"Huh?"

Zhang Xiao looked up at the huge Christmas tree in the atrium, a 10-meter-high Christmas tree.

It is surrounded by Christmas lights, and the branches and leaves are decorated with shiny 'snowflakes', bells, and dolls.

There is even a small treetop star poked at the top, and if it weren't for my excellent eyesight, I would almost not be able to see it.

All of the above is a normal Christmas tree dress-up but other things.

Looking at the copper coins, ingots, agate and other things with Chinese characteristics hanging on the branches, the corners of Zhang Xiao's mouth twitched twice.

What a strange thinking can stitch together a cash cow and a Christmas tree!

"Dad, this Christmas tree is very chic!"

Zhang Chengdao glanced at him:

"You don't know when I don't know, isn't this tree too big, the decoration materials are not enough, and it's a temporary emergency.

This year, the British economy has finally improved a little, and the Christmas buckle in the past few years.

This year suddenly exploded, and the Christmas tree sellers were still stocking up on sales from the previous two years, and now there is a shortage of Christmas trees in the whole of London, let alone decorations.

I have no choice but to take this thing on top. ”

Li Qingshu pursed her lips and forced a smile:

"Well-yes-it's quite chic, Xianggong has worked hard."

She raised her wrist and looked: "It's almost time, let's go to the entrance and wait, it is estimated that they will be here soon." ”

A short time later, a BMW stopped at the gate, and Mr. Granger's face came out of the driver's seat, looking in amazement at the vast Chinese-style courtyard.

It seems that I didn't expect to have such a residence in the bustling London.

"Welcome."

Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu greeted the Granger couple familiarly.

It's not the first time they've met, and as long as Mr. Granger isn't in Diagon Alley, he's not so reserved.

As for the little witch Hermione, she had just gotten out of the car and ran towards him happily with Crookshan.

After entering the house lively, the Granger family immediately let out a neat admiration.

It's winter, but the garden still seems to be in the middle of summer, with lush foliage and verdant flowers.

"It's so beautiful, how do you do it? What kind of spell is used? ”

Hermione wore a red beanie hat and a Gryffindor-colored scarf, and her little face was dyed with a layer of blush depending on whether it was cold or happy.

She looked at Zhang Xiao with sparkling eyes, like asking a professor a question in class, and couldn't wait to master such magic.

"Well- to be honest, I don't know exactly how I did it, but magic can do it."

Zhang Xiao shrugged his shoulders, the shock that the old Gaunt mansion had given him had continued to this day.

The unbelievable way of hiding the room, the way to open the door, and the huge sea of dandelion flowers all show that magic is definitely not stupid to wave a wand and say a spell.

It's a vast and complex system that deserves a lifetime to explore.

Especially on the way back, he also chatted with his father about the old house of Gaunt, and Zhang Chengdao was also interested.

I also discussed with my son with great interest how to use the Tao method to achieve it.

For example, the hiding room can be arranged with the yin and yang of Tai Chi, and only when both yin and yang are present can the door be opened.

The sea of flowers inside is a bit troublesome, but if you use the cave sky, it should be fine.

The most troublesome is the sea of dandelion flowers.

In short, the implementation is achievable, but it is definitely not as simple as Voldemort, and according to Dumbledore, Tom definitely only used a wand.

This is amazing, and there are a lot of things that are almost the same as the Daomen.

It can only be said that in terms of unreasonableness and convenience, magic is really excellent.

Hermione sighed regretfully, but soon she was attracted by the beautiful scenery of the garden, and she couldn't help but run to the pavilion of the small lake.

It can only be said that it is worthy of Hermione, because she just had to look at it roughly, and she didn't know where to find a book, and she had already read it—that place was indeed a good place to read, at least Zhang Xiao herself often did it.

Zhang Xiao smiled dumbly and saw that the little witch had entered a state of focused reading, shook her head, and did not bother her, at this time Hermione was possessed by McGonagall, if she didn't want to be taught, she could go up and interrupt her reading.

Hermione hadn't even gone to the atrium behind her, and she hadn't even seen the huge Christmas tree in the reading kiosk.

Let's just say that Hermione was the best guest to entertain - all you have to do is give her a book she hasn't read.

The arrival of the Granger family seemed to be the beginning of something, and the guests came one after another.

Sirius parked next to the BMW in his Lotus sports car, and the godfather and godson took off their sunglasses coolly.

Before they could enter, a three-story high, bright purple bus rushed from a distance and stopped at the gate with a screeching sound of brakes.

Like dumplings, the Weasleys ran off the bus one by one.

A young salesman in a purple uniform, with a pair of big ears and a pimple-covered face sticking his head out of the bus window, looked in amazement at the 'exotic' mansion in front of him.

casually tapped on the door, and the bus disappeared with a whoosh.

Knight bus?

Mom and Dad who were chatting with the Granger couple in the foyer also greeted him with smiles on their faces.

"Arthur, Molly, welcome! Sirius, welcome, welcome. ”

The relationship between Zhang Xiao's family and the Weasley family is quite good, although they have only been a guest once, but they are quite close to each other, and every year because of picking up and dropping off children, there are many encounters with Diagon Alley at King's Cross Station.

The four parents were quite alike, and Blake, who had only met once at King's Cross at the end of Year 2.

But Zhang Xiao believes that it won't be long before Dad and Sirius temper them, and they should soon become acquainted.

"Zhang, is this your home? That's so cool! Ron excitedly rushed over, gave Zhang Xiao and Harry a warm hug, and pulled them into the crowd: "Man, let me introduce you, this is my brother, Bill - working as a spell solver at Gringotts!" ”

A tall young man with Weasley's red hair and a long ponytail smiled and shook hands with Zhang Xiao and Harry.

He wears an earring on his ear with a little fan-like thing hanging from it, which is very cool.

"Hello, my brother has been talking about you two, I've never seen Ron like this, and I'd like to say- well, Zhang, Harry, thank you for helping him."

Bill clenched it hard, then clenched his fist and pointed to his chest with his thumb: "Next time I have the opportunity to come to Egypt, I will show you something interesting." ”

“！ You don't want to take me, I'm your own brother! Ron exclaimed unwillingly.

"Ron, when you're not so impatient, and you've got all three courses in Charms and Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts, I'll take you to see it again."

Bill spread his hands, the small pendants on his ears fluttering up and down, and Harry suddenly felt the urge to try his hand at it.

Speaking of grades, Ron's shoulders immediately collapsed, and all three classes were honors.

In fact, Ron is not without talent, on the contrary, as a member of the Weasley family, Ron's talent is actually quite good, but he has an ability, that is, not to slip away.

It doesn't matter if he does his homework or not, doesn't review, or works hard, no matter what, he will maintain his above average grades, and he can get an excellent one if he plays well, but if he is comprehensive, he must be above average!

"Bill was right, it's not a safe place."

The other had a broad, kind face, weather-beaten and freckled, and looked almost brownish-black.

The muscles of the arms are strong, and there is a large, shiny scar on one arm that has been burned by fire.

He looks a little chunky, but still has the fiery red hair characteristic of the Weasleys.

"Charlie, Ron's older brother, looks after those dragons in a reserve in Romania." Charlie showed a cheeky smile: "Ron has been talking about you two all the way, and our ears are about to be filled with him." ”

Harry and Zhang Xiao shook his hand, feeling the rough skin on his hands, and could only sigh that raising dragons is indeed hard work, and some dragons breathe fire that is poisonous, and if it is burned, it will leave scars.

"If you have time, you can come to Romania, this is the largest dragon reserve in the world, and I will show you around."

Charlie turned his head and continued: "Ron, I'm the same as Bill, I'm excellent in the three classes of Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Transfiguration, and I'll take you to play." Ron's raised eyebrows immediately fell again, turning into a shrug.

Percy, who had just graduated from Hogwarts with honors, was about to step forward with a reserved smile, but Ron pulled Zhang Xiao past him with a cold face and walked in front of Fred and George.

Percy's face suddenly turned red, and his body began to tremble, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he endured it, and Bill and Charlie sighed softly.

"Don't worry."

"Actually, it's nothing."

Fred and George hugged each other, took the opportunity of hugging to put their heads on both sides of Zhang Xiao, and said quickly and in harmony:

"He joined the Ministry of Magic"

"Promoted to assistant to Barty Crouch"

"Demands that we obey the Ministry of Magic"

"Draw a line with Dumbledore"

"We had a fight"

"That's it."

Is Percy still like this? I really don't know why the seven Weasley children have such a strange thing as Percy.

Zhang Xiao patted the backs of the two:

"Well, I see, you're welcome."

Skipping this little episode, the atmosphere was heated again, Percy seemed to have been forgotten, he was wearing a straight suit, his face was pale, and he wanted to turn his head away a few times, but in the end he didn't leave, but clenched his fists, not knowing what he was thinking.

The meeting between Harry and Ginny is still so interesting, since Sirius took Harry to clean up after himself, Harry, who has a lot of good looks, is quite popular at school, especially since a lot of bullshit has been solved by Zhang Xiao.

Extremely hands-on, Harry, who excels in Quidditch, is the little girl's favorite type, not to mention being handsome again.

Just by saying hello, Ginny's face was almost as red as her hair, and she looked at Harry, suddenly covered her face and screamed, and ran in the direction of Mr. Arthur.

The Weasleys immediately laughed 'hey, hey, hey', except for the confused Harry and Ron, and the only two dumbfounders who didn't know that Ginny liked Harry.

The two of them were still confused about why Ginny had run away.

The atmosphere finally reached a climax when a delicate carriage came from a distance and 'clanged' on the stone slabs.

In order to spend Christmas with his son, Lucius thought about it again and again and returned to England with Narcissa, and in the face of his wife's worries, Lucius felt that it should be nothing, at least Zhang's home should be safe, right?

The black walnut door slowly opened, and a self-retracting ladder extended from the side of the door directly to the ground.

Malfoy was carried by Narcissa and appeared at the door of the carriage, and he was dressed quite formally, and if you ignore the look of joy on his face, he pretended to be haughty, and he was really a personable gentleman just by looking at it.

When Lucius and Arthur and Sirius looked at each other, they understood what each other meant—today is a special day, and we should fight for one day.

Although they all know that they can't fight, the three adults who only have hard mouths all over their bodies are still unwilling to give up every opportunity to sneer.

"Yo, isn't this Arthur - Director Weasley and Master Black?" Lucius took off his black lambskin gloves and said slowly.

Arthur was a good old man, but he was not good at words, he just stared at Lucius, but Sirius would not let him, the last son of the Black family brushed his hair, and said lazily:

"Yo, it's not an escape—oh, look at my mouth—"

Blake dragged out his tone: "Isn't this Lucius Malfoy, who fled to China?" ”

Lu Xiuston was suffocated, and he was not afraid of anyone, but at this time, Zhang Chengdao had already strongly inserted the topic:

"Everyone, everyone has arrived, so let's go in and sit down for a while."

Lucius and Blake snorted from their noses at the same time, turned around and led their respective children to the Linlang Heavenly Courtyard.

Similar to Hermione, all the little wizards couldn't help but 'wow' when they went around the entrance and came to the garden.

Although there is a similar approach in the wizarding world, the combination of this oriental house and the evergreen vegetation of the four seasons has a mysterious charm that belongs to the East.

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

I can't bear it, I seem to be a little cold, I have a headache, I want to sleep, I'm afraid that I won't have time at night, so I write it first.

Alas, I promised readers to write a Christmas at Zhang Xiao's house when my brain was hot, but now I have fallen into it.

It's too difficult, it's too hard to write, I'm going to sleep, and I'm going to wake up tomorrow thinking about how to get the key point over this plot.

(End of chapter)