Hermione, who was pulling Zhang Xu, said to him anxiously: "Come and follow me to the kitchen, Dobby has an accident." ”

As soon as Zhang Xu heard that something had happened to Dobby, his heart hung up.

After saying goodbye to the three professors, Zhang Xu followed Hermione into the kitchen.

Walking into the kitchen, Zhang Xu saw a house-elf tied into a rice dumpling being placed on a table, and the house-elf had a thick bandage tied to his head.

"I had to tie Dobby up, or I couldn't stop him from hurting himself." Hermione whispered to Zhang Xu, "I know your house burned down, but it's not his fault. ”

Zhang Xu sighed and said, "I'm not so stupid as to put the blame of the Death Eaters on Dobby, after all, this is a fire caused by the arson of the Death Eaters, not an accident like Dobby forgetting to turn off the oven." ”

Walking to the table, Zhang Xu saw that Dobby's eyes looking at the ceiling were empty and bloodshot.

Dobby, who heard the footsteps, turned his head and saw Zhang Xu, and his whole body immediately squirmed violently, like a leech that had been sprinkled with salt.

It took Zhang Xu a lot of effort to appease Dobby, who had struggled to climb to the fireplace and try to burn himself to apologize to Zhang Xu, and untied the rope from his body and made him sit on a chair next to the table.

Zhang Xu took out a piece of parchment from the treasure bag and put it in front of Dobby.

Zhang Xu said to Dobby: "Dobby, this is the labor contract you signed with me. ”

Dobby glanced at his signature at the bottom of the parchment and said in a low voice, "Yes, Mr. Zhang." ”

Zhang Xu pointed to the labor contract and said to Dobby: "Look at the 'exemption clause' in Article 2 'Work Content and Location'. ”

Dobby picked up the parchment, looked at the text with his big, round eyes, and read it word by word: "Party B shall not be liable for any damage to the workplace caused by force majeure (such as earthquakes, fires not caused by Party B, natural disasters, wars, witch attacks, etc.) during the work period. ”

After Dobby finished reading, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Xu with a shocked expression.

"Dobby, you can't be that you've never read the contents of this labor contract." Zhang Xu pinched his brows and said, "I remember that I gave you three days to learn from Professor Dumbledore or Harry about the contents of the contract. ”

Looking at Dobby's face, Zhang Xu knew at this time that the face of the house-elf could actually make such a colorful expression.

Dobby's thoughts Zhang Xu knows, although he is a house-elf who is at the forefront of the trend of the times, but the traditional ideas of some house-elves still deeply affect him.

In the case of a slave, if the things that the master ordered him to take care of were damaged, whether or not the slave caused them, it must be the slave who bears the blame.

As for contract workers, let's look at what the contract says, and see if something breaks down and whether it is a force majeure. The train was broken by Godzilla, so you can't let the conductor lose money.

At this point, Dobby's mind couldn't turn around.

"However, the employment contract is now being terminated." Zhang Xu sighed and said to Dobby.

When Dobby heard that he was about to be fired, he stared at Zhang Xu with a pair of big eyes and an incredulous look and asked, "What's the matter?" ... Is there anything wrong with Dobby? ”

Zhang Xu felt that if he didn't explain it clearly, Dobby would cry.

Zhang Xu continued to point to the contract and said: "It has been made clear in the contract that your place of work is my villa in Hogsmeade, and now the villa has burned down, and there is no way to work there, so this contract is terminated." ”

Zhang Xu signed a contract with Dobby to hire him to do housekeeping in the villa, and in addition, Zhang Xu asked Dobby to either ask Dobby for help, or to count Dobby to do odd jobs.

So Zhang Xu did things according to the rules and settled this year's salary with Dobby.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xu promised that he would rehire Dobby when he rebuilt the villa in the future, which made him unemployed (?) Dobby, who was lying on the table and howling and crying, quieted down.

After reassuring Dobby, Zhang Xu asked him to prepare some lunch for himself. He has returned from the French "biu" until now, and he has missed meals.

Dobby is still an employee of Hogwarts, so it makes sense to cook for Professor Zhang.

Hermione, who was sitting on the side, watched the communication between Zhang Xu and Dobby throughout the whole process, and she only then learned that Zhang Xu and Dobby had signed a labor contract early in the morning.

Hermione pointed to the labor contract that was still on the table, and asked Zhang Xu, "Do you still need this contract?" ”

"No need." Zhang Xu shook his head and said, "This contract has been terminated, so I don't need it." ”

"Then I'll do it." Hermione said as she picked up the parchment, "This is supposed to be the first contract signed between a wizard and a house-elf, and it has unusual historical significance. ”

Watching Hermione put away the parchment, Zhang Xu's face cramped a little.

After Hermione put away the contract, she found that Zhang Xu was looking at her, so she asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Xu said to Hermione seriously: "I can think of Professor Binns telling his students in the History of Magic class many years later, 'In 1994, Mr. Zhang Xu, then the acting professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, signed the first labor contract between a wizard and a house-elf Dobby in history. Then the students were drowsy in their seats taking notes, and they complained in their hearts about why Professor Zhang showed up at the test center again. ”

After listening to Zhang Xu's words, Hermione laughed so hard that she fell on the table. Dobby, who came over with a plate of sandwiches and two glasses of pumpkin juice, looked at Hermione in confusion, wondering why she was laughing so badly.

Zhang Xu picked up a sandwich and said to Hermione, "This kind of thing is really possible, you know, Harry Potter almost became the test center of the history of magic class." It was only in the year that the textbook was about to be changed, that Professor Binns became a ghost, and Professor Dumbledore continued to use the old textbook in order to take care of him. However, the textbook will definitely be updated in the future, and as Harry's friend, maybe you will also become the test center that accounts for at least one point. ”

After Zhang Xu finished speaking, he ate all the sandwiches on the table while Hermione couldn't help laughing, leaving her only a glass of pumpkin juice and an empty plate.

"I'll go first, you know I have a lot of things to do." Zhang Xu got up and left, not giving Hermione the slightest chance to ask him about his burned villa.

After Zhang Xu left the kitchen, he returned to the dormitory of the Eagle Courtyard, and then as expected, he was surrounded by a group of classmates from the Eagle Courtyard.