Chapter Twenty-Six: The Meeting of the Abbott Family
"Alice, why are you here?" Seeing the figure sitting in front of the bar and talking to Old Tom, Fang Yan's face was full of surprise. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What are you talking about, can't I come and see Grandpa Tom?" Alice was overjoyed when she saw Fang Yan, and when she heard Fang Yan's words, she couldn't help but turn her face and deliberately pretend to be angry.
"Uh-" Fang Yan was choked and speechless for a while, and what they said was right, and he really didn't know how to refute it, so he had to touch his head awkwardly.
Old Tom was smiling and watching the two little ones talk to each other.
"I mean," Fang Yan immediately came up with a reason in his head, "isn't it Christmas today, why don't you stay home with your family?" β
Who knew that Alice seemed to be even more angry, her eyes narrowed dangerously, "I remember, I seem to have told you last time, right, you forgot so quickly?" A powerful momentum pressed on the dialect. Fang Yan seemed to see a blackened shadow behind Alice expanding.
A drop of cold sweat broke out on Fang Yan's forehead, and his brain quickly replayed the memory, "Hey, wait, of course I remember, isn't it just Christmas going to your house?" How could I forget! Hahaha...... "It's good that he reacts quickly enough."
"Count you as acquaintances!" Alice put a look on her face that temporarily let you go, "Are you ready?" We're going to leave in a moment. β
"In such a hurry?" Fang Yan was stunned for a moment, but when he saw Old Tom nodding, he didn't say anything more. "Alright then, wait a minute, I'll go change my clothes." He ran upstairs again.
Five minutes later, the three of them came to the fireplace, and it was convenient to run through the wizarding world, as long as a handful of Floo powder could directly shuttle through the fireplace to reach the destination, which was much more convenient and faster than the Muggle airplane high-speed train.
"I'll do it first." Alice stepped forward first, throwing a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace.
"Boom-" A green flame rose from the fireplace, and Alice stepped forward, "Abbott Manor! β
The second is dialect, and this is the first time he has used Floo powder. As Alice tosses a handful of Floo powder into the fireplace, the green flame ignites again.
"Remember," said old Tom carefully behind him, "you must say the name of the destination clearly, not a word can be wrong!" β
Fang Yan nodded, stepped into the flames, and shouted in a straight voice: "Aibo Manor!" β
In Abbott Manor, a large, but not prosperous, but a little cozy living room, Alice and his family are standing in front of the fireplace waiting for them. They didn't have to wait long before the fireplace in front of them rekindled its green flames, and a stumbling figure stepped out of it.
"Ahemβ" Fang Yan coughed, covered in soot from the fireplace. He didn't expect that using Floo Powder would feel so uncomfortable, like being thrown into a washing machine and spin dry, and his brain was still dizzy.
"Clean up!" With a soft snort, a light of cleansing spell flashed from Fang Yan's body, and the soot on his body disappeared immediately. Fang Yan looked up and saw that it was Alice, and behind her stood two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, and a young girl, presumably her parents and sister, and they all looked at Fang Yan with a smile on their faces.
"Oh, thank you." Fang Yan thanked him gratefully, and then looked at the few people behind Alice with some embarrassment, but he didn't expect to be ugly when they first met.
"No thanks," Alice pursed her lips and smiled, "It's a bit uncomfortable to use Floo Powder for the first time, so it's good to use it twice more." β
"Boom-" The fireplace lit up again, and this time it was Old Tom coming. He is much more experienced, and as soon as he came out, he first threw a "clean up" on himself.
"Hey, little Brooke, and Elsa, it's been a long time!" As soon as Old Tom saw the middle-aged man and woman behind Alice, he immediately became happy, "Oh, by the way, and my dear little Hannah, do you miss grandpa?" β
Brooke Abbott is the contemporary head of the Abbott family, that is, Alice's father, this is a middle-aged man with a somewhat honest face, who seems to have an honest feeling in his bones, and the feeling of dialect is very kind.
Elsa is the wife of Brooke Abbott, with black hair, a beautiful face, and the temperament of a typical English woman.
The remaining little girl is Alice's sister, that is, the Hannah Abbott in the original book. Fang Yan looked at it curiously, and found that the little girl was even more shy than Qiu Zhang when she first entered school, and she had been hiding behind her parents and not speaking.
After Tom Sr. and Abbot's family catch up, everyone walks to the dining room under the guidance of Brooke Abbot, and the house-elves of Abbot's family have already prepared a Christmas dinner and are waiting for everyone to take their seats.
It is worthy of a big family with a long heritage, and the meals on the table are very exquisite, but fortunately, the Abbott family is not a traditional Slytherin nobleman, and they don't pay much attention to dining etiquette, otherwise the dialect will really feel very uncomfortable.
After the meal, old Tom went back to his room in the manor to rest, while Brooke called the dialect to the study alone and said that he wanted to talk.
Under Alice's slightly curious gaze, Fang Yan calmly followed Brooke into the study. He had long known that this time to Aibo Manor would not be so simple, and he was mentally prepared, he wanted to see what this cheap uncle had to tell him.
An hour later, Fang Yan and Brooke came out of the study, and the two talked and laughed from time to time, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.
After coming out of the study, it was not early, Brooke and Elsa both went back to their rooms to rest, and Dialect followed the house-elf towards the room arranged for him, and he and Old Tom were going to rest at Abbot Manor tonight. Naturally, the room for dialects has been arranged a long time ago.
"Hey," and as Dialect was about to follow the house-elf back to his room, Alice, who had been waiting outside for a long time, grabbed Dialect, "What did my dad and you talk about?" He didn't embarrass you, did he? β
"How so!" Fang Yan laughed, "Uncle just asked me about my life in school, and then introduced me to the basic situation of the Aibo family, how could it be difficult for me." β
Alice breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. β
"By the way," Fang Yan suddenly changed his words, "Uncle also said about the trial ground, let me ask you what this trial ground is?" β
Alice was stunned, "He told you this too!" Then he hesitated, "Well, I'll go to your room in a moment, and I'll make it clear to you." β
"Hmm." Fang Yan nodded.