Chapter 419: Suspicious Christmas Gifts
On Christmas Day, the sky did not clear, the snow had fallen all night, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow.
The room was very dark, the heavy curtains blocked the cold air that seeped in through the cracks in the windows, and also blocked the light outside, and in front of the desk were the books that had been up all night to read, and Albert was still sleeping.
Not long after, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hallway, and Nia, who was wearing pajamas, ran to Albert early in the morning to ask for her guilt, because she had not received a Christmas gift from Albert this year, which made Nia very unhappy, and she had been wrinkling her face since she got up in the morning.
The fat cat named Tom came in as soon as the door was opened, seemed to sense something, and looked up at the birdcage hanging by the window.
In the birdcage, Shira shook her head and stared at the uninvited fat cat, raising her paw and smashing the bird's peck, staring at Tom with malice in her eyes.
"Tom!"
Nia raised her hand and pointed to Albert's bed, shutting the door to let Tom go.
The fat cat accelerated with a charge and pounced towards Albert on the bed, and I don't know if it was too fat or other reasons, so he couldn't jump on it, and almost hit the edge of the bed.
Shira, who witnessed this scene, made a cooing sound, as if laughing at Tom.
"Stupid Tom!"
Nia bent down and picked up Tom and placed him next to Albert's bed, and Tom began to rub Albert's face with his tail, quickly waking up the person in the bed.
"Don't mess with Tom. Albert said sleepily, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Nia with her hands on her waist and a straight face looking down at her.
"Christmas presents?"
"I thought you had forgotten!" the girl couldn't help but grumble.
"How could you forget, and put on your clothes first, if you catch a cold, it's not good!"
Albert casually took a coat from the hanger, looked up and ruffled her hair as he draped it over Nia's body, and under Nia's displeased gaze, he opened a box, took out a woolen scarf from it and handed it to Nia.
"How many scarves did you buy?" Nia found that the style of the scarf was not bad, but there were several scarves in the box, which made him a little dissatisfied.
"Bought it for the whole family. Albert laughed and said, "Grandpa Luke and Grandma Shanna have already sent Sheila yesterday. ”
"Oh!"
Although it was a little different from what she expected, after receiving the Christmas present, the girl's mood was much better.
"Don't fight, or we'll deduct your snacks. ”
Albert turned to the two pets on the table who were about to start.
Tom jumped off the table with a cigarette and began to rub Albert's foot for a snack, while Sheila looked at the fat cat with disdain and made another cooing sound.
"Okay, I'll give it to you later. ”
Albert bent down to pick up Tom, looked at Nia with a smile and said, "Did you prepare my Christmas present?"
"Of course. The girl puffed up her chest proudly, "I'll give it to you later." ”
"Go back and change your clothes, it's not good if you catch a cold. Albert reached out to rub Nia's hair again, but was successfully avoided by the other party.
"Nasty, don't mess with my hair. ”
Nia was gone.
When Albert got dressed and went downstairs, he found that the side of the Christmas tree was actually piled up with a hill of gifts, and he was stunned.
"Son, I just found out that you are so popular in school. Herb smiled and wrapped the scarf Albert had just given him, "I woke up this morning and found a pile of Christmas presents sent to you. ”
"Hmm. ”
Albert replied casually, and he found a beautiful brown woolen coat and brown woolen socks from Daisy and Herb in the package pile.
He took off his coat and gestured to put it on himself.
"Looks pretty good. ”
Daisy said with satisfaction.
"It doesn't depend on who picked the gift. Herb said smugly.
"You're picking wool socks. Daisy reminded.
"You're my wife. ”
Herb was not embarrassed, kissed Daisy on the cheek, smiled and tied her scarf and said, "Albert picked a good scarf, I bet he must have bought the same style for our whole family." ”
Albert ignored the couple who showed affection early in the morning and buried himself in unpacking his Christmas presents.
Grandpa Luke and Grandma Shanna gave him a copy of the latest edition of The Economic Theory and the best-selling Frenord the Weird.
Isobel sent a pair of woolen gloves.
Well, it was a gift they bought in Hogsmeade before the Christmas holidays, and they exchanged wool gloves of the same style.
Hermione gave Albert a box of sugar-free chocolates and a greeting card thanking Albert for his help.
Albert certainly knew what Hermione meant by help.
The Weasley twins gave Albert a book called "Twelve Winning Ways to Charm Witches", which is undoubtedly used by pickling girls, and it is difficult to say whether it is useful or not, after all, the two have not yet found a girlfriend.
Lee Jordan's gift was cocoa flavored beans as always, and a large box didn't know how long he could eat it.
Truman also gave the book.
In addition to that, he received a bunch of greeting cards.
The rest of the books and notes were mostly a gift from an old friend, and Albert was surprised to find that he had also received a gift from Nicol Lemay, a two-way mirror.
"Why does everyone like to give you books?"
Nia looked at the pile of books and notes, opened her mouth in surprise, and finally couldn't help but ask.
There is no way, in the unwrapped package, the books can already be piled up into a small mountain.
Nia's eyes were very sharp, and she immediately noticed "The Twelve Winning Weapons to Charm Witches", and her face suddenly did not look good.
"Where's my gift?" Albert asked.
"Give!"
Nia saw the new gloves in Albert's hand, and handed over the gift a little unhappily, the same pair of gloves, well, the same style as the pair in Nia's hand, the color is a brighter light brown.
"I love it!" Albert took off his gloves and put them back on.
Seeing this scene, Nia smiled with satisfaction, and was thinking about how to destroy the book "Twelve Winning Ways to Charm Witches", when she found that Herb was already reading the book.
"Does it work?"
Daisy asked, placing the fried steak on the table, looking at Herb.
"It's kind of interesting. Herb smiled and said, "I kindly suspect that our son doesn't need this, though. ”
"Have you found a girlfriend?" Daisy asked bluntly. She thinks Albert should find a witch girlfriend.
When Nia heard this, she pursed her lips and stared at Albert with her eyes, waiting for his answer.
"I'm going to look for it in two years. Albert said without thinking.
"When you see what you like, hurry up and don't let people take the lead. Herb smiled and said: "If you don't have money, I'll give you an advance again, and this book is good, I have time to read it, I think you should find one over there, the number of wizards over there is just that, there are definitely not many to choose, remember to take a fancy to the first one, after all, you are so good, you will definitely be able to easily hook up with the other party." ”
Albert was speechless, and he didn't expect Herb and Daisy to have such an attitude, he had indeed hooked up with one.
Of course, he wasn't prepared to tell his family about it. If he admits that he has a girlfriend, the house will probably explode on the spot, and Herb and Daisy will definitely ask him for photos, or ask him to invite each other to play at home.
"Albert is so good, he doesn't need to worry about this kind of problem at all, and even if he can't find a suitable one, it's good to pick one on our side. Nia puffed up, "Also, it's better not to look at this kind of mess, it will teach people badly." ”
Nia directly confiscated the "Twelve Winning Weapons to Charm Witches".
Herb didn't care too much, he was very confident in his son, if he really wanted to find a girlfriend, it would definitely not be difficult, after all, he was so good, and there were a lot of people chasing him.
"In two days, I'm going to buy you a bookshelf, looking at your posture, it is estimated that the bookshelves in your room will not be enough until you graduate. He said, looking at the books stacked on the coffee table.
"Well, I do need to buy another one. ”
Albert sorted out the books, and was speechless for a moment, although he did like to read books, but he felt quite helpless when he received a bunch of books.
He didn't want to be like Dumbledore in the future: "People insist on sending me books. ”
After opening a bunch of gifts, Albert's hand suddenly stopped, because he found that the sender of this package was actually Snape?
Snape actually gave himself a Christmas present, which is candy going to fall from the sky?
There are many professors at Hogwarts who have a good relationship with Albert, and they will also give Albert Christmas presents, for example, Professor McGonagall gave Albert a copy of Albert's transfiguration notes about Animagus this year.
But Albert never received a gift from Snape.
"Do you want to open it?"
Albert hesitated, but finally gave up, he felt that most of this would not be a good thing, after all, he had made Snape famous a few days ago, saying that the other party did not hold grudges, and Albert did not believe it.
On top of that, there was a package that didn't have the sender written to it, which was suspicious no matter how you looked at it, and Albert eventually gave up on opening the two packages and prepared to go back to school to find someone else to share the contents of the package.