In the clay stove, the charcoal is burning quietly, only occasionally "popping" a little spark, and a copper pot is placed on the stove, isolating the two incompatible existences of water and fire.

At this moment, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth came together to form an unprecedented harmony.

Mutton, lamb leg bones, bay leaves, star anise, Sichuan pepper, sand kernels, cinnamon, grass fruits, fennel and ginger and other materials have been combined for more than two hours by the joint efforts of gold, wood, water, fire and soil for more than two hours, exuding a rich aroma.

After adding sliced sunshine mushrooms, puff-shroomes and walking mushrooms, the fragrance in the air suddenly changed, and the original rich aroma immediately added a little fresh fragrance from the dark night.

It's still cold in the Scottish Highlands at the end of January, and mushroom lamb hot pot is the best choice at the moment.

The moment when the lid is lifted, people can best understand the beauty of the white smoke and fragrance wafting out of the simmering cauldron, and truly understand the magic of the liquid that enters people's mouths, which makes people's hearts flutter and their minds are confused.

Zhang Xu filled a large bowl of soup with meat, and then respectfully placed it in front of Scarlet, who was sitting across the table.

Scarlett, who had not yet deflated his anger at Zhang Xu, just glared at him, pushed the bowl of mutton in front of him, and then took the copper pot off the charcoal stove and put it in front of him, and then feasted alone.

Zhang Xu scratched the back of his head helplessly, and could only pick up the spoon and silently fight against the bowl of mutton in front of him.

During this period, Zhang Xu wanted to stir up a topic several times, but Scarlet didn't care what he said, he directly treated him as air, and just concentrated on eating the mutton and mushrooms in the pot.

When the Harry trio walked into the kitchen, they saw Scarlet holding up the copper pot and drinking all the soup inside, then placing the empty pot on the table, wiping his mouth and getting up and leaving.

The Harry trio, who were standing by the door, immediately flashed to the side, making way for Professor Scarlett.

The trio, who were very familiar with Zhang Xu and Scarlett, had noticed that something had been abnormal between the two of them for a long time, and the two of them had not spoken in private since not long after the Christmas break.

To be precise, Professor Scarlett didn't want to talk to Professor Zhang.

Many gossip-loving students also discovered this, but they didn't go to the person concerned to ask them what was wrong.

When Harry's trio walked over to Zhang Xu's table, he noticed that Harry's cloaks were a little dirty, and they were all shivering with cold.

"You just got back from outside?" Zhang Xu asked curiously.

"We found Glopp a cave to live in the other night, and tonight we're going to see how he's doing there." Harry replied.

From the messy hair on their heads and their frozen faces, it could be seen that the three of them were riding broomsticks, and it was not a comfortable thing to fly in the sky at this time.

Zhang Xu nodded, he had already learned from the centaurs about Glopp's cave, and the centaur tribe was quite satisfied with such a solution.

"I've heard the horses talk about it." Zhang Xu said to them, "They are very satisfied with this. ”

"Hagrid wants us to teach English to Glopp." Hermione said, "Thank you, Alan. ”

The house-elf, who had just brought hot drinks and cake to Harry's trio, was habitually startled when he heard Hermione's thanks, and ran away.

"Alan, he's a little ...... Shy. Hermione said, "But he's a good brother, and he loves his sister as much as Ron. ”

"By the way, his sister's name is Anne."

Zhang Xu, Harry, and Ron looked at each other, and then picked up a piece of cake while pretending to be very interested and listened to Hermione introduce them to the house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchen.

It wasn't until now that Harry knew that Hermione knew all the house-elves in Hogwarts, Ron knew that the house-elves also had brothers and sisters, and Zhang Xu knew that there were also sisters and brothers in the house-elves.

At this time, a house-elf brought a bowl of mutton noodles to Zhang Xu, and then ran away like Allen.

Most of the pot of mutton just now went into Scarlett's stomach, and the bowl that Zhang Xu packed couldn't eat at all.

"That one was Jason." Hermione continued excitedly, "He and Lee are the best house-elves at Hogwarts, and Jason and Lee cook a lot of local dishes. ”

"They also had a good friend named Strange, but he had been a little bit off and kept talking about the wheelbarrow at King's Cross station platform 93/4, and he said it looked like he had accidentally entered the platform and taken the train to Hogwarts."

Then Hermione suddenly turned to look at Harry and Ron, scaring the two of them into a thrill.

Hermione said to the two of them, "As the secretary and treasurer of the House-Elf Advocates Association, you should also care more about and learn more about house-elves. ”

Next, when Hermione filed a complaint against slavery against house-elves from Harry and Ron Kop in 1973 that was rejected by the Ministry of Magic, Zhang Xu was silently eating noodles on the sidelines, and he didn't want to be involved at this time.

Zhang Xu had already learned from Dobby that after Hermione was taught a class by Zhang Xu, he conducted a comprehensive investigation of the house-elves in Hogwarts.

Through Dobby's narration, Zhang Xu's brain made up the picture of Hermione having a notebook and a quill in the other, and then catching a house-elf in the kitchen and asking all kinds of questions.

And the first house-elf to be caught was the all-en-faire just now, and he was also the house-elf who was caught by Hermione the most times.

It has to be said that Hermione's investigative work was fruitful.

Just knowing all the house-elves at Hogwarts is remarkable.

Zhang Xu himself is face blind to house-elves, and except for the three who have more contact with Dobby, Twinkle and Kreacher, and have more distinctive characteristics, the other house-elves look similar to him.

Not only did Hermione know them all, but she also created a file for them, recording their names, genders, ages, relatives, strengths, personalities, and hobbies.

The current house-elves were frightened by Hermione's various questions, and everyone stayed away from her.

While Zhang Xu finished eating the lamb noodles, Hermione was discussing with Harry and Ron about making new pillowcases for the house-elves.

Zhang Xu, who drank the last sip of soup, was a little surprised, so he put down the bowl and asked, "Just a pillowcase?" I thought you'd make clothes, hats, and stuff for them. ”

"That's for later." Hermione said seriously, "It's too early to give them clothes, the task now is to improve their working conditions, first let them know what normal workers should be treated, and then I plan to improve the living conditions of the house-elves." ”

Seeing that Hermione didn't throw clothes at the house-elves blindly and impulsively, Zhang Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

Hermione's thoughts, Zhang Xu also guessed a rough idea, that is, I don't know if the house-elves talk about whether it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

"I'm going to give a lecture to the house-elves next." Hermione said.

"As long as a small number of house-elves can receive my education, then I will be considered a successful first step."

Zhang Xu, Harry, and Ron were all frightened by Hermione's next plan.

Zhang Xu glanced at Hermione, she was preparing to open a house-elf rights promotion workshop, did she want the kitchen to surround the living room?

Tonight, Hermione suddenly interrupted the topic to the head of the house-elf, Harry originally had something to ask Zhang Xu, but he couldn't ask, and Hermione, who was talking non-stop, was not easy to interrupt.

Zhang Xu didn't mind Hermione diverting the conversation to the house-elves, after all, it sounded much more interesting than Harry's.