A slender figure, hunched over and laboriously carrying a bucket of water in both hands, moved into the distance.

The burgundy ponytail swayed like cool well water rippling in a wooden barrel.

Rove frowned slightly, he stopped and observed for a moment, and after making sure it was Shirley, he slowly walked over to the thin girl, reached out and grabbed the bucket, and helped her lift the water.

Shirley looked up in amazement, and found that it was Rove, today was Saturday, why was he here?

When the girl came back to her senses, the boy was already carrying the barrel, and she took a few steps away, and she reached out to wipe the sweat oozing from her forehead, and hurriedly trotted to follow.

"Off, why are you here?"

"I made an appointment with Professor Sprout to give her the potion today and take the herb seeds...... What about you? ”

Shirley pursed her lips and was silent for a moment, "Work-study, the job that Hogwarts offers to poor students. “

Rove snorted, and he remembered that Hogwarts would indeed provide funding for young wizards who could not afford to go to school.

Like what...... Tom Riddle took it.

Those grants are not much, and after buying the necessities on the acceptance letter, such as wands and robes, there is not much left.

However, the school will provide some jobs for poor wizards to ...... without affecting their studies Work-study.

For a moment, both of them were a little silent, and Shirley walked up, grabbed the barrel and said, "It's better for me to come, it's my job." ”

Rove snorted, but didn't let go, and he asked, "Which area do you want to water?" ”

"Those black trees ......"

Rove glanced up and said softly, "Dharma Protector Tree." ”

After coming to the tree, the boy reached out and touched the trunk of the tree, and when he saw Shirley's curious face, he explained:

"The Dharma Protector Tree is a magical Yamanashi tree. As long as you touch the trunk of this tree, you can be protected from some dark creatures. ”

The ponytail girl blinked, and also stretched out her right hand to touch the trunk, she thought about it, and raised her left hand to touch it vigorously.

It seemed that if she touched it twice, she would be doubly protected, and Shirley's mood suddenly improved.

A bucket of water did not water a few trees, and soon the bottom was reached, and Shirley grabbed the bucket and refused to ask Rove to help again.

"I can do it myself, I used to be in the monastery, I used to fetch water and wash myself in the morning and evening, don't look at me so thin, my strength is great."

Rov was silent, and followed Shirley to the well, and watched her hang the barrel on the rope and throw it down, and as the barrel sank to the bottom, the girl struggled to turn the well.

The well creaked.

Rove observed for a moment and said, "Shirley, this well has magic, just hit this brick, and it will automatically send the bucket up." ”

"Huh?!"

When the girl heard Rove's words, she was a little deflated, and her strength weakened slightly, so she heard a pop, and the half-pulled barrel fell straight down.

“……”

"How do you know?"

"Guess, I've seen similar magic wells, and this brick has a badger on it, if I'm not mistaken, it's knocking here."

Rove took his wand and tapped the brick, and sure enough, the wheel spun on its own.

Shirley sighed, thinking that half of her good mood had disappeared from the useless work she had done all morning, and the remaining half was to be able to use the magic well, which would save a lot of energy after that.

"Didn't Professor Sprout teach you?"

"It's my first day on the job, and Professor Sprout hasn't had time to teach yet, and not long ago a group of animals that came out of the Forbidden Forest harassed the greenhouse, and she went to chase it away."

Rove frowned, what happened in the Forbidden Forest, why did he come to harass the greenhouse every day?

The barrel crunched to the mouth of the well, and Shirley carried the bucket full of water to the ground, and then untied the rope.

Rove looked at the girl's thin back, was silent for a moment, and said, "Shirley, how much salary does the school give you every month?" ”

"Ten Galleons, Saturday and Sunday mornings a week."

"It's a lot, but it doesn't seem to be too much of a working hour." Rove looked at her and asked with a serious look that he couldn't talk nonsense anymore.

"Shirley, are you short of money?"

The ponytail girl did not answer, lowered her eyebrows, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, and after a while, she gently bowed her head and said:

"I would like to come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, not only because I can leave that convent, but also because Professor McGonagall told me that I can graduate at Hogwarts at the age of eighteen, and then I can work and earn money."

Rove stared at the girl's clean eyes and sighed softly:

"Ah~ Shirley."

"Huh?"

"Or else...... You can be my assistant. ”

"Huh?"

"I don't have an assistant." Rove turned around, with a smile on his face, and said calmly, "I can give you thirty Galleons a month." ”

"Your Celia Magical Beasts Store?" The girl blinked her long autumn eyes, "But I won't treat animals." ”

"I don't need you to see a doctor, I want you to help me take care of some docile little animals, they are a little ......" Rove scratched his hair and said, "Naughty." ”

Shirley stared at Rove, as if wondering if the boy was a liar, and where was she worth thirty Galleons a month?

It's not worth it even if you sell yourself!

Shirley looked at Rove, pondered for a moment, and said suspiciously, "You're not going to lie to me, are you?" ”

Rove said indifferently: "Hufflepuff students are honest and loyal, and they never deceive people. ”

“……”

"And what about this thing?" Shirley glanced at the bucket she was still carrying.

"If you don't do it, Professor Sprout will let the house-elves do it, they can do magic, they don't have to work as hard as you do, and it's efficient." Rove waved his hand and said:

"Let's go, find Professor Sprout first, and then I'll show you the work environment, you'll love it."

Rove walked towards the door of the greenhouse with the black leather suitcase, just as Professor Sprout had returned from outside.

He said hello, handed the potion made from Hoklap juice to Professor Sprout, and then explained his hiring of Shirley.

Professor Sprout held a small steel fork and opened his mouth, such a beautiful little girl, she also wanted to train to be an assistant, even if it was good to put it in front of her.

Why did you go out to catch up and come back to find that your home was stolen?

Professor Sprout looked at the distant backs of the two of them, and was a little envious, whose girlhood had never dreamed of being Scamander's assistant.

Rove was at the front, Shirley followed, and the boy finally led the girl to an empty abandoned classroom at Hogwarts Castle.

He placed the box on the ground, turned to Shirley and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"What preparation?"

Rove raised his hand, leaving a little space between his thumb and forefinger, and said, "The inside will be a little bigger than the outside, don't be too surprised." ”

The girl looked confused.

Rove lifted the box, tilted his head and said, "Come in, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Where?"

"Boxes."

Shirley was puzzled, thinking that Rove was crazy, how could such a small box get in, and the girl instantly made up the terrible stories of those murders and hiding the body in the suitcase, and she was terrified......

Rove had already raised his hand, gently pushed the girl's back, and said with a smile: "Go you!" ”

Rove then stepped forward and disappeared into the box in an instant, the lid slamming shut.

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