Chapter 1090: Don't open a personal vault in Gringotts
The start of school is getting closer and closer, and there is not much left for the holidays.
Unlike previous years when the school year was about to start, many wizarding families were busier than usual, and a number of Hogwarts renovated and expanded living quarters had been built, and many wizards had chosen to move in, especially those in the Harris faction of the Ministry of Magic and the employees of the Umbrella Group, who had taken the first relocation to the city as a special reward.
Relocation is a top priority for any family, and wizards want to be able to move in before the official start of the school year, many wizards are in a hurry, they have to set up their homes, move things in a hurry, and clean up, but the joy of moving to a new home makes this busy group of wizards look energetic.
However, although the supporting facilities of the renovated and expanded residential areas are becoming more and more perfect, each area is too deserted because of its large scale and small population base. Some of the more discerning homeowners and many large public projects have not yet been completed, but will be completed after the school year starts.
At this time, in front of a new three-storey villa near the direction of the university by the Black Lake, the whole building adopts symmetrical shape, the building is fresh, bright and modern as the keynote and forms a light and lively architectural form, breaking the solemnity and dullness brought by the concrete square box, the roof adopts Mengsha style, and the slope has a turn; there are many delicate dormer windows on the roof, and they are round or pointed, and the shapes are different; the exterior wall is mostly decorated with stone or antique stone; the details are treated with French columns, carvings, lines, showing a romantic and elegant style.
Irritated by the Lovegood family's strange house, Mr. Granger attempts to redesign the house, but due to his unfamiliarity with magic, he eventually listens to Hermione after looking at his neighbor's ideas and proudly uses pure Muggle architecture as a Muggle - which is a bit more unusual in a strange pile of buildings.
Several Necro Knights were helping the Granger family move things in, carrying the dentists' instruments and equipment to the location of the dental office in the villa, and in this Muggle-style room and room, Mrs. Granger hung a few white doctor's coats on the clothes hooks in the dressing room, and Mr. Granger was carefully placing surgical instruments such as oral phone sterilizers, tooth extraction forceps, and tooth diggers neatly on a long table.
"Honey, it's superfluous for you to move these things here," said Mrs. Granger, with some grumbling, "wizards use magic and potions to treat their teeth, just look at Hermione's teeth. ”
"But don't you notice, there are a lot of wizards who have rotten teeth. Mr. Granger's hand paused, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned and walked over and put his arms around his wife's shoulders, and smiled and reassured, "Even if there are no wizards to see the teeth, it would be good for us to keep it as a souvenir and maintain it as a hobby." ”
"Mom and Dad... I'm sorry... It's because of my business that you're giving up your career..."Hermione was coming down the stairs with a stack of drawings and planners when she happened to hear her parents' conversation.
"Don't worry baby. Mr. Granger waved his hand a little panicked, "It's very good here, to be honest, your mother and I have some old problems with our lumbar spine because of our work, so we just took the opportunity to recuperate for a while, why haven't you seen Alan's boy lately?"
"The main thing is that it's not safe outside now, and when it's safe in a few years, we can still go to London to open a clinic, and then we can install a fireplace in the clinic and connect to our new home to Floo.com, so that you can commute to work." Hermione apologized for trying to describe her thoughts to her parents, then explained, "As for Alan, because school is about to start, he wants to make some big news when school starts, so he's rushing to work." ”
"Except for the Harris family, the attitude of the neighbors is different from what your father and I were worried about at the beginning, but it's not bad, and there's an old hat-wearing Grimson next door who invites your dad to play cards tonight. Mrs. Granger also comforted her daughter, "Speaking of which, I heard his wife say that his husband is actually very good at poker, but why does it seem that he has never won?"
"I think I've heard him complain that it seems that after a little girl won a hat and lost, his luck was very bad... I saw him get drenched in bird poop or something... So I haven't been savored, so it's a bit abnormal to lose so many times... You know, I've only been learning for a long time—" Mr. Granger suddenly turned to look at his daughter, "Hermione, I guess there's something he wants to ask you for, right? I don't think I can play with him anymore..."
"It's possible to change to someone else, but Grimson doesn't show mercy to Minister Owen playing cards..."Hermione held the drawing and flatly denied it, "Dad, you can rest assured, you don't have to be too close to them, you must know that they followed a Dark Lord who tried to make wizards oppressive and rule over ordinary people, and they are always playing with you now to show their attitude..."Hermione paused and did not continue to say a change of tone," In addition, Dad, the umbrella is focusing on making ordinary people's technological products magical, so the new treatment method of combining healing methods with the wizarding world is very promising, if you want to do something serious, I will ask the Mr. Arthur Weasley you know to come and study with you, to see if you can combine dental technology and magic, as you said, although the treatment is not troublesome, but many wizards live like we did a hundred years ago... Well, I mean, they don't live too well, and they probably love to eat snacks due to the Hogwarts environment, so many people's teeth are not too good. ”
"Speaking of which, their house is really... Conspicuous..."Mrs. Granger spoke in a similar tone to her daughter, pausing to change to a more polite tone, "I can feel that Molly and the others are really warm to us ordinary people... It's a little too welcoming, but it's nice to be neighbors with acquaintances, but Hermione, I don't think their family is very popular with other people? I mean, Mrs. Grimson never seemed to invite Molly to a party. ”
"The Weasleys don't have a good relationship with pure-blood wizards... Although the wizards under Allen's advocacy are now changing their attitudes towards us Muggles, they still don't agree with their family..."Hermione shook her head, looking at her parents' gaze knowing that they had misunderstood, and quickly explained, "In the past, they did regard the Weasleys as traitors because they were too friendly to Muggles, but now it's more because... You may not know that the Weasleys used to have a poor life, and there were many pure-blood families who didn't have a good time, but then they won the jackpot once, and all the gold galleons they got were immediately used for travel during the summer vacation, and then their children's school supplies were not satisfied..."
"Grimson did mention it to me, they think Arthur is a little irresponsible, that's what it means..."Mr. Granger said and smiled, "Speaking of Hermione, I can see the wizarding world, some aspects are indeed like more than a hundred years ago, but speaking of Kim Gallon, Hermione, well... Does Alan have a brother named Lunn Harris who is the head of the wizarding government? I've seen in the newspapers these days that he's in conflict with the goblins of Gringotts... There are also people attacking your umbrella and saying that you are trying to create a monopoly..."
"There are people talking about this all around, and when I was walking around the Black Lake, I heard that the wizards who were working on it were also discussing with each other, and the wizards seemed to be standing in line with each other about this, and I saw that many people were blushing and thick-necked..."Mrs. Granger lowered the cuffs she had pulled up when she was just working, smoothing out the wrinkles, "Hermione, your dad and I are worried about you, there are people in your umbrella base camp here who have opinions about you, what will the other wizarding places be like?"
"Don't worry Mom, those construction wizards are just here to work, and it's normal for them to have their own ideas..."Hermione comforted, "Many wizards are worried that those contraband in their vaults will one day be confiscated by the Ministry of Magic for similar reasons after setting this precedent, so they will strongly oppose it, and those goblins control the economic lifeblood of the wizarding world, so they will be so arrogant and have the confidence to refuse the search of the Ministry of Magic...... This situation needs to be broken, otherwise in the long run, the elves will inevitably become a huge hidden danger to the wizarding world. Hermione patted the blueprints in her hands, "This is the way to deal with them, but something in our Muggle world that is far ahead of the wizarding world, and this expansion project and plan can change all that..."
"Hermione, we don't understand your wizarding laws and circumstances—" Mr. and Mrs. Granger looked at each other, and then Mr. Granger said in a worried tone, "but from what I've seen these days, aren't you acting a little too much... I mean, a lot of wizards I know seem to be getting nervous and scared of your moves... Of course, baby, your mom and I will definitely support you and Alan... But maybe you should be a little more secure and slow down?"
"Yes baby, Alan, they have the elixir in their hands... And most wizards don't, so you don't have to be in such a hurry," Mrs. Granger also looked at her daughter worriedly, "Even in the world of ordinary people, people don't know what to do if they are provoked..."
"Mom and Dad, you don't have to worry about these things, except for some personal requests of Allen or family affairs that need to be kept secret, Allen's father Owen asked his staff Mr. Barça to form a small organization similar to the staff to assist us, most of the plans are well thought out and not decided by anyone patting their heads. Hermione's expression also showed her confidence as the president of the umbrella, "So mom and dad, don't open a personal vault in Gringotts." ”
(End of chapter)