In this way, Matthew Wakefield stayed at the Blotted bookstore.

And he will spend more than two months here.

During the day he was an employee in the bookstore, and at night, he was required to take on the accounting job in a small room in the basement.

A small, rudimentary room with almost nothing but a bed, a desk, and an oil lamp......

And the basement is very humid, there are a lot of mosquitoes, and there are even a few spiders popping up in the corners of the walls from time to time.

But it was Matthew's pet's turn, the black-eyed toad, to show his skills, and as Matthew opened the toad's cage, the little bugs quickly disappeared, and a bunch of bread worms were spared......

Matthew is also the first time to feel the benefits of having such a unique pet.

Although life is a little hard, after all, he is just a "homeless" little wizard, so Matthew doesn't really care much.

......

The work at the Blotted Bookstore is not too busy.

Because there are not many customers here, but there are many clerks inside.

Most of the time, there are more clerks than customers.

Most of the guests were Hogwarts students and their parents, and all they had to do was ask their grade level and hand them the cardboard boxes that had already been packed with their textbooks.

Bookkeeping in the evenings is not too difficult, because under normal circumstances, apart from Hogwarts textbooks, the entire Blotted Bookstore can only sell about twenty or thirty books a day...... Those textbooks had already been purchased by Hogwarts, and there was no need to keep accounts, and the rest of the work was a trivial task that could be done in a quarter of an hour to half an hour for Matthew.

The clerks were generally quite polite to Matthew, especially the manager of the bookstore, Mr. Shafiq, who rarely asked Matthew to do heavy work...... I guess I was afraid that Matthew would deliberately miscalculate the account and make him lose a lot.

Matthew naturally doesn't do that kind of thing, he does his job every day.

However, the price of books is much more expensive than Matthew imagined.

Any paperback book starts at 2-3 Galleons, and those hardcover books start at 5-10 Galleons......

Matthew also saw a leather-covered hardcover book the size of a paving slab, with a price tag of 50 Galleons, which was more than a month's salary for an adult wizard.

Matthew suddenly could understand why the Weasleys in the other world were living so embarrassed......

A casual set of textbooks may add up to thirty or fifty Galleons, and if you support four or five children to study at Hogwarts at the same time, you are still a single-wage family, and Mr. Weasley's salary in the Ministry of Magic should not be too high, and the cost of books alone may cost them half a year's income......

Of course, Hogwarts in this world does not need to bear this high cost.

......

And the reason why Matthew chose to come to the Blotted Bookstore also has his purpose.

That is, he wanted to find out the origin of the book that had been with him for almost a year!

After all, the first time I saw that book was at the bottom of the bookcase in the Blotted bookstore...... Therefore, the source of that book is most likely related to this bookstore.

It's a pity that some days don't fulfill people's wishes.

After nearly a week of side knocking, open and covert visits. Matthew still didn't have a clue.

In fact, as the clerk who hosted Matthew last year said (and the clerk is most likely now gone, because Matthew hadn't seen him during this time) – the Blotted Bookstore is not a used bookstore, and it usually only sells new books, not old antiques......

Moreover, Matthew carefully checked the account books of the past half a year, and did not find any purchase records of "old books".

This even made Matthew doubt himself a little for a while-

Could it be that the origin of that book really has nothing to do with the Blotted Bookstore?

The reason why it appeared at the bottom of the book case in the Blotted Bookstore was just a coincidence?

......

As the days passed, the weather became hotter and hotter.

Matthew had already bumped into his Hogwarts acquaintances in this bookstore many times.

They all seemed surprised that Matthew Wakefield was working as a clerk here for the summer......

Matthew's explanation is that he prefers to spend time with books, and that working as a clerk at the Blotted Bookstore gives him a lot of time to flip through those interesting books every day......

This also made some acquaintances more "admired" Matthew.

In fact, this is a complete lie.

The Blotted Bookstore is not a Xinhua bookstore, how can such an expensive book allow a little wizard to read frequently.

Even if he is a customer, after reading a book for a long time, there will be a clerk who will drive him away lukewarmly......

Not to mention the staff in the store itself.

It's just an excuse.

In addition, Matthew never met his "friends" at Hogwarts.

......

Until one day in mid-July, the weather was extremely hot.

Matthew huddled under a bookshelf to cool off.

Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.

"Dad, I invited Matthew Wakefield to my house before......"

It was Draco Malfoy's voice, and he walked into the store, followed by another man......

The man could only have been his father, with the same pale pointed face and the same somewhat indifferent gray eyes.

"You've told me about Matthew Wakefield at least ten times. Mr. Malfoy glanced at his son and stopped him from any further talking: "I warn you, no matter how gifted and attractive he is...... But if he's a mudblood, then he's definitely not the same as us!"

Matthew blinked slightly.

He had planned to go over and say hello to Malfoy, but now he dismissed the idea.

He hurriedly hid behind the bookshelf to avoid the father and son from discovering him.

"I'm not allowed to say that word on campus......" Draco Malfoy whispered.

"Then you say it in your heart. Mr. Malfoy said coldly, "Remember, Draco, the contradiction between us noble pure-blood families and the Mudblood group can never be reconciled......

At this moment, the manager of the bookstore, Mr. Shafiq, had already walked over.

"Mr. Malfoy, what a rarity!" said Mr. Shafiq, in a rather oily tone, "I remember when you came to me a year ago, and brought me a big deal......

"Yes, Shafiq, you've made a lot of money!" Lucius Malfoy said in a low voice, a little viciously, "and you lost the most important of those books for me......

Matthew, behind the bookshelf, couldn't help but blink.

He felt as if he had found a clue.

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