7. Mrs. Figg next door
"Mom, I think we can take care of ourselves." Dudley looked at his parents with a frown.
Vernon's work has improved dramatically lately, and Granning has arranged for him to travel to Germany to negotiate a large order, and if he can sign it this time, he will be promoted to sales executive, but it will be a bit longer, and it will take him three months.
It stands to reason that it was only Vernon who was on a business trip, and Penny would just be at home to take care of Dadley and them, but... Vernon is a Penny Treasure, as long as he doesn't see Penny when he goes home every day, he is guaranteed to be groggy and unenergetic the next day, and his work efficiency will plummet...
So Penny had to go with him, but fortunately, the expenses could be reimbursed by the company.
"Honey, you're still a child." Penny said with a straight face.
As soon as he heard this, Dudley rolled his eyes in his heart.
Have you ever seen a 10-year-old win a high school boxing championship?
This is Dudley's most recent championship, well, unlike last year's junior high level, this is the high school division...
'Harry and I are both ten years old, and at this age, in other worlds, we can pick up our own Initial Elves to travel around the world. β
Dudley thought to himself.
"I can cook and do the laundry myself, I mean we can take care of ourselves."
Dudley argues with reason.
"Dudley, we're not going for a day or two, it's for three whole months. I wouldn't leave my kids alone at home. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Petunia selectively ignored Harry.
"I'm not going to let you be alone with this freak."
Vernon also opened his mouth to emphasize that the word 'freak' naturally refers to Harry, and of course this sentence was said in front of Penny: "Who knows if this freak will turn you into the same as him." β
'I wish I could be a wizard... I dreamed of it. β
"Then I'm not going to Aunt Maggie's, never!"
Dudley said firmly and forcefully, emphasizing the first word he learned at birth, 'never'.
Maggie Dursley is Vernon's sister and Dudley's aunt, and the Dursleys rely on her help to improve their lives. Dudley was grateful to the aunt, but it was impossible for him to live with Aunt Maggie for three months.
It's not that Aunt Maggie doesn't like Dudley, on the contrary, she likes Dudley very much, and every time they meet, she has to slap Dudley's little round face before stopping.
It's just that the living habits of the two are too far apart...
Maggie has twelve bulldogs, which is not the key, the key is that she loves and values these bulldogs more than people.
That is to say, to live with her, you must first endure eating and sleeping with these twelve bulldogs, and secondly, you must endure that there may be dog saliva in your bowl of food at any time...
Dudley likes dogs, but he doesn't like to eat dog saliva.
Seeing that Dudley's attitude was very resolute, Vernon and Penny looked at each other.
They also know that things are going to go wrong to make life for Dudley and Maggie.
'Why don't you take Dudley with you to Germany?' β
'But the cost and Dudley's studies...'
The two made eye contact.
Seeing that his parents' attitude was relaxed, Dudley hurriedly proposed, "I can wait for you with Harry at Mrs. Feig's next door." β
It would be impossible for him to go to Germany, and it would be interesting to stop by Harry's side if he didn't understand the language, so it would be better to stay with Harry and gather wool.
Mrs. Fig, whose full name is Arabella Fig, was a kind-looking old lady who liked to wear knitted covers, and lived two blocks from the Dursleys... It's said to be two streets, but it's not much different from the next door.
When the Dursleys were away or on vacation, they would entrust her with the care of Harry.
Perhaps because he often took care of Harry for free, the Dursleys had a good relationship with Mrs. Figg.
"Dudley, we're going to be there for three months, and we can't come back in the meantime..."Penny tried to convince Dudley, but Dudley was very adamant.
If you don't go to Mrs. Feige's house and don't let him stay at home, you can only go to Aunt Maggie's house.
How does this make Dudley eat?
Dudley, the food protector, is uncompromising.
After an argument, Dudley never let go, and Vernon and Penny had no choice but to entrust Mrs. Feige to take care of them.
Harry, who was still a little sad and thought that he would not be able to live in his cabin for three months, instantly became much better when he heard that he could live with Cousin Dudley.
As if sensing Harry's joy, Vernon leaned down with great difficulty, pointed at Harry, and said, "I warn you, boy. Even if we're not here, don't you want to hurt Dudley, don't want to hurt my family. Just let me know, you know the consequences..."
Demonstratively, he raised his arm, which was thicker than Harry's waist.
Harry didn't know why, but nodded obediently.
Maybe Harry doesn't remember anymore, when he was very young, I don't know if it was because of the magic or other stimuli, but in short, some miraculous phenomenon happened, Dudley's physique was not as strong as it is now, so he was a little injured.
Vernon may not have been a good uncle, but he was definitely a good husband and father.
The dΓ©cor of Mrs. Fig's house is very old-fashioned, and the overall size of the house is not much different from that of Dursley, but the style is very different. The environment was a little dark, and the furniture was very simple, except for the fireplace in the living room, there was only a simple sofa, a table and a few chairs.
There are no electronic gadgets, not even radios that the elderly like to use.
Old antique...
This is what Dursley said about Mrs. Feige.
There was a pungent smell of cats in the air from time to time, and it was pungent to say that it was pungent, at least Dudley didn't find it pungent.
Vernon didn't like the smell so much he didn't come in. Everything is communicated by Penny to Mrs. Figg.
Mrs. Figg readily agreed to help take care of Dudley and Harry.
Before leaving, Penny stuffed some money into Mrs. Feig.
If Harry was alone, he could have the cheekiness to entrust Mrs. Feige to take care of him for free, but he didn't eat much anyway. It would not be possible to add another Dudley, who would have eaten more in a day than Mrs. Feige in a week.
Trimester... Dursley, no matter how thick-skinned he is, can't do such a thing.
Besides, the reputation of the Dursleys is quite good on these streets, uh... Ordinary people only.
After Penny and Vernon left, Dudley began to look around Mrs. Figg's house for something, when suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hugged a passing kitten with great agility.
Under the kitten's desperate eyes, Dudley buried his fleshy face in his silver belly and took several deep breaths.
Then a moan of pleasure came out of his face.
"Ah~~~ Cher is so easy to suck."
Judging by the action, Dudley is clearly not the first time to do such a thing.