Chapter 592: Speechless
In the early morning, the mist melted in the breeze and the pink-gold sun, and the villagers of Hogsmeade, who had had breakfast, got on and off in horse-drawn carriages to work in their fields. After Halloween, they need to urgently harvest the poor pumpkins in the fields and plant cabbage, so that they can have a wave of income before Christmas.
Truth be told, these villagers who don't have much magical talent are actually any different from Muggle farmers, and even worse than Muggle farmers.
Due to the restrictions of the Wizarding Secrecy Act, they could not use some of the very mature agricultural equipment invented by Muggle scientists from the Muggle world, and the insignificant spells and magic items they could use were not of much use, so the way they lived and worked for hundreds of years had not changed as much as their ancestors had in the Middle Ages.
In fact, the villagers of Hogsmeade are lucky, because they are close to Hogwarts, and most of their output will be directly purchased by Hogwarts, which saves them a lot of worry, while the villagers living there in Dingworth, Cornwall, Upper Flegley in Yorkshire, Ottrey St. Cachpole on the south coast of England, and Godric's Vale in the southwest, are not so lucky.
The wizarding world itself has a limited population, and it cannot consume their output. They can only sell their products to Muggles.
But that's the problem, they weren't as efficient as Muggle farmers, and because of the law, the delivery of the wizarding world's output to the Muggle world required strict approval, which meant they had to spend some gold to clear the relationship, and because of the final selling price, their output didn't have any advantage in the Muggle world.
So, in order to survive, deception and tax evasion are almost essential skills for the farmers of the wizarding world who depend on the land to survive. Of course, it's not that they don't have the means to make themselves comfortable, but they are reluctant to let go of the two well-known names of 'wizarding dwellers and wizards'.
"Are they serving Hogwarts?"
On the road from Hogwarts to Hogsmeade, Amosta leads Beauxbatons and Durmstrang through the cold and misty forest, and these little ones are in high spirits, after all, they are about to visit the famous Hogsmeade, the only remaining pure wizarding village in the whole of England.
Amosta didn't control their movements, and some of the people who couldn't wait trotted towards the village looming in the mist, while Fleur and Gabrielle followed him.
Fleur seemed to come out of the bad mood caused by the mistake of the four Champions at Hogwarts, and she looked around with interest, when Amosta strangely stopped at a field to look at the busy villagers.
"No—"
Amosta shook his head slightly, his tone a little dull,
"They're doing their lives for the service."
The workers I saw last time in the industrial area of Diagon Alley, and the villagers in front of them, they all belong to the real bottom of the wizarding world, they are too ordinary, too ordinary, too lowly, and those powerful people above the clouds can't see these 'dust'.
Fleur looked sideways at Amosta Blaine, a man with an incomprehensible faint pity and worry between his brows.
"Let's go--"
Amosta shook his head and led the group of men around him through the wilderness.
"Oh, sister, did you see that!"
Gabrielle was bouncing up and down like a happy elf, curious about everything, and when Hogsmeade became clear in their vision, Gabrielle immediately noticed a house standing on the high slope adjacent to the village of Hogsmeade, and she pointed it out to Fleur in amazement,
"There's a house there, but it's weird, who's going to live there—"
"That's the screaming shed--"
Amosta smiled and explained,
"It's famous, and it's the most rumored haunted place in the UK."
"Wow!"
Gabrielle shrank behind Fleur, but she still couldn't stop her curiosity, and secretly glanced at the house on the hillside, and many of the students who were traveling with Amosta also showed eager expressions.
"I don't advise you to venture there--"
Amosta said,
"It's been a few years old, and it's been uninhabited so it hasn't been repaired, and I'm not sure if a group of people breaking into it will cause it to collapse directly-"
"So, there's no ghost there, is there?"
Fleur said with interest.
"Ahh
Amosta smiled,
"I don't think so, but there was once a werewolf living there--"
Amosta stopped in front of the sign at the entrance of the village and smiled at the guests, and this gentle smile made many of the little witches of Beauxbatons have rosy cheeks and their hearts beat faster, and even Fleur is staring at him obsessively.
"Then it's free time to explore this ancient and mysterious village to your heart's content, just get there by 5pm.
Hogsmeade has many shops worth visiting, including the Duke of Bee's candy store, which is very popular with Hogwarts students with hundreds of different types of candy with unique flavors;
Condiment joke merchandise store prank products are complete, always bringing joy to people;
The Literati Quill Shop can meet all your needs for school supplies;
Ladies and gentlemen who love flamboyant fashion should not miss the Wizard Clothing Store, of course, your wallet must be rich enough, things are not cheap there;
If you're in the mood for a bite to eat, head to Three Broomsticks, where the butterbeer flavors are unique and the hostess is beautiful and sultry. The only thing I need to warn you about is don't go to Hogwarts' Bar, the owner has a holiday with the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and if you have to break in, be prepared to be thrown out. ”
The surrounding villagers had gathered a few more, and they looked at Mr. Bryan with awe and curiosity at him and the strangely dressed young men who surrounded him.
Amosta didn't like to be watched, and after explaining what he had to do, he waved his hand at the students.
"Go--"
Many of the students who were the first to leave had already been in the village for a while, and the good boys who followed Professor Brian couldn't wait, and after hearing the command, their eyes lit up one by one, and they quickly dispersed in all directions, like sniffs released from a cage.
Amosta stretched and was wondering where he was going to pass the time, the Three Broomsticks Bar was a good choice, but it was sure to be full of students after a while, and Amosta wanted to be quiet. Suddenly, Amosta, who realized something, turned his head, and he found Fleur and Gabrielle still crouching in place, staring at him.
"Oh, it's a rare opportunity, Miss Delacour, don't waste your time playing with me, okay?"
Amosta said a little helplessly.
And Fleur didn't mind Amosta saying this, she smiled at him,
"Before you come out, Madame Maxim told me to follow you, so that if something happens to the warriors of Beauxbatons, she will know who to go to!"
Amosta's face darkened.
Well, the reason is strong, and Amosta can't find an excuse to refuse.
(End of chapter)