The shop was empty, some ornaments with intricate patterns were stacked on the shelves, and the owner was a middle-aged man with an explosive head, a fat belly, and a sparse top of his head could be faintly seen.

He sat on the recliner with headphones on, shaking his head, which was particularly comfortable.

Until Lin An knocked on the counter.

He took off his headphones, less enthusiastic: "Is there anything you need?"

Lin An looked in the glass window of the counter, and then pointed down: "This 199 pound one, if I want two and 100 bullets, can I get a discount?"

[In other words, it is the best way to read aloud and listen to books, change the source, and install the latest version.] 】

These are two semi-new Tokarev pistols, made in the USSR.

Of course, Lin An is the first time in his two lives to see a real guy. The reason why she knows all this is because of the simple handwritten introduction on the above line, but there is no more.

While all Muggle-made mechanical or electronic products will fail at Hogwarts, prepare in advance outside of school in case ......

In short, there is nothing wrong with being careful.

As for the other one......

The first-year Harry baby may not be able to accept this for the time being, plus Harry is very adventurous in his bones, and Lin An does not have the courage to give away this kind of weapon with excessive lethality.

Therefore, it was for Draco.

The boss shouted: "No, no, no, no, no discounts, this is made in the Soviet Union!" It's hard to discount with bullets......

He muttered, "That's the Soviet Union!" When will they fight a space war with the United States?"

Space Wars......

Lin An's expression was a little dazed.

If you remember correctly, in the past few days, the Soviet Union is about to collapse......

However, she shook her head again, and now she was too busy to take care of herself, she only had to think about the wizard's affairs.

When the boss saw her shaking her head, he thought that he was dissatisfied with it, but after struggling for a while, he decided to take a step back:

"Alright! Tonight is Christmas Eve—for the sake of the feast, seven bullets for a pound, 100 for ...... Count ......"

The math clearly stumped him.

After a long time, he said, "...... 14, ah no £13. Add two guns, and a holiday discount, and you'll give me £411 in total."

Thank God!

Lin An breathed a sigh of relief.

The first time she bought such a large item, she could hear her heart beating "pounding" when she stood here, and layers of hot sweat appeared in her palms.

But in the end, she still took the money out of her bag steadily, and her hands did not tremble.

When the boss pushed the pile of bullets and guns over at random, she couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded:

"Don't you have a box or something?"

Is it so casual?

The boss laughed, "Add an extra pound and I can help you tie a nice bow."

That's it.

Lin An had just been lifted out of poverty at noon, and he was resolute not to spend money on such a place. What's more, she has already prepared many packing boxes and ribbons herself.

Before leaving, she stopped again:

"Does this thing have a manual? Or shooting instruction or something?"

Boss:!!!

His bulging hair was about to burst: "Little girl, don't you know anything to buy this?"

Lin An smiled.

Please, she has been Chinese for two lifetimes, it's strange to understand this! ….

But this, the boss is really not.

Lin An thought about it and decided to go and find another shooting guide or something.

As for this gun, she also just turned to the information given by Madden, and saw the picture before she had a whim.

As for why you chose this pistol......

Purely because of the whole counter, it belongs to him and they are the cheapest - this is the most important.

And it looks very delicate, so it won't be so unfriendly to girls and teenagers.

……

But now, her savings have shrunk considerably.

Looking at the dark sky outside, I wonder if it will snow tonight.

Although it was only about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the overly dark sky reflected the already dirty snowdrifts on both sides of the road, and there was a sense of urgency to enter the night for no reason.

She carefully counted what she had missed, and hurried to the supermarket not far away, where she bought her hygiene products, some pen and paper notebooks for note-taking, and a large pile of snacks, and then returned to the hotel.

There is still no heating in the hotel, and even now Lin An only sees it during the day, this is really a rather dilapidated and simple hotel.

It's no wonder that it's not far from the station, and the room rate can only be £5 under normal circumstances.

However, although she still has a small amount of savings, these money cannot be wasted.

Therefore, she moved in again.

Compared to yesterday's blizzard, today's experience can be considered perfect, and she even kindled a cluster of magic flames in the corner of the room that didn't burn anything.

Accompanied by a roaring orange-red flame, the whole room instantly gave birth to a velvet warmth and a bright light—at least brighter than the dirty light bulb overhead.

Lin An sat on the bed, took out all the things he bought today, and counted them one by one.

The first thing to count is her current deposit.

The original deposit was 135 pounds, but Hank got another 1137 pounds, and the other change and magic currency were temporarily pushed aside, and everything he bought today was recorded, and finally he took inventory-

She was left with £379.

Although this money still has considerable purchasing power now, it seems that there is still a long way to go to support your holiday life.

Speaking of holidays, there are many holidays at Hogwarts, but they are all fragmented.

There's a holiday for Easter, there's a holiday for Halloween, there's a holiday for Christmas – but not a winter holiday.

And the next time she goes out of school, I'm afraid she will have to wait until the summer vacation, that is, the end of June.

Until then, she needs to prepare her money for the summer holidays, or what she wants to invest...... Money is indispensable to reserve in advance.

Alas.

She pushed the bad change aside, took out the gift box and ribbon and handwritten card she had bought for her, sorted all the gifts one by one, and then wrote the card accordingly.

It was a tedious and meticulous job, and by the time she was done, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.

Looking at the large stack of gift boxes stacked in front of him, Lin An couldn't help but be surprised by his sense of ceremony.

How so?

It's a lot of money, but it's a wonderful way to spend a lot of energy and then share something good with someone else.

Tonight is Christmas Eve, and tomorrow Christmas will probably be even more lively.

It's a pity that she still misses the Spring Festival that has long since lost the flavor of the year.

……

When everything was ready, she shrunk all the boxes back into her backpack and went out again.

The little girl at the front desk of the hotel was happily decorating the Christmas tree, and Lin An went out in the joy of everyone, and then tapped her fingertips.

The familiar old red magic bus rampaged through the streets, and finally came to a near halt in front of her.

"—to Diagon Alley.".

Song of Thorns