The semester ended, and a silence as thick as snow on the ground enveloped the castle.

The young wizards who had returned home for Christmas had left the castle the night before on the Hogwarts train.

The whole school suddenly became much quieter, even empty.

Zhang Xiao did not feel dull, but felt very quiet.

Because of the attack, the number of students choosing to stay at Hogwarts was particularly low.

Although Fred and George decided to stay at school, they were in Hogsmeade during the day except for coming back to sleep at night, and their experiments seemed to have come to a critical place.

Mrs. Weasley, though very worried about Ginny, matured as the mandrakes matured in the herb greenhouse.

She was much calmer, as Professor Sprout told her that in a few months, Ginny would be alive unscathed.

Zhang Xiao thinks that if ordinary people know about this technology, they will be crazy, and there will be no mature freezing technology until 2023.

Those who are seriously ill can find a chance to stare affectionately through the mirror with the basilisk.

Safe and painless, the technology is guaranteed, just like time freezes, very easy to use.

Perhaps it was Ginny's petrification that touched the Weasleys, who decided to go to Egypt and Romania to see Bill and Charlie.

One of them worked as a spell solver at Gringotts, tasked with unlocking the curse left by the pharaohs in the pyramids and obtaining the treasure.

Of course, the treasure belongs to the goblins.

This is that the Egyptian Ministry of Magic is too weak, and they are all and pee on the head of the goblins, and there is no way to dig up the ancestral graves.

It can be seen that although the elves have been defeated, they are still strong.

They are digging people's ancestral graves all over the world, except for China.

The other Charlie raised dragons in Romania.

They are all high-risk occupations, and they often receive notices of casualties.

In the end, the family concept in the West is too different from that in the East, and Bill and Charlie are both proper high-income people.

But he is relatively independent, and he has his own life after work.

If you put Huaxia, there are so many younger brothers and sisters below, the two elder brothers will definitely subsidize the family, and there will definitely be no situation where the two elder brothers earn 500,000 yuan a year, and the younger brother still uses second-hand things.

In the previous life, Zhang Xiao knew it alone, and many brothers took the initiative to carry the family on their shoulders immediately after they came out.

The two concepts cannot be said to be superior or inferior, but can only be said to be culturally different.

Percy also stayed, and was conceited enough to tell them that he was only staying for Christmas because it was his duty as a full honor student to support the teacher's work during this tumultuous time.

Everyone scoffed at this, because almost everyone in the school knew that Percy had stayed for the convenience of dating Penelope.

Penelope's home is not far from Hogwarts, and the two have long agreed to visit Hogsmeade together this holiday to get a feel for what Christmas is like when they are alone.

By the way, while the two of them hid in the uninhabited classroom and kissed and talked about their plans, the entire small dueling club hid and eavesdropped.

The dawn of Christmas came, and it was as if Hogwarts had been thrown into the refrigerator, with a chill everywhere and a thick layer of snow outside.

There were only two people left in the dormitory, Zhang Xiao and Malfoy.

Malfoy felt like he had been cast a bone-loosening spell, lying on the warm bed with no strength at all.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he pulled the curtain open a gap, through which the icy air crept in.

Malfoy shuddered, then shrunk back into the quilt and shouted:

"Zhang, is it better for us to sleep until lunch like this?"

Zhang Xiao had already woken up, but he was also lying in bed, the air conditioning in summer and the quilt in winter had a fatal attraction to humans.

"I can do it all!"

It was the first time Malfoy had spent Christmas at school, and the freshness eventually prevailed.

He gritted his teeth and crawled out of the bed, put on his clothes as fast as he could, and muttered:

"I'd better get up, Weasley and Potter have already boasted to me that the school auditorium will be—"

The second half of the sentence was swallowed directly, and Malfoy looked at the gifts that almost filled the entire dormitory, and called out directly:

“bloody hell！ How are there so many gifts? ”

To be honest, as the top rich second generation in the wizarding world, Malfoy's annual gifts are definitely not less.

That is, Zhang Xiao taught him to get rid of low-level interests, otherwise he would definitely use the number of gifts to mock Weasley and Porter.

But the amount in front of him was too exaggerated, just a rough glance, Malfoy felt that the pile of gifts in front of him added up to at least 300!

There was obviously a big half missing next to it, and there were about eighty or ninety pieces of gifts, which should be their own.

Because that's about the same amount he's ever received each year.

Zhang Xiao lazily stretched her head out of the curtain, glanced at it, and yawned:

"It seems like a little bit more than last year."

Zhang Xiao took out his wand and shook it, summoning the clothes on the hanger, Malfoy got up, and he was embarrassed to continue to lie in bed.

He vaguely felt that he didn't have to go so far to get dressed before blocking his cognition.

But I can't remember what I did, and it's a hard feeling.

After a while, when I was about to put on my sweater, I suddenly remembered something and jumped off the bed with agility.

After rummaging through the 'mountain' of gifts for a while, I found a gift from Mrs. Weasley.

The gift was opened, and it was still the traditional thick sweater of the Weasleys and a large box of Lady Molly's homemade fudge.

It's not very valuable, but it's hard to come by.

Malfoy watched as Zhang Xiao put the Slytherin green sweater on his body, and there was a 'Z' embroidered on his chest with silver wool.

Said slowly: "What is this?" How I feel as if I've seen it somewhere.

Looks like Weasley? ”

Zhang Xiao unpacked the gummies, stuffed one in her mouth, and said vaguely:

"Well, there's one every year, it's pretty warm."

Mrs. Weasley's craftsmanship is as superb as ever, the fudge is not very sweet, but the milk is rich, as if a little mint has been added.

Malfoy pursed his lips and didn't say anything cheap, but picked up a piece of the candy box that Zhang Xiao handed over.

I'm going to critique Mrs. Weasley's craftsmanship and show off how delicious my mother's candy is.

It's just that Malfoy tasted it for a long time, and saw that the candy box was almost empty, and he couldn't say anything useful.

I can only turn my head and start counting my gifts.

Zhang Xiao had already started doing this, thanks to the fact that he had been in the limelight several times this semester, especially the duel with Professor Flitwick in the dueling club, which made his popularity rise to a higher level.

Resulting in a further increase in the number of gifts, Zhang Xiao counted them and reached an astonishing 322 pieces!

This means that in addition to the Professor, there are gifts from Mrs. Weasley, as well as courtesy gifts from pure-blood families.

Almost half of the school gave themselves Christmas presents?

It takes a day to open such a gift, right?

Zhang Xiao felt that her scalp was a little numb, so she could only pick out the gifts from friends who were close to her.

Harry sent two villains with the same figure, and the packaging was very beautiful.

The box reads 'The Witcher Duel Contest Classic Remastered!' ’

After a rough glance at the manual, these two villains have been entered into the 10 classic duels recognized in the past 100 years.

As long as the year and number of games are shouted loudly, the two villains will completely reproduce that classic duel.

Of course, the magic shot is only light and shadow, and has no actual lethality.

It can only be said that it is definitely not cheap.

Malfoy over there stretched out his head to look at it, and said indifferently:

"Duel villain? Normal version, right? I have several collector's editions at home, including a limited edition in pajamas, and a regular version that can be bought for only a few dozen Galleons. ”

This looks like the Versailles face of the Kryptonian in the group in my previous life - Yelan is quite strong, full of life and strength, and it took me 25 648 to come out.

Bah!

"Did Harry send you a present?"

"Potter will send me a present? How can it be? ”

Malfoy's face lifted to reveal his trademark scornful smile:

"I gave him a gift worthy of his status, but it was out of my noble character, and I didn't expect Potter—"

Suddenly Malfoy fell silent, and Zhang Xiao stretched out his head to see that the gift box in his hand was written 'Harry Potter'.

Malfoy's face turned red in an instant, and he coughed hurriedly, and said slowly with a straight face not to let himself laugh happily:

"Well, surprising—"

Pull it down, Draco, Zhang Xiao pouted, you're almost singing with joy.

After Malfoy quickly opened the gift, he fell silent for a moment, and he glared and turned out the box in his hand, which was also a custom-made villain.

It's just that it looks exactly the same as Malfoy.,It's completely a Q version.,The villain's head seems to have a little problem.,Never look down.,Look at everyone with their faces up.,The expression on your face is very unbeatable.。

The villain wears a Slytherin robe and will pace around the table with his hands behind his back.

Occasionally, he would take out his wand and point it to the sky, revealing a sentence:

"Malfoy who can't speak is a good Malfoy!"

It can't be said to be similar, only exactly the same!

Zhang Xiao almost laughed, Malfoy stared at himself on the table, drew his wand and tried to tear it apart, but finally gave up the idea.

just rudely stuffed the villain back into the box and put it in the small satchel.

Judging by his appearance, I guess I'm already thinking about what gifts to give next Christmas.

In fact, the gifts were similar to last year's, and Hagrid still sent some cherished magical animal materials, as well as thanks.

Because of Zhang Xiao's idea, the Fantastic Beasts Protection class has become one of the favorite classes of young wizards.

Hagrid's popularity increased dramatically as a result, and every time he heard the young wizards shouting 'Professor Hagrid'.

The smiling eyes of this simple big man were about to narrow into a slit, and he was more and more grateful to Zhang Xiao.

It can only be said that Hagrid is indeed generous, if you say that he does not know the price of goods, it is nonsense, as a person who often goes to Tumbledown Alley to buy things, how can he not understand the value of the things in his hands.

Hermione still sent books, perhaps because both of them had studied in Muggle society, and she actually gave away a set of Encyclopedia Britannica, which was quite expensive.

The price alone is over $1,000! I don't know how Hermione persuaded her parents to pay so much money to come out.

But considering that Mr. Granger has his own dental clinic, it can only be said that the little rich woman is not short of this money.

This set of books uses very concise Chinese characters, with more than 40 million words, so you can imagine how large the original English version is.

Malfoy was taken aback by this set of dozens of books: "Is Granger crazy?" With so many books, who can read them all? ”

Phew, the stupid son of the landlord's family, this thing is used as a search engine by people in this era, which is quite practical.

Putting this set of encyclopedias into his bag, Zhang Xiao continued to open the gifts.

Ron's gift is much more modest and is still a card, but this time it's a star card from the Quidditch team.

Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, and several other professors are books, and Professor Snape is giving "The Magic of Memory: Mastering Your Mind".

Finally came to the main event, Zhang Xiao picked up a small package, which was written in beautiful flower characters:

"Albus Dumbledore"

Wiltshire, in the north of England, the home of the Malfoy family.

As is customary, this place is long overdue for Christmas celebrations.

But at this time, a dense mist was shrouded in the sky above the mansion, which was a sign that the mansion's defensive magic was fully turned on.

The delicate iron door, which had been cast with a powerful spell, flapped from time to time, and the phantoms of people wearing cloaks and obscuring their faces shifted to the doorway.

After looking around vigilantly, he used a specific visitor spell to notify the owner of the mansion.

There were already a lot of people in the palatial hall, sitting at the delicate oak table, and the tea in front of them had long since lost its temperature, but no one touched it.

Some people writhe their bodies uncomfortably, and some people pretend to be calm, but their fingers unconsciously tap on the armrests, revealing the tension in their hearts.

There was silence in the spacious living room, as if all the people were reluctant to speak, just waiting quietly.

Lucius, who was the owner of the mansion, was not among them.

In the bedroom on the second floor, Narcissa pressed against Lucius, suppressed her anger, and whispered:

"Lucius, are you crazy? Now that life is peaceful, and the cooperation with the East will also make you a lot of money, why should you-"

Her chin tapped down, and the direction was the living room.

"Even on this day, don't you know how much I miss my children?"

Lucius's face was a little pale, he gritted his teeth, and said in an anxious and painful tone:

"No, you don't understand, Narcissa, I have to protect you and Draco!

Damn it - he calculated it when he handed it to me!

I don't know how he foresaw the future, I'm afraid it was the prophecy in the legend that made him take precautions. ”

Narcissa's face suddenly turned whiter than her husband's, and she grabbed his hand so hard that even her joints were a little blue.

"You mean—the mystery man anticipated his possible defeat and gave you something crucial?"

Lucius swallowed, his eyes full of fear:

"Narcissa, I can't tell you more, it's not good to know too much, but—"

He pointed in the direction of the living room:

"Nobody wants him back, but the same - no one either. Able to bear the cost of finding out that he has defected when he returns. ”

He looked at his beloved wife and repeated it again:

"No one!"

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

Still all 3 people are lying down, I'm going crazy. Buy groceries, cook, take the baby to feed medicine

(End of chapter)