25 July, London, Charing Cross, Leaky Cauldron Bar.

The Butterfield family of three had just arrived through Floo Powder and through countless fireplaces.

Ignoring the young waiter who was dozing off not far away, Xiu took out his wand and lightly tapped it three times on a brick on the wall, and with a shaking, a small hole appeared in the wall, and then slowly expanded, turning into an archway, facing an alley, which was the legendary Diagon Alley, but it was not the first time Brett had been here.

Xiu and his family of three walked straight to a towering white building, where six elf guards in scarlet and gold uniforms stood in front of the shiny bronze gate and bowed to them, passing through the second silver gate and entering the spacious marble hall, where hundreds of goblins were sitting behind long counters, registering on huge ledgers or weighing coins with scales, and some elves examining various gems with eyepieces.

Brett had been to Diagon Alley a few times, but this was the first time he had entered this Gringotts, and it was also the first time he had seen a living goblin, and he was full of curiosity about everything here.

"Dear Mr. Hugh Butterfield, welcome to Gringotts Wizarding Bank, it is a pleasure to serve you, may I ask if you want to deposit gold coins or identify treasures?" An old elf in his early teens, with a wrinkled face and a pair of glasses, suddenly appeared in front of several people, and although his mouth was very enthusiastic, there was no expression on his face.

"Long time no see, Silver Bell, we're here to get some money this time, and Brett is going to Hogwarts. By the way, I would like to transfer what my father, Carl Sr. kept in the underground vault, to Vault 28, and then give the key to Brett for safekeeping. Xiu didn't mind the performance of this goblin, but said it directly, and at the same time took out two golden keys and handed them to the old goblin.

"Okay, please come with me over here. Silver Bell took the key, examined it carefully, and then turned and led the men out of the hall through a small door, where a narrow stone corridor was presented with burning torches. Silver Bell whistled, and a small car quickly rushed in front of several people.

"Here, get in the car, hold on, get ready to go. After Yinling finished speaking, he climbed into the car first. I didn't see any movement from him, the car led everyone all the way to speed, sometimes turning left and right, sometimes swooping suddenly, occasionally passing by a fire dragon, when the air went from hot to cold, and then from cold to hot, after a few repetitions, finally stopped in front of a gate.

Silver Bell stretched out a finger and gently knocked on the door 5 times, and then the door began to slowly disappear, "Anyone who wants to do this except the goblins of Gringotts will be sucked in by the door and trapped in the door and unable to get out." In addition, only the current head of the Butterfield lineage can take out things in this vault. Silver Bell said.

"Well, thanks, I'll take note. Brett knew that Silver Bell was speaking specifically to him.

With the doors of the vault gone, Brett saw a very, very large vault filled with gold and silver coins, as well as a large number of gems, antiques, and jewelry, with copper coins being the least.

Xiu took out two cloth bags, filled them with some Garons, Siko, and Nat, and then handed one of them to Brett, who gently checked it, it was really a lot.

Just as he was repairing the money, Silver Bell walked to the door of a smaller vault next to him, opened the door with the golden key, waved his hand to float the contents inside, and then came to the 28th vault and put all the things in the old Carl's original vault into it. Finally, he handed Brett the key, "Now, the vault belongs to you." ”

Brett took the key and sighed in his heart, "If this old Carl could hold on for half a year longer, when I was born, he wouldn't have died." ”

Seeing that Xiu had finished withdrawing the money, Yinling reached out and tapped on the door frame of the vault a few more times, and the door slowly appeared again, "Okay, let's go back" said and turned around and got into the car first.

After a while, seeing the sun again, Brett felt much more comfortable, and it was really difficult for him to feel any security in the deep underground.

When everyone returned to the hall, they happened to meet McMillan's family of four, who had just finished withdrawing the money.

"Haha, what a coincidence, I thought I would be waiting for you at the gate of Gringotts for a while. Hall McMillan greeted the Butterfields family warmly. By this time, Franklin had already rushed to Brett, and he was still thinking about the gift that Brett had promised to bring him when he went to London.

"You're thinking too much, Hall, I've always been a very punctual person. Would you like to have a glass of flame whiskey?" said Xiu, patting Hall on the shoulder.

"I guess I'd better have a butterbeer. Hall replied with a wry smile.

The two families walked towards the gate together, Brett held Franklin, a 6-year-old child was really very light for him, "I'll give it to you before I leave, I'll buy a lot of things later." ”

When they came to the gate, they saw a bustle, a pale, pale blond haired man yelling at the family, "Is the wizarding world so lenient now? Beside the man stood a haughty, brown-haired woman, whose face was equally white and terrible, and from time to time she fanned a small fan in front of her nose a few times, as if she smelled something, and showed a very disgusted expression. And behind her, a skinny boy with big gray eyes stared intently at the little girl in the family of three opposite. At first glance, this pale blonde hair color is quite similar to that of Butterfield and Sons.

Obviously, it was a Muggle family with wizards, and the man was very angry when he heard the other party's words, and wanted to fight, but he was worried, after all, the wizarding world had only been heard in stories before, and his wife desperately grabbed him and told him to hold back, while their daughter glared at the man with the same anger. This family should have been fully prepared before coming here, looking at their clothes, they may also be a family with a good status in the Muggle world, but they never thought that there would be racial discrimination in the wizarding world.

"Yo, isn't this Mr. Auston Malfoy? What kind of wind has blown your family to a little place like Diagon Alley? Could it be that your little Abu, Abu, Abu what? Has he also received an admission notice? Hall saw that it was the annoying Malfoys, and couldn't help but tease.

"Hi Auston, long time no see. Xiu also said hello.

"Hmph, our Malfoy family is the purest Wu bloodline, how can there be a squib, you better be careful of your descendants. After Auston finished speaking, he glared at Hall and Lydia beside him, pulled Abraxas Malfoy up and walked up the steps of Gringotts, and when he passed by Xiu's side, he said to him, "Hey, old man, see you next time." ”

Abraxas looked back at the Muggle-born girl step by step.

Hale sneered when he saw this, "It seems that the Malfoy family's purebred bloodline is almost over." ”

"You're enough, Hall, why do you always sneer at Auston, he just likes to drill the horns, you've bullied him for so many years, and you're still addicted, aren't you?" Xiu patted Hale on the shoulder again.

Speaking of which, Xiu, Hale and that Auston are still the same students at Hogwarts, and they have known each other since childhood, at that time Xiu was in Ravenclaw, Hale was in Gryffindor, and Auston was in Slytherin, and since then Auston has been a pure-blooded pure-blooded with his mouth shut, and all kinds of Muggle classmates look down on him, Hale, as a member of Gryffindor, is a natural opponent with Slytherin, plus the difference in philosophy, the two gradually oppose each other, and conflicts are constant. And Xiu has always seen it more clearly, he is not interested in whether he is a Muggle at all, in his eyes, there is no place for the weak at all, only strength and interests are the key, although no one can be offended, but no one dares to provoke him easily.

Hugh ignored the Muggle family and dragged Hale to the Leaky Cauldron, while Lydia chatted enthusiastically with the family, briefly explaining how to exchange pounds for Galleons at Gringotts, and then telling them a few places to go, such as Ollivanders and the Blotts, before finally turning around with the family's gratitude and pulling Sophie towards Mr. Morkin's robes store.

"Let's take the kids to make dresses and robes first, and by the way, let's see what new styles are available, and make a few more, or go to the Off-fan clothing store to have a look?" Lydia said, taking Sophie's arm.

"Now there are so many students who come to order clothes, what are we going to do, and we will send a few of them over in a moment, and we will go to the Patch Crucible shop to buy crucibles, medicine bottles, and scales, and brass binoculars, and go to Slug and Giggs Pharmacy to buy all kinds of powders, are Zoe's books and owls ready? ”

"Well, let's go another day, the men really can't help at all. Lydia grumbled as she walked.

Sophie and Lydia left the children in line and went shopping for other things, while Franklin pestered Brett to tell him the story from Journey to the West. Franklin had never heard of China before, but after seeing Brett's "The Birth of the Monkey King" and "Havoc in Heaven", he was very fascinated by this wonderful oriental mythological story, and was still jumping up and down clamoring to listen to the story, and then quickly immersed himself in it, but it was difficult for Brett, to perfectly express the ethereal and elegant, vertical and horizontal changes and many allusions, nouns and terms in Chinese mythology, and let a 6-year-old child understand, it is really very difficult.

When Brett calmly hugged Franklin to tell the story, there were a few eyes not far away that seemed to sweep on him inadvertently from time to time, probably because he didn't feel any hostility, Brett didn't pay attention.

Five hours to code a chapter, I'll ask who else is so wasteful?