggle wizards don't know this, can I take a look?"
"Please. Albert took Shira off his shoulder, he didn't like an owl standing on his shoulder, the little one was still a little heavy.
"Any news?"
"Minister of Magic Millicent Bagno has announced his retirement after 1990. Lee Jordan spread the newspaper on the table and said, "It is rumored that Headmaster Dumbledore will most likely become the next minister. ”
"My dad said Headmaster Dumbledore would have been Minister of Magic a long time ago if he wanted to. Fred clearly didn't believe that.
"Who do you think has the better chance?" asked George, "oh, the Daily Prophet is holding a quiz." ”
"I don't know, but I'm a little interested in the above quiz. Albert, of course, knows who will be the next minister, "If I want to participate in the quiz, what do I do?"
Someone sent Galleons, why not?
"Gambling is not a good idea, Albert. Li Jordan said seriously.
"Small bets don't matter. Albert took out his wand, placed it vertically on the table, let it fall freely to one side, and casually explained, "Ollivander said that my wand can bring me luck, so I'm going to choose...... Well, Cornelius Fudge, I'm going to be the next Minister of Magic, and it's a believable gamble ahead of time. ”
The three people in the compartment were stunned for a moment, what kind of operation was this, it was a show of their faces.
"Do you really want to participate in the quiz?" Fred swallowed, he thought it was ridiculous.
"I haven't decided yet, after all, I don't know much about the wizarding world. Albert didn't want his pocket money to go down the drain either.
"No, the Prophet's daily quiz is still very reliable, and many people have won the lottery in the past. However, there are fifteen wizards who are favored, and you really have to ......," George noted, "Fudge is four times the odds, not the most favored. ”
"Of course, the most promising one usually doesn't succeed, and it's usually the unlucky guy who is thrown out to sacrifice, well, to attract attention. Albert took the newspaper, studied the way he was contesting, took a quill from his suitcase, wrote his name on a piece of parchment, selected the contestants and the amount of bets, and then took out Galleons and counted 25 Galleons and put them in his purse.
Seeing Albert count out 25 Galleons, the three of them couldn't help but swallow their saliva, which was a lot of money.
In other words, this guy is really rich, which really makes the three of them extremely envious, when have they touched so many Galleons. If you could have a Galleon in your pocket, you could make them laugh for days.
Until Sheila disappeared into the rain with the money bag and envelope, the three of them did not come back to their senses.