28. Shops

McGoth smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Don't be kidding, Mr. Parker, the newspaper is a complete fabrication, and it wasn't so exaggerated."

"Even if it's a lot of exaggeration in the newspapers, it's not something that ordinary little wizards can do, don't be modest, by the way, I'll introduce you, that's my grandson, Patrick. Parker. This year's Hogwarts freshmen. He gestured to the boy who was crawling by the window of the Quidditch boutique, who seemed to be a Quidditch fan again.

"I'm afraid, come here." Parker shouted at his grandson. I saw Patrick glance at his grandfather, and walked over a little reluctantly, his eyes still reluctantly looking at the broomstick in the window.

McGoth looked at the absent-minded child in front of him and said to him with a smile: "How about the Light Wheel 1500 of the Light Wheel series, isn't it tempting...... However, I heard that next year the light wheel company will launch a new model, the light wheel 2000, which is said to be the fastest flying broomstick. ”

Hearing McGoss's words, Patrick's eyes lit up suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh! Really, a new model of the broomstick will come out next year? ”

"Yes, it's true, seeing that you like broomsticks so much, you must be interested in Quidditch."

"Of course, the Flacca Eagles are the best Quidditch team in the world, and my dad, my grandpa and I are all his fans." When it comes to Quidditch, Parker's eyes light up.

"Then you must work hard to get into the Hogwarts house."

"That's too hard." Patrick said in frustration: "I haven't been able to master the flat until now, let alone those super cool moves, and I may not be able to enter the team." ”

"This can be said, as long as you work hard, you can succeed, don't pursue those good-looking moves, laying a good foundation is the most important thing." Magos refueled.

"Well, I will definitely work hard, even if I can't get into the academy team, I won't give up." Saying that, he looked at McGoth enviously, "I think you will definitely be able to enter the academy team, I often hear grandpa talk about you, he said that you are an amazing genius, you have done some things that adult wizards can't do." ”

"It's really going to disappoint you." McGoth shrugged. "It was a fluke, and if I hadn't been lucky enough to meet a good wizard, I might have been captured by those two. And to be honest, I haven't tried to ride a broomstick yet, and I haven't started learning to fly yet, and since my family is all Muggles, the Ministry of Magic wouldn't allow underage wizards to fly alone without an adult wizard if I did. ”

"Oh...... It's a shame that the Ministry of Magic doesn't allow underage wizards to use broomsticks. Patrick shook his fist viciously in empathy. And it's hard to understand that Hogwarts doesn't allow first-year students to carry broomsticks. ”

"Maybe he's looking out for our safety, who knows."

"Maybe, but I'm still hard to take. Although my broom is just sweeping the series......" Muttering McGoth behind him didn't hear clearly.

"Ah, all right, Pat, don't bother Mr. Will anymore, we still have a lot to buy, hurry up and buy it, or the owl will have to send it when there is something missing, and it will be really troublesome." Parker Sr. duly interrupted his grandson's complaints.

"Then you guys are busy, so I won't bother you, goodbye, Mr. Parker, and Pat."

"Goodbye, Mr. Will." Old Parker.

"Goodbye, McGoss." Little Pat.

McGoth then continued his aimless search for a target in Diagon Alley, though perhaps due to the imminent start of school, he did not meet a single Hogwarts professor in Diagon Alley or the Leaky Cauldron. As he was about to leave Diagon Alley, he suddenly saw a photo posted on a previously closed shop.

On the photo is a sad little old man sighing, McGoth approached curiously and clicked with his hand, the little old man slowly raised his head, and said to McGoth with blank eyes, "Due to improper management, the store is now changing hands at a loss, and those who are interested please come in and talk in detail." After speaking, he lowered his head and continued to frown.

Suddenly hearing such a down-to-earth sentence made McGos flutter for a moment, and to be honest, McGoth really doubted that the person in the photo had just seen him, and always felt that the focus of his gaze was not on him. Since he entered the world of magic, he has never been short of money, and he has never met a destitute wizard, so he subconsciously sees wizards as fireworks that do not eat the world, and this abrupt advertising slogan makes him suddenly come out of his fantasy. At the same time, he was very curious about this shop, and when he hesitated to go in and take a look, a middle-aged wizard in a well-dressed suit and leather shoes strode out of the shop, his face gloomy and his mouth was still cursing. He wanted to go up and ask about the situation, but he hurriedly flashed to the side when he saw this scene, this wizard looked like he was the kind of person who couldn't talk well. Magos had to prick up his ears and try to listen to him, but because he walked quickly and hurriedly, he only heard a few words.

?? Buried the glory, what are you kidding, actually want Muggles?? , what a shame for the pure-blood wizard,?? Doomed to decline, I wanted to see it in?? Bought this store and see how you sell it. I didn't hear the rest of it.

These few words made McGoss's brows furrow, completely incomprehensible, it seemed that the owner of this shop still had some strange requests to sell this shop, thinking of this, he slowly pushed open the door of the store and walked in.

Maybe it's because he hasn't cleaned it for a long time, as soon as he opened the door, a musty smell came to his face, which made McGoth cover his mouth and nose, this store didn't know what it was selling before, there was not even a window inside, except for the light at the door, the rest of the place was dark and dark, and he vaguely saw as if there was a figure sitting in the innermost part. If it weren't for the fact that it was daylight, McGoth would have thought it would be a ghost movie set......

"Excuse me, may I ask anyone?" McGoth shouted to the vague figure inside.

"I'm just sitting here, don't you see? Impolite little guy. A low, hoarse voice came from the figure.

"Sorry, I can't see clearly, can I make this the highlight?"

"Whatever," came a weak voice.

"Flashing light!" A little light emanated from the wand in Magos's hand, getting brighter and brighter, and finally formed a transparent ball of light with a diameter of 200 centimeters. Due to the magic, the brightness is limited, but fortunately, you can already see the person sitting inside.

Sitting in the seat was a middle-aged man with a haggard face, not a little old man on the photo posted outside.

"Hello, are you the owner of this shop?" McGoth asked, somewhat uncertain.

"It's me, you're here to buy the store too?" The middle-aged man glanced at the wand in his hand and asked suspiciously.

"Well, yes, I see that the old gentleman in the photo outside said that it was for sale."

"That's my father, and he bought this shop when he was younger, but now he's gone."

"I'm sorry." Magos whispered.

"You actually apologize to me? Didn't you come in and meet something? The middle-aged man looked at McGoth with a confused look and continued, "Forget it, I didn't meet the best, as for my father, it was just his own doing, he claimed that the pure-blood wizard was superior, and he took it upon himself to tie his family to the side of the mysterious man, and you know the result." Okay, let's not talk about the old stuff, although I doubt you'll be able to afford it. But I don't bother to say anything, my shop is in a good location, but I don't just need Galleons to buy, I also need the other half to pay with Muggle money, the ratio is one to six, if you agree we will go through the formalities directly, if not, please leave. ”

"One to six?" McGoss, who was originally very curious about the identity of this middle-aged man, looked at him suspiciously when he heard what he said.

"Yes, one to six, it looks like you have exchanged, some time ago it was one to five, and now this ratio has just come out recently, it seems that someone is exchanging a large amount of pounds for Galleons. The proportion has gone up. And I think it's going to go up in the near future, and if it weren't for my eagerness to get Muggle money, I wouldn't have sold the shop now. ”

'Someone exchanging a lot of pounds for Galleons? It shouldn't be me, although I have changed some, but it will definitely not shake the financial system. Who the hell is it, if you continue like this, maybe the exchange will be higher in the future. ’

"Hey, little one, do you want to buy it?" The middle-aged man looked at the daze Magos and said impatiently.

"Buy, buy, buy, I was just going to ask you how many Galleons it costs." Magos hurried back. If someone really maliciously hits the market of Jin Galleon, then this time it is definitely taking advantage.

"I'm going to have 5,500 Galleons in total, and all you have to do is give me 2,000 Galleons and 20,000 Muggle money. The price is already very cheap, so don't say anything if you're still not satisfied. ”

McGoth didn't understand this market either, he could only feel that this middle-aged man seemed to be in a hurry to use the money, and he didn't seem to have the intention of tricking him, so he didn't hesitate to respond. However, although he said that he wanted to buy the shop, because he was too old to reassure middle-aged people, McGoth also knew this, and took out 200 Galleons directly from his money bag as a deposit. Seeing the money, the middle-aged man was sure that McGoth didn't come to play a prank on him, and told him that his name was Jessamine. Weplinton, and took the title deed. The two left the shop to go to Gringotts. However, when I closed the shop, I encountered a small episode. The picture of the little old man on the door was no longer the sad face he had at the beginning, but instead he looked at his son and Magos with fierce eyes, and screamed "You actually sold my shop to Muggles, he is a mudblood, you dare to ......"

"Smack." Jessamin. Webrinton flipped the picture over. "I'm sorry, that's why I'm curious why you apologized to me earlier."

"Forehead ......"