005 Wand
A quarter of an hour later, with the Granger family's faces full of "there is still such an operation", all the antiques that Ringo had brought were exchanged for Galleonsβ
A total of 342 Galleons, 15 Sico, 25 Turner.
Even the 100 Galleons exchanged for pounds, Ringo now has more than 400 Galleons in his hands, and he can be regarded as a small rich man in the wizarding world.
But obviously.
The goblins are pushing down the price very hard.
If it can be sold in the wizarding world normally, the price is estimated to be doubled.
This made Sam very dissatisfied, and couldn't help but complain for a long time, and Lady Granger felt the same way, and criticized it together until she left Gringotts.
"We're going to go to the robes store to buy school uniforms first, do you want to come along?" Mr. Granger extended the invitation.
Ringo shook his head and said: "I just observed, the school uniforms and robes are all measured and customized on the spot, it will take half an hour for one person, and if two people are together, it is estimated that it will take an hour to come out, why don't we buy them separately first, and finally meet at the Blotte Bookstore?" It's more efficient this way. β
"Good idea."
The Granger family agreed, they were dentists, and they liked efficiency.
This can be seen in Hermione......
After making a decision.
The two families parted, with Hermione and her family heading to Madame Morkin's robes store, while Ringo headed straight for the babbling owl shop.
Soon, the three stopped in front of a black hole in front of a store.
Owls are everywhere: grass owls, brown owls, horned owls, grey forest owls...... and a snowy owl.
Sensing Ringo's arrival.
All the owls leaning on the street twisted their heads in unison to look at them, and some of them were even in the hands of other wizards who had bought them, but they didn't care.
"I knew that Little Ringo likes animals very much, and animals like Little Ringo." Daisy looked at Ringo, who was panting slightly, as if she could see through you, "No wonder you're in a hurry." β
"Alas, I don't have any privacy in front of Sister Daisy!"
Ringo said casually.
did not tell the other party the truth:
The reason why he chose this place for the first time was because he had just seen a familiar owl - Harry Potter's birthday present, Hedwig the Snowy Owl.
Yes.
Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley was on July 31st.
And now it's July 16th.
From the movie, Hedwig is hung on the door of the owl store to attract customers.
It was not ruled out that there were other snowy owls in the store, but when Ringo took a closer look at the only snowy owl at the door, he decided that it was Hedwig.
Snow-white feathers, black spots, and jewel-like eyes.
A low, cooing sound as he approached.
"Sir, how much does this snowy owl cost?" Ringo called out to the boss.
"Which one?" The boss was settling the bill for a wizard when he glanced at it, "Oh, beautiful Snowy Owl Lady, quiet, smart, and sells for 15 Galleons." β
"I bought it."
Ringo was very dry: "But I still have a question. β
"We'd love to help." The boss smiled flatteringly.
"You see, I'm a Muggle-born wizard who used to have a few owls, but they don't seem to deliver letters?"
"Haha! Every year there are little wizards who have similar questions, very simply, sir, because of magic! Magic allows owls to learn how to deliver letters. The boss plucked the snow owl's cage for Ringo, and winked slyly, his voice quieter, "But it's a time-consuming and laborious job, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to sell an owl for such a high price." β
Well, almighty magic!
Ringo reluctantly accepted this answer, took the cage, and reached directly into it and touched the head of the snow owl, and the other party was very obedient.
"Well, 15 Galleons." Sam becomes the bill payer.
"Don't rush to give money...... Daisy, pick an owl too. β
"We pick too? Isn't one enough? Daisy was curious.
"Of course it's not enough, I'll definitely bring this one to school, but what about you? My dear sister Daisy, won't you miss me? There doesn't seem to be a phone in the school, and you can't reach me without an owl. Ringo tilted his head, "Of course, if you don't want me, forget it......"
"Humph! Stinky boy. β
Daisy grabbed Ringo's cheek: "In that case, let's buy another one, it's not my money anyway, is Sam?" Go, pick the most expensive one! β
"Received ......"
Sam saluted and rushed into the store.
Ultimately.
The trio spent about 35 Galleons on a snowy owl, a chirping horned owl, a number of owl nuts and owl food, and walked away to the praise of their boss.
Afterwards.
Buy ink, parchment, quills and shorthand quill pens at the book stationery store, about 5 Galleons;
Patchy Crucible shop for pewter crucible size 2, 15 Galleons;
pharmacies buy standard metered powder, about 3 Galleons;
A brass balance, a telescope, a set of crystal vials, 24 Galleons at the Wizeek Magic Supplies Shop;
Madame Morkin Robe Specialty Shop buys custom-made clothes, including three sets of overalls, a top hat, a pair of dragon skin gloves and a winter cloak, 10 Galleons......
β¦β¦
Ollivanders Wand Shop.
It's small and broken, and the gold sign on the door has peeled off, but the classic "Ollivanders: A Well-Made Wand Since 382 BC" is still there.
"382 BC? This shop is really old! Daisy looked at the wand on the purple cushion in the window, "This is the only way to use magic?" β
"It seems so."
Ringo pushed open the door and entered, looking like a dilapidated and solemn library, but instead of books, it was stacked with thousands of narrow boxes, almost reaching the ceiling.
"Good afternoon."
A soft voice sounded, and the next moment, an old man with half a hundred hair appeared on the counter, and his big light-colored eyes stared at Ringo: "Hogwarts freshmen who came to buy wands?" Ha, don't be nervous, what do you call it? β
"Ringo Shelby."
Ringo smiled back, looked at the best wand maker in Britain, Garrick Ollivander, and said humbly, "I'm not nervous, I'm just curious which wand will choose me." β
"Yes, wand choice master, great answer! Perfect answer! Mr. Shelby, with your words, there will be a good wand to choose you. Ollivander's eyes lit up and he took out a tape measure from his pocket, "Which arm do you use to make your wand?" β
"Right hand."
Ringo stretched out his hand and let the tape measure measure
Daisy was very excited about this scene, her red lips moved, as if she wanted to open her mouth and ask where to buy the automatic tape measure, so that it would be very convenient to make clothes in the future......
But Ollivanders has made his way to the shelves.
Then he took a wand: "Willow wood, unicorn hair wand core, nine inches long, very flexible, try it." β
Before Ringo could wave his hand, the counter under the wand cracked a few cracks.
"This won't work......
"Try this again, vine wood, dragon nerve rod core, ten and three-quarters inches."
Syllable!
The vase exploded.
"What about this one? Maple and phoenix feathers, a good match, eleven inches ......"
Ringo took it and waved it again.
No response.
"Well, another fussy guest." Ollivander stood and stared straight at Ringo, "Theoretically, the unicorn hair, phoenix tail feathers, and the heart nerves of the fire dragon are enough to cover most wizards, however, there are some exceptions, which are more suitable for some special staff cores, such as ......"
"Baby's hair."
"It's a pity that this is a sensitive and headstrong material, and I haven't used it."
Daisy took advantage of Ollivanders' lack of attention, secretly waved the wand that Ringo had put down, and raised her head when she heard the words: "Then are we going to pick and choose somewhere else?" β
"Hah!"
Ollivander laughed strangely: "Don't be so troublesome, the Ollivander family has been making rods since 382 BC, and all materials have been used, don't worry, there is still my grandfather's stock here." β
He picked out another one on a remote shelf:
"The combination of acacia wood and meiwa hair, twelve inches, is more flexible."
It is a dark golden wand, slightly tortuous but straight, and decorated with vine-like branches.
Just one look at Ringo made me like it.
And after holding it.
A hint of coolness suddenly spread from the wand to the whole body, and there was a faint murmur during the process, as if a beautiful female voice was whispering in her ear.
He waved.
A veil-like white smoke flew out, making a wonderful singing sound, and circled around it before disappearing.
"Look, no wizard will go home in defeat at Ollivanders."
Ollivander handed the box over:
"You'll love it, the wand made of acacia wood is very cunning, it shows its strength only to the most gifted masters, and refuses to cast magic for anyone but its owner."
"Never worry about it changing owners......"
"9 Galleons, thank you for your patronage."