Popular Web NovelsChapter 436 Back-to-school shoppingChapter 436: Back-to-school shopping
"Because...well, I can only buy second-hand goods for you, my little Ronnie. There shouldn't be much choice like this."
Mo Li's face was a little red and she didn't dare to meet Ron's eyes.
Harry sat silently next to him, holding a broomstick care tool in his hand and wiping the Firebolt. He was afraid of being noticed by Molly and Ron. It was not good to get up and leave now. He sat where he was. The ground is not good either.
He felt that sharp needles were growing out of the floor under his buttocks, making him restless.
To be honest, he would rather give all the money he had in the Gringotts vault to the Weasleys, but he also knew they wouldn't accept it.
"Why are all my things junk..."
Ron muttered in a low voice. In fact, compared to the old robe, his mother's embarrassment made him feel more uncomfortable.
The owl piglet lay in his arms. When he saw the corn kernel in his owner's hand, he was twisting it for a long time without feeding it. He couldn't help but arch his head to catch his finger.
Ron fed the corn kernels to the piglet, stroked its back feathers, and sighed: "Okay, mom, but I have to choose the color I like. If the style doesn't look good, you can You have to help me change it too."
"Oh!" Molly suddenly laughed happily, hugged Ron, and kissed him on the forehead, "My dear little Ronny, you are so kind..."
"Stop calling me Ronnie!" Ron blushed and broke away from the embrace, wiping his forehead in disgust, "I'm a big kid already!"
"You will always be your mother's good boy! "
Molly pressed Ron's head and kissed it again, and happily got up and went to the kitchen, planning to reheat the already cold dinner.
Ron rubbed his cheeks fiercely, noticed the appraising eyes on the left and right, and looked at them fiercely.
Harry lowered his head and carefully wiped the Firebolt, Hermione was concentrating on looking at the fourth grade textbook, and Loren tilted her head to look at the old clock opposite the fireplace with interest.
There was a faint smile on their faces.
Loren really likes this clock. It has nine golden hands, each of which is engraved with the name of a Weasley family member. There are no numbers on the clock, but the place where each family member may be is written: home, school, work...
There are also words such as "on the road", "missing", "hospital" and "prison". Twelve o'clock on an ordinary clock is marked "Danger to Life". At this moment, all seven needles pointed to the position of "home", and the two needles of Arthur and Percy still pointed to "work".
Loren and Bill have discussed the magic of this clock. They always thought that it has the shadow of ancient alchemy and involves mysterious blood magic, but they can't figure out the reason without taking it apart.
This was their family heirloom, and of course Loren wouldn't be stupid enough to ask if he could take it apart. It was said that George and Fred gave it some thought and ended up with a mixed doubles of Arthur and Molly.
Suddenly, the two golden hands Loren saw jumped from "work" to "on the road". A second later, they tremblingly stopped at "home" together with the other needles. position.
He shouted: "Oh, Percy and the others are back!"
Molly didn't respond, but Loren knew she heard it, because the sound of spatulas turning in the kitchen changed. Gotta lighten up.
A moment later, Arthur and Percy walked into the warm living room carrying their dinner on a tray.
Arthur sat in an armchair by the fireplace, playing listlessly with some wrinkled cauliflower on the plate, looking exhausted: "Well, things are getting out of hand, Rita Skeeter. They were all digging around, searching for more chaos in the Ministry of Magic to report. Now that she had discovered that poor Bertha's wand had released the Dark Mark, it looked like that would be the headline in the Daily Prophet tomorrow. ..."
After swallowing a mouthful of broccoli, Arthur realized that no one around him cared about the situation. Everyone was surrounding his third son, Percy, who was sitting on the dining table and waving his hands in excitement: < br>
"Mr. Crouch put a lot of important things in my hands...I was putting out fires for a whole week. People kept sending howler letters, and you know, if you don't open them right away, Open the roar letter and it will explode! There are burnt marks all over my desk, and the best quill has turned into a pile of charcoal."
Ginny asked curiously." Why do they want to send a roaring letter?"
Percy smiled pretending to be mysterious, and then continued: "They want compensation for their damaged property. Leitch claimed a tent with twelve bedrooms and a jacuzzi, but I found out he was actually spending the night under a poncho propped up on a stick."
Molly remembered now: "Have you said before that we can get some compensation."
"Yes, Mom! I have expected this!" Percy suddenly improved. After making several tones, he took out a receipt with the emblem of the Ministry of Magic, and his pride was almost written on his face, "Ever since the night of the Quidditch World Cup, Mr. Crouch has paid special attention to me. He probably found out about me." potential, so as soon as my application for compensation was submitted, he approved it for a total of eight hundred galleons..."
No one listened to him later on how Crouch valued him. Everyone They gathered around Molly and stretched their necks to look at the bill, especially the numbers on the amount column.
"Eight hundred Galleons!" Ron's eyes widened and he shouted excitedly, "Then I don't have to buy second-hand dress robes!"
George and Fred hugged each other. Jumping for joy:
"Our shop can be opened!"
"Where should the shop be opened?"
"Diagon Alley is great!"
"Hogsmeade is too Very good!"
Even Ginny's eyes were bright: "Can I buy new textbooks?"
"Ahem!" Molly tried her best to suppress the smile at the corner of her mouth and folded the note reservedly, "Ron and Ginny's request can be met. Your father and I need to discuss the matter of George and Fred... In addition, there are also Harry, Loren and Hermione, who were also attacked at the time."
The three Lorens looked at each other and blinked, not expecting that there were also theirs. thing.
Harry waved his hand quickly: "No, Mrs. Weasley, we-"
"You guys will share a hundred galleons each," Molly interrupted, she Looking at the three Lorens seriously, "I will take out the money tomorrow. You can deposit it into Gringotts' underground vault, or you can use it to buy things on the back-to-school list."
"Wes Mrs. Rai..."
Loren and the others still wanted to refuse, but facing Molly's serious eyes, they had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The wind was howling outside the Burrow, and the leaden black and heavy clouds seemed to fall down at any time, but inside the house was a lively and lively scene. George and Fred were acting coquettishly and begging their parents, and the Weasley family Other children were causing trouble and making loud jeers from time to time.
Loren sat next to Hermione, smelling the faint fragrance of the girl.
What a big family...
The next day, Diagon Alley.
The sky in London was also pitch black, and anyone could tell that heavy rain was brewing, but it would still take some time. The temperature was therefore cool, and there was no sun at all. It was a good weather to go shopping.
Molly bought an ice cream for each of the seven children, asked George and Fred to take care of the younger siblings, and went to Gringotts to exchange money. Loren and others strolled leisurely on the street.
School is about to start, and Diagon Alley is full of students and parents from Hogwarts, as well as tourists staying in the UK for the Quidditch World Cup. You can often hear "basilisk" around you. "Veela", "Death Eater" and other words.
George and Fred looked at the surrounding shops with appraising eyes, shaking their heads and commenting:
"I would say Mr. Florin's ice cream is really good, but their sign is too small..."
"The Eela Owl shop window is too ordinary and not attractive at all."
< br>"The Hopping Magic Joke Shop, oh, it brought us many happy hours, but I must say, these posters are so corny..."
Loren listened to their thoughts , couldn't help but worry a little, whether when the clerks from those shops came out to beat the twins, it would affect them...
Hermione tugged on Loren's sleeves and asked in a low voice: "Mrs. Weasley agrees. Did you give them money to open a store?"
"Of course... no." Loren tasted the ice cream in Hermione's hand and shook his head in disgust. It tasted like strawberry again. "Mrs. Weasley said that the two hundred galleons that belong to them can be given to them, but it must be them. After graduation, and with two hundred galleons, you can't even open a store."
Hermione nodded, seeing the vicious look in the street clerk's eyes, and pulled Loren away from the twins.
While smacking his lips and sipping the ice cream, Ron asked: "In addition to what is on the list, do you want to buy anything else?"
Harry started counting on his fingers: " A new quill, twelve rolls of parchment... and to replenish my potion ingredient box, the lionfish spine powder and belladonna essence are almost gone."
"Twelve rolls of parchment?" He. Min looked at him doubtfully, "Can't it only be used for two weeks?"
Loren also looked at him in confusion: "The potion raw material box? Isn't it a raw material box?"
"..."
Harry and Ron fell silent and moved aside quietly. Take two steps away from these two crazy people.
Molly came back before finishing the ice cream. In a short time, she bought textbooks and medicinal materials, leaving only her dress and robe.
There are four clothing stores in Diagon Alley, Madam Malkin's Robe Store, Extraordinary Clothing Store, Fengya Wizard Clothing Store and the second-hand robe store that the Weasley family is most familiar with.
Madam Malkin's Robe Shop is located on the north side of Diagon Alley. The owner, Madam Malkin, wears many hats. She designs, cuts and makes garments by herself, and entertains customers and sells them herself. In addition to Hogwarts school uniforms, there are many other styles of wizard robes suitable for various occasions, and even plus-size clothing. It is said that Hagrid learned to make his own clothes from Mrs. Malkin.
The Tuofan clothing store is equivalent to a luxury clothing store in the magical world. They pursue magnificence more than comfort, with more sophisticated materials and more exquisite workmanship. Their main customer group is pure-blood families who are not short of money. Suede top hats with unicorn fur hats and peaked hats with gold and silver pagoda buttons are all their products.
Fengya Wizard Clothing Store is a chain brand clothing store with branches in London, Paris, and Hogsmeade Village. It also generously sponsored this Quidditch World Cup. This store not only sells traditional robes, but also novel styles of clothing.
Weird-shaped socks, wizard hats with vulture specimens, fire dragon leather boots... Fengya is always at the forefront of fashion in the magical world and leads the trend.
As for second-hand robe shops, the Weasley children are all familiar with them. They are cheap and affordable, and what you see is what you get.
Under a tacit understanding, everyone took Molly to Mrs. Malkin's Robe Shop and bought a gown that was almost the same style as a school robe, but the color was not black and there were several colors to choose from. , there is no school badge on the chest, but some flowers and plants.
After buying all the items for the start of school, Molly led the seven children to the Leaky Cauldron, preparing to borrow the fireplace from Old Tom to return to the Burrow. Loren and others were lingering behind. Then, his eyes rolled.
George shook his shoulder and bumped into Fred: "Did you see the notice on the wall? The store at No. 93 Diagon Alley is about to expire..."
Fred's expression Melancholy: "I saw it, it didn't mention the rent, but we definitely don't have enough money."
"Go and ask, at least you need to know how much is the difference."
Listening to the two people muttering, Ron, who had been eavesdropping all the way, asked softly: "It's about to expire, but it's long before your graduation. What's the use of asking?"
"!!"
George and Fred were so frightened that they almost screamed and jumped away. When they saw Harry and their bad brother, they pushed them away in disgust: "It's none of your business, just go away, go away." Open."
Ron stared at them: "Be careful, I'll tell mom!"
"Be careful we throw spiders on your bed in the middle of the night!"
"Despicable evil wizard!"
"A timid little baby who is afraid of spiders."
Within a few rounds of the confrontation between the two sides, Ron screamed and wanted to die with the twins.
Loren and Hermione fell behind, completely unconcerned with the farce ahead. Loren was thinking about the dress she had just seen when passing by the window of Tuofan Clothing Store, and quietly glanced at it with his peripheral vision. girl.
Hmm...it must look good on her.
Hermione was also musing on her own little thoughts. She didn't pay attention to the traffic at all, nor did she notice Loren's eyes. They were crowded together in a daze, and the two of them were forced to walk shoulder to shoulder on the spacious street.
Looking at the old sign of the Leaky Cauldron getting closer and closer, Loren stopped and shouted: "Mrs. Weasley, you go back first, I suddenly remembered that there are still some potions We didn't buy the materials."
George responded: "Yes, Mom, we also have some materials to buy."
Fred quickly covered Ron's mouth and nodded. Quickly, without moving his lips, a voice came out from between his lips: "A bag of Bibi's multi-flavor beans."
"Um..." Ron struggled to hold up two fingers.
"Deal."
Hermione slowly raised her right hand and whispered: "Sorry, Mrs. Weasley, I also forgot to buy a book."
"... "
Molly frowned and looked at them suspiciously.
(End of this chapter)