The train stopped at the station, and the passengers on the train got off one after another. Passengers who got off the bus pushed and shoved and rushed to the door.

Descending to a platform without lights, Zhang Xu heard "First-year freshman!" First-year students are coming over here!" shouts.

Following the sound, I saw a huge figure standing there holding a lamp, slightly synchronized with the Statue of Liberty.

Rubeus Hagrid, a half-blood giant, Hogwarts keykeeper, steward of the Forbidden Forest, and one of Dumbledore's henchmen. He is a good person, but he is very different from ordinary people in his three views on magical beasts.

"Come on, come with me, are there any new first-year students? Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me!" At Hagrid's shouts, the freshmen followed Hagrid down a steep, narrow path.

After Hagrid and the young wizards revisited the Hogwarts founders' "Long March Journey", the new students disembarked.

When Zhang Xu got off the boat, he found a toad lying on the boat, thought about it, picked up the toad, and walked to the round-faced boy on the train who was looking for a toad everywhere, "Classmate, did you drop this toad?" ”

During Neville's thanksgiving journey, Zhang Xu and the new students climbed a tunnel in the rocks under the light of the Hagrid lantern, and finally reached a flat, damp meadow under the shadow of the castle.

They walked up a stone staircase, and in front of a large oak door, Hagrid raised a huge fist and slammed it three times on the castle gate.

The gate was immediately opened. A tall dark-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of the gate.

Professor McGonagall appeared in front of the new students with a serious expression, and her powerful aura made the new students suddenly quiet.

"First-year freshman, Professor McGonagall." Hagrid said.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll pick it up here. Professor McGonagall said to Hagrid.

Professor McGonagall opened the door wide. The foyer is several hundred squares. The stone walls are surrounded by blazing torches. The ceiling is so high that you can barely see the top. The façade is a lavish marble staircase that leads upstairs.

The freshmen followed Professor McGonagall down the stone floor. From the door on the right, there was the buzzing of students from other classes in the school, presumably already there.

Professor McGonagall led the first-year students to a small, empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, huddled together, nervously and carefully gazing at everything around them.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "the opening party is about to begin, but before you get to the dining hall and take your seats, you should first determine which house you are going to. Sorting is an important ritual because during your time at school the house is like your home at Hogwarts. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college, and spend your free time together in the common room of the college.

"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding witches and wizards. During your time at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn extra points for your house, while any misconduct will result in a loss of points for your house. At the end of the year, the college with the highest score receives the House Cup, which is a high honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will be able to bring glory to the college.

"In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest that you get in order and be refreshed while you wait. I'll pick you up when I'm ready. While waiting, please be quiet. Professor McGonagall left the room,

The surrounding freshmen immediately began to tidy up their appearance, wipe their faces, tidy up their robes, and comb their hair with their hands.

Zhang Xu took out a tissue from the treasure bag and wiped his face, then threw it back into the treasure bag, and then took out a comb to comb his hair neatly. The head can be broken, the blood can flow, but the hairstyle must not be messy.

"How can they assign us exactly which house we are going to?" A freshman behind Zhang Xu was asking another freshman next to him.

Zhang Xu turned around and saw the red-haired freshman who was asked said to the freshman with glasses on the side: "I think, I always pass a test." Fred said it hurt us a lot, but I think he was joking. ”

Zhang Xu took Ron's words with a serious face: "Don't worry, it won't be very dangerous, at least I haven't heard of a freshman losing his life in the sorting ceremony, haven't you?" Moreover, the medical level of the Hogwarts infirmary is very high, second only to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, even if you break your hands and feet, you can recover. So nothing to worry about, isn't it. ”

Zhang Xu's voice was not small, and Ron and the freshmen around him could hear it clearly, and then the freshmen began to tremble at a frequency of 10 hertz.

At this moment, several loud screams were heard from the crowd, and the new students who were trembling for unknown reasons also joined in the screams.

Zhang Xu, who received the sonic attack, rubbed his ears and looked up with everyone's gaze, and saw more than twenty ghosts floating above the room.

Zhang Xu has also seen a lot of these pearly white and translucent ghosts in Huaxia, and they usually wander around in their "territory", and they don't do anything bad, just look around, and then spread gossip, and the ghosts who do bad things are all cleaned up. The monks developed them into "Chaoyang District people", and when they found illegal cases such as thieves and robberies, they went to the police. Therefore, thieves in residential areas with ghosts are basically extinct, and half of the thieves who dare to steal in these places are caught as soon as they do it, and the other half surrender themselves with a psychological shadow of two or three hundred square meters. Therefore, the Chinese Midyear Festival has also become an important festival.

Professor McGonagall is back. The ghosts immediately ran away.

"Now, in a row," Professor McGonagall said to the first-year students, "follow me." ”

The freshmen walked out of the room, through the foyer, and through a double door at the back into the luxurious dining room.

Muggle-born wizards could not have imagined such a magical, beautiful, and palatial place.

Students from the rest of the academy were already seated around four long tables, above which thousands of candles fluttered in the air lit up the cafeteria. Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats. The candlelight flickered, and hundreds of faces staring at them were like pale lanterns. The ghosts also mingled among the students, shimmering with a hazy silver light. The freshmen looked up and saw a few stars shining on the velvety pitch-black ceiling. It's hard to believe that there is a ceiling on it, and it's hard to believe that the roof of the restaurant isn't open-air.

Zhang Xu heard Hermione next to him whisper: "There are spells cast here, and it looks like the sky outside, I read about it in "Hogwarts, a History of the School". ”

After a busy day, Professor McGonagall prepared her Sorting Hat.

After the Sorting Hat had finished singing this year's song, Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, holding a roll of parchment in her hand, and said to the new students, "Whoever I call by name will put on his hat and sit on a stool and wait for the Sorting House." ”

The result of the Sorting House is no different from what Zhang Xu remembers, those who should go to Gryffindor go to Gryffindor, and those who should go to Slytherin go to Slytherin.

Zhang Xu was the last freshman to wear the sorting hat.

"Big brother, have you eaten?" The Sorting Hat asked Zhang Xu in Chinese.

"No, you can't eat until you're done." Zhang Xu replied in Chinese.

"Sorry, I will just say that sentence in Chinese." The Sorting Hat said back in English.

Zhang Xu: ......

"Ravenclaw!" After ending the conversation with Zhang Xu, the Sorting Hat shouted.

The farthest table on the left erupted in cheers again.

Zhang Xu looked calm at this time, and it didn't matter to him which college he was assigned to.

Zhang Xu stood up, took off his sorting hat and put it back in his chair, and when he looked up, he found Dumbledore looking at him. Zhang Xu bowed slightly to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore returned the favor with a smile.