Chapter 19: The Rich Mark's Bookstore (I)
After everyone received the Hogwarts book list, they originally planned to take advantage of Mr. Weasley's golden hour to leave work early and go directly to Diagon Alley to buy everything. But just as they were about to pack up their doors, Percy suddenly pulled out a half-dead Errol (an owl who had done his best for the Weasleys) out of nowhere, and Ron had sent a letter to Hermione the night before, telling her that Harry had successfully ended his prison life and that he would be fetching Brandi the next day.
Who knew Hermione would write back so quickly......
"Poor Erol, I guess she was kicked out by Hermione without even taking a sip of water." Ron tried to lift it up to the perch and stand up, but it looked powerless and left it to lie on the kitchen board in a daze, muttering in its mouth. "Hermione is too brutal too...... She was in such a hurry. ”
He opened Hermione's letter, glanced at the beginning, smacked his lips, and looked blankly at Brandi, who was talking to Harry sneaking around.
Brandi...... It's written for you. ”
"(whispering) Remember to keep it a secret, just say Ron......" Brandi and Harry bit their ears, and Harry nodded in a daze. He heard Ron's shouts and quickly responded as if nothing had happened. "Huh? What is written to my ......? ”
"Hermione's reply." Ron gave him a strange look. "It's not fair, we're all talking about it. How do you reply to the letter that the light mentioned you......"
Brandi took the letter in confusion and read it quietly.
, and dear Ron and Harry:
You went to Ron's and didn't tell me! So much so that I sent a letter to your house yesterday afternoon. How is Harry doing now? I can't believe that the family would treat him so roughly, I am really worried. If Harry was okay, you'd better tell me now, and tell me about you over there, but of course, I'm not really interested in anything - don't use Ron's old owl, it's not delivering letters, it's sending lives.
By the way, you asked me for the address of Lightmanson's house in your last letter, which was mentioned in London under the Dark Lord. It's Manson Manor, just outside Lower Bath, Somerset, but the book says that it has been heavily damaged by a mysterious person and is likely to have a dark magic relationship, and has been put under a series of protective spells by the Ministry of Magic, and no one lives there anymore. What do you want to do when you ask this, I have to solemnly warn you stupid, it's dangerous there, and I will never allow you to go alone - well, at least two, you should know what I mean (there is a smiley face painted here). Remember to send me a letter when you want to go, and I'll be home for the rest of the day.
Also, next Wednesday there will be a very powerful big man at the Ritz bookstore, which I read in the newspaper. You can go and see it, and of course, I'll go over and have a look if I have time.
Say hello to Ron and Harry for me, stupid, and happy holidays. Buddy, Hermione.
"It's too much." Harry listened to the entire letter with a complicated expression. "It's obviously a letter written by Ron, and the content related to him is actually just two sentences! A word of hello, a word of goodbye......"
"By the way, she said you were going to Manson Manor?" Ron's focus wasn't as simple and crude as Harry's. "But what are you doing over there? That's in ruins! ”
"I don't want to, but that's the job Professor Dumbledore gave me." Brandi folded the letter and put it in his pocket, and said helplessly. "Didn't I write to you that he and I went to that treasure house again, and we found Wright's bones in it...... Professor Dumbledore didn't know what to think, he actually asked me to send the ashes there. He knew that Manson Manor had been locked down. ”
Harry and Ron looked at each other. saw the look of interest on the other party's face......
"Dude, have a discussion?" They came up shoulder to shoulder, smiling ill-willedly.
"As long as Mrs. Weasley agrees, I have no opinion~"
“…… Sigh ......"
Because of Hermione, their travel plans were postponed. By Wednesday, Mrs. Weasley had woken them all up early in the morning. Sleepy-eyed, they climbed out of bed, hurriedly washed up, ate a few bacon sandwiches, and put on their coats. When Mrs. Weasley picked up a flower pot from the kitchen mantelpiece, Brandy's face turned green.
"Floo powder?"
"You still know this." Ron looked at him in surprise.
"Ah...... Know. Brandi touched his churning stomach and said with a palpitation. This must be the most failed invention in the wizarding world. ”
Since Harry didn't know how to use it at all, Brandi gritted his teeth and took the lead in order to give him a vivid example. It's still a familiar vertigo, and it's still a familiar taste, but this time Brandi was prepared, at least not to fall on the bluestone slab again. He stumbled out of the stove and found himself in the corner of the Leaky Cauldron lobby, and after a while, Ron walked out after him.
"Huh? What about Harry......" he asked, thoughtlessly. Brandi was stunned for a moment, and then they both understood immediately......
By the time they found him next to Gringotts, Harry looked like he had escaped from the scene of the fire. Hagrid and Hermione stood beside him, and Hagrid slapped the ashes for him, making an overwhelmed crunch of his bones.
"Hey! Brandi~ Look here! Hermione saw the large group of people hurrying towards her, and trotted all the way to meet them, her fluffy brown hair flying behind her. Are you going to Gringotts too, my parents are also there to exchange money. We can be together. ”
They followed George and Fred, amusing as Mrs. Weasley swept around Harry with a coat brush. It sounds as if Harry was accidentally thrown into Tumbledown Alley (Fred and George's eyes were green when they heard the term), and he also saw Malfoy and his father selling something in a dark magic shop.
"Heh, he's scared." Mr. Weasley said with satisfaction, "I'd really like to get him right, and the ones he can put up for sale at Borgin-Bock must be high-end goods, which might be enough for him to spend a few years in prison in Azkaban." ”
"Be careful, Arthur." Mrs. Weasley admonished him, and a goblin bent down and welcomed them in. "Lucius isn't a ruthless character you can chew on, don't try to provoke him."
Just as Mr. Weasley was about to argue indignantly, Hermione suddenly waved her arms vigorously and beckoned in one direction. Everyone looked in that direction, and Brandi saw a middle-aged couple standing crampedly at the counter, waiting for Hermione to come over and make an introduction.
"That's my mom and dad, Brandi." Hermione whispered to him, "Let's go over, you're going to exchange coins too, aren't you?" ”
The two said goodbye to Mrs. Weasley, as the Weasleys were going to the underground vault with Harry to withdraw the money. The two men made their way to the counter and greeted Hermione's parents. I don't know if it's because I'm also a Muggle wizard, Hermione's parents seem to be very friendly, if it weren't for Hermione's blushing face because Gringotts was too stuffy inside, and kept pulling Brandi to go out to breathe, I guess they would be able to stand there and talk until lunch.
As he left Gringotts, Brandi saw the Weasleys returning, and Ron sneakily left last, and after Mr. Weasley enthusiastically dragged the Granger couple for a drink and announced an hour's meeting at the bookstore, he quietly slipped to the currency exchange place. It was like stealing a mine.
"Isn't that Ron, what did he do there...... Exchange pounds? Hermione asked, surprised.
"yes, exchange pounds~" Brandi stifled a smile and pulled Hermione out of there quickly.
They wandered the winding cobbled streets, gossiping about their summer homework for herb class, Hermione's vacation routine, Lightmanson, and Brandy's new sister. Compared with the dry description, the language description is undoubtedly more realistic and surprising. (Are you serious?) When Brandi talks about Sharph's background, Hermione almost doesn't pop her eyes out.)
They stopped in a thrift store full of tattered miscellaneous items, and Brandi pulled out a copy of "Standard Spells, Level 2" with a rotten cover, and paid seven copper nats with a happy payment. There was really no way around it, because Shirley gave him a limited amount of pocket money, and after sponsoring some of Ron's money, he was a little embarrassed to find that he could only afford second-hand books. And the new robe has also been soaked, and the original robe has been significantly shorter, but it doesn't mean that it can't be worn at all.
Hermione looked at him with a worried look the whole time...... In this regard, Brandi, who was shy in his pocket, could only smile wryly and was speechless.
When they were tired of walking, Hermione offered to buy an ice cream, and unsurprisingly, she wanted to bring Brandi along. At first, Brandi wanted to refuse...... But when they arrive at the cold drink shop, they find Harry, a big man who is eating ice cream with Ron Ginny, what needs to be said? Without taking out half of it, the two of them got a big strawberry raspberry ice cream.
An hour later, they arrived at the bookstore, and Brandi was surprised to find 10,000 people crowded outside the door, and what was even more strange was that most of them were middle-aged women.
"Huh? Hermione, you don't look surprised at all? ”
Hermione clutched his robes excitedly. "Of course not, that's Gilderoy Lockhart! I chose this Wednesday to see him! ”
The three boys looked at each other strangely. Brandi casually shoved his old book into Ginny's crucible, and with the advantage of his body, he squeezed in with difficulty at the front, and the others followed closely behind him. They grabbed a few of Gildero's books and sneaked to the Weasleys and the Grangers, who had been waiting in line for a long time.