Hank's home is a little far away, not in the city, but in the countryside on the edge of the city.
When he was riding his bicycle in front and carefully avoiding the snowdrifts, Lin An in the back seat could only helplessly hold on to the bracket under the seat, trying to imitate phantom movement again.
"It's a little far, isn't it?"
Hank's voice carried in the wind: "However, you should be lucky that you can still ride a bike on this section of the road. If we go further, we will have to walk."
"It doesn't matter!"
Lin An also put aside any reserve and manners and shouted with the same loud voice. After all, although the snow had stopped, the wind was still very biting. If she hadn't used a magic spell to block it a little, her face would have been chapped by now.
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Fortunately, about an hour later, the two of them arrived at Hank's house.
It's said to be a rural place, but it actually looks pretty good - green lawns, big yards, and red-roofed villas, all neat and tidy.
If it were placed in China 30 years later, I don’t know how many people would be envious.
But in fact, the security here is terrible. For example, Hank once told Lin An endlessly about his heroic deeds of subduing a knife-wielding gangster who was standing guard at his door at night...
This made Lin An sound like he was covered in white hair and sweat, and he painted his face even worse that night.
Moreover, according to Hank, there are still two old shotguns at home. His mother is a very accurate shot, and occasionally she will drive the family car to the forest to hunt when the mood strikes.
The marksmanship is very accurate...
Lin An thought numbly: After staying in the ivory tower of Hogwarts for so long, she even forgot how miserable life was outside.
Of course, this kind of thing doesn't happen every day, but once every few years, it's enough to make people nervous.
Hank pushed open the fence door, put the bicycle on the lawn casually, and then shouted:
"Hey Mom, that very talented friend I told you about came over today!"
However, after calling once, no sound was heard.
Pushing open the door, Hank walked around the room twice, and finally shrugged helplessly: "I probably took Julie to see a doctor."
"Julie is..."
"My puppy has eaten less than usual in the past two days. I think it's because it snowed and didn't exercise much, but my mother still thinks we should go take a look."
As Hank spoke, he opened a door next to him. However, what he saw was the messy bed like a pig's nest. There were not only magazines, clothes, but even potato chip bags and messy debris on it -
—
Lin An cast his eyes over and saw Hank quickly ducking out of the way, closing the door with a bang, and then said loudly:
"Sorry... you have a lot of these things. I'll tidy them up a little. There's tea on the table - well, if there's tea, you can pour it yourself."
All right.
Lin An also sighed.
It's not a good thing for a beautiful young girl to follow a man who doesn't know her well enough into his home.
However, being a witch is quite convenient.
Especially for wandless magic, it is even difficult for the Ministry of Magic to confirm who it is. This is much cheaper than replacing a wand.
Look at the layout of this room again - it is a very warm living room, not too big, but very neat. The blue sofa is covered with a blanket woven with orange wool, and there is burning firewood in the fireplace, which makes people feel
At first glance, I feel warm and cozy, with bright colors.
It seems that Hank's mother is very good at life, no wonder she can raise a boy like him...
"boom!"
The sound of things hitting the floor was heard in Hank's room, as well as his uncontrollable cry of pain.
Then there was another burst of pinging.
Fortunately, after a while, he finally hugged his things covertly and hurriedly closed the door again.
When I turned around, I couldn't hold it in my hands, and the top gift box fell to the ground with a "clang" sound!
He quickly squatted down to pick it up, and more things fell down...
Lin An couldn't help but laugh: "It doesn't matter, isn't there a carpet here? Let's just watch it here."
She said and sat down first.
Hank breathed a sigh of relief, then simply pushed the thing in front of her and sat down in the same way:
"Look, they are all yours. These are the manuscript replies you asked me to send regularly. They contain approximately your royalties, but I have not opened them."
At this point, he looked at Lin An enviously: "You are amazing. I mean, so many newspapers have given you generous royalties. Will you be publishing a book in a few years? Thank God there are schools that let you
I am willing to let you study, otherwise it would really be a waste of talent."
Lin An blushed a little.
The articles for these newspapers were compiled with great effort by her in order to make money. They were combined with the gossip weeklies and celebrity secrets she had heard and seen in her previous life.
Fortunately, today's people have not experienced too many similar bombings, so she can earn a little living expenses in the cracks.
She first gathered all the envelopes together, then a thick stack of newspapers and two or three magazines.
Finally, there is a taller pile of gift boxes with beautiful ribbons on them.
She was a little curious: "What is this?"
"You forgot!" Hank looked at her: "The Metor newspaper has Sudoku puzzles on every page. I remember you solved 7 pages in a row and sent them over."
"But its efficiency is too low, so the gifts are sent out one after another after you go to school."
This is really an unexpected surprise.
Lin An couldn't wait to take another pile of newspapers to decipher and read - no matter how small the wool is, it still has to be gathered!
Moreover, who would have thought that this was what she used to pass the time when she was bored under the bridge?
Let’s look at other newspapers——[The Sun]
【Daily Mail《Daily Mail》】
There are also two colorful pages of gossip magazines, which are very thick when stacked. You can take them back to school and read them slowly.
Finally, she opened the stack of envelopes in her hand. They were thick and she was not disappointed.
The royalties for those articles and stories ranged from £5 to £230. If I counted carefully, it turned out to be a full £1,137!
There was even a sincere and sincere invitation attached to the letter.
Contributing to magazines in 1991 was indeed very profitable!
Lin An was really surprised. Even Hank was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear: "Oh my god! You really..."
He racked his brains, but in the end he could only laugh stupidly, and the freckles on his cheeks became more and more vivid: "You are amazing."
There was pure surprise and admiration in his eyes, but there was no trace of greed.
Lin An's heart moved, and he took out 200 pounds from the stack of money and smiled at him:
"Of course our friendship cannot be measured by money, but I heard that big stars all have to pay commissions to their agents - I'm not a big star yet, but maybe you can treat me as one? You know, except for you
Apart from that, I have no other friends who can act as agents."
That’s a lot of words again!
Big stars and managers: It's just a metaphor. Lin An was afraid that Hank wouldn't accept the money, so he made such witty remarks.
The older the article, the more valuable it is...
These three newspapers are all magazines and tabloids with the largest circulation in the UK, covering everything.
