Chapter 12 Departure, Goal Ferret Mountain (two in one)
"My dear, please help me bring the cooked dishes to the table, okay?" Molly ordered. She used her wand to click on the potatoes in the sink, and the potatoes obediently flew to the top of the trash can, automatically
The skin peeled off.
"No problem, is there anything else you need help with?'
Mrs. Weasley shook her head. Wizards are different from Muggles. Muggle kitchens do not have any technical content and are just energy-consuming operations. Wizards only need to move their wands to complete them. This is also the difference between wizard families and Muggle families.
difference.
In Muggle families, children and the parent who cannot cook have to perform repetitive tasks, such as peeling potatoes, choosing vegetables, washing rice, and of course the sinful washing of dishes. In the wizarding world, these tasks are not needed
Do!
All kinds of life magic have been developed very maturely. There is no problem in the kitchen that cannot be solved by a magic wand, and the help of children is not enough to make it messy.
Mrs. Weasley clicked her wand, and the drawer of the kitchen stove popped open. Several knives flew out and cut the peeled potatoes into pieces. At the same time, the two chickens that had been killed were also seen on the chopping board.
He stood up unsteadily, walked to the faucet and rinsed himself off like taking a shower.
After the blood was washed away, a bone-chopping knife floated over and cut two whole chickens from the joints into pieces. After cutting the chicken, the bone-chopping knife rinsed itself again and continued to cut other pieces.
Meat.
Mrs. Weasley's energy was not focused on the processing of ingredients. She was making a Basque cake. Butter, milk, sugar, eggs, and flour were mixed together in an orderly manner under her command. They were quickly stirred into shape and sent in.
into the mold lined with oil paper. After the mold was filled, it flew into the oven on its own initiative.
"After it's baked in a while, you guys help me take it to the table outside, be careful of scalding it." Mrs. Weasley warned Tom, and then started to continue cooking. However, this time, she pressed the wand a little too hard, and the kitchen knife cut it.
When the cow's tail was opened, it was deeply embedded in the chopping board, and it was stuck inside and could not be pulled out.
"Oh my God!" Mrs. Weasley knocked on the stove with her wand angrily. As a result, the kitchen knife popped out of the chopping board, stuck into the ceiling, and threw the chopping board to the floor.
Mrs. Weasley's mood worsened.
"Huh!" She quickly restored everything to its original state and couldn't help complaining, "These two guys! They don't have any ambitions. They cause me trouble every day like this damn kitchen knife. Don't they two?
A little bit ambitious?
Tom and Hermione both knew she was referring to Fred and George.
She threw a brass saucepan on the stove, poured some oil into it, and turned the heat to high.
"The two of them are very smart...but they just don't want to put their intelligence into studying..." Mrs. Shusley complained angrily. Tom and Hermione huddled quietly in the corner of the room.
, serving as a backdrop. Tom really hoped that he would be the one tasked with putting away the knives and forks, so that he could escape from this kitchen.
I bet they're going to be in bad luck if this goes on. The owl that flew in from Hogwarts to complain was worse than the other ones.
There are more people in total..." Mrs. Weasley added some rosemary and garlic to the hot oil, and poured the beef cubes into it.
Mrs. Weasley finally put down her wand and took out several bottles of fizzy drinks from a cabinet. She put the drinks on the table and picked up her wand from the table.
"Over the years, I have written dozens of letters of guarantee. Is it useful? Oops! Another fake wand!"
The wand screamed and turned into a rubber mouse.
"It's interesting." Tom thought in his heart, because he just discovered that there was no fake wand on the kitchen table, which meant that this wand came here on its own.
But looking at the thick smoke coming out of the brass pot, Tom felt that the kitchen was too dangerous now.
"Let's go, Bill and the others need our help." Tom picked up the drinks on the table and hurried out of the kitchen with Hermione.
The two of them hurriedly ran into the garden from the back door, leaving Mrs. Weasley alone in the kitchen. As soon as they entered the garden, something covered in mud and like a potato ran past them, and a ginger figure followed closely.
The ground followed behind.
In the end, the "potato" plunged into a hole, and Crookshanks could only scratch the soil in vain, looking unhappy. After confirming that he was safe, a burst of crazy laughter came from the hole.
Tom recognized it at a glance. The person Crookshanks was chasing just now was a goblin. Different from the settings in Muggle fantasy works, goblins in the magical world are so stupid that it is impossible to invent those magical magic props.
In fact, they're not much smarter than field mice.
Goblins are a species that often appear in the gardens of wizarding families, a bit like cockroaches in Muggle homes. However, unlike cockroaches, many wizards believe that having goblins in the garden is a blessing. Xenophilius-Lo
Fugood even believed that goblin saliva had many unusual benefits, such as suddenly increasing a person's creativity. Tom was skeptical: This thing looks stupid, how can it increase intelligence?
In the garden, Bill and Charlie were fighting at the table, and other members of the Weasley family were watching - except for Percy, who was still rushing to report that the Bulgarian Minister of Magic was also coming to watch the World Cup Finals.
The Ministry of Magic has increased its workload a lot.
Ministerial level visits are extremely rare and will bring up a host of issues that will need to be dealt with by the Department of International Magical Cooperation.
Although there were a lot of things holding her back, Mrs. Weasley prepared a sumptuous dinner before dark. When the last dish fell on the table, the old table made an overwhelmed creaking sound, and finally relied on
With Charlie's strengthening spell, the table was stabilized.
Chicken stew, roasted meats, big stews, pies, steaming drinks, and tender and delicious Basque cake!
This meal is enough to satisfy everyone.
At first, everyone was busy eating, but after their stomachs were a little full, everyone started chatting about topics they were interested in.
Percy really wanted to discuss some details of hosting the Bulgarians with Mr. Weasley, but Mr. Weasley's attention was obviously not on his son. He chimed in casually with a very perfunctory attitude.
After finishing speaking, he couldn't wait to ask the Grangers beside him about some matters in the Muggle world, such as their transportation methods, currency types, and telephone numbers.
After hitting a soft nail with his father, Percy closed his mouth angrily and buried himself in destroying the potato and chicken stew on the plate. Fred and George regained their vitality - they seemed to be invincible.
Like Xiaoqiang, no matter what kind of setbacks he suffers, he can quickly recover from the trough. Now they are discussing the World Cup finals with Charlie and Ron. As for Harry, he is watching eagerly, unwilling to miss a word
.He has been staying at Privet Drive during the summer vacation, and Privet Drive is completely isolated from the magical world, so all news about the magical world is unknown to him.
Now he is extremely upset when he thinks that he almost missed the entire World Cup. How happy it would be if he could gather in front of the TV and eat snacks with his friends while watching the World Cup!
Thinking of the TV, Harry suddenly realized that it was not very realistic for several friends to watch the live broadcast together, because there are no TVs in the wizarding world, only radios. I'm afraid.
"I admit that Krum is very strong, but the overall strength of the Bulgarian team is too weak. Except for the seekers, the Irish team can basically crush the Bulgarian team." Charlie was eating baked potatoes while facing off against his brothers.
"But Krum
"There is no but, the only difference between the two sides is whether Krum can catch the snitch before the Bulgarian team falls behind by 150 points - the Bulgarian team is so strong that it actually can't even advance to the semi-finals." Charlie said.
He swallowed the potatoes in it and said with confidence.
"What's going on? Where is the British team?" Harry asked eagerly. Quidditch was Harry's most concerned entertainment. He wanted to know all the news about Quidditch.
"The Wales team was eliminated by Uganda, the Scotland team was defeated by Luxembourg, and the England team was defeated by Transylvania." Charlie said with a sad face.
"Sorry, what...what?" Harry searched for the name of this country in his mind, but found that he had no memory of this country with a weird name.
"Transylvania is located in the central and western part of Romania. It is not a country, but a region. There seems to be some explanation in history." Charlie gave Harry a general introduction to what Transylvania is.
Many of the participating teams in the Wizarding World World Cup do not compete as countries, but in the name of regions. The more classic ones include the British team divided into three teams: England, Scotland and Wales, and Romania, where there are Romania and Transylvania.
Team Nia, representing the Netherlands is Flanders, etc.
This situation is mainly because wizards are isolated from Muggles and often do not divide themselves according to Muggle administrative regions. For example, Flanders is a historical place name in Western Europe, which generally refers to the southern Netherlands in Western Europe.
The geographical scope covers Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
If wizards draw a map of the world, it will definitely be very different from the map of Muggles. The "Statutory of Secrecy" interrupts contact between Muggles and wizards, and also hinders the change of political areas - the Buddha just mentioned
Both Landes and Transylvania were once princely states. They died in the non-magical world, but they still exist in the magical world.
Bill finally got rid of Mrs. Weasley's harassment - she wanted Bill to take off his earrings and cut his hair short, which was unacceptable to Bill. He and Ginny switched places and sat next to Tom.
"Tom, what did you experience in the desert?" Bill held a plate full of food in one hand and a spoon in the other, as if he was out in the crowd.
Tom:?
"Why do you think of asking this?"
"The desire to explore is one of the essential qualities of a curse breaker," Bill smiled sheepishly, "Treasures are not placed in open spaces for people to pick up. You know, I am a curse breaker. I am a curse breaker."
Employees also have performance needs.”
Tom took a swig of ice-cold blueberry juice from his glass.
Desire for exploration? Then you should be a qualified team-killing engine. As we all know, in ancient ruins, the easiest people to get lunch or advance the development of the plot are those curious babies. The desire to explore is a necessary quality for a curse-breaker, but it can be restrained
Those with a desire to explore are good curse breakers.
Tom didn't really want to announce the news about Menis - although the big boss said that it would be nice to have someone to play with him, it depends on the situation. If Tom turns someone's mausoleum into a tourist attraction, I'm afraid he won't be
Menis settles accounts after the fall.
Menis was just being polite, don't take it seriously. Besides, Tom thought about it now and felt that the hidden area in the ancient city was too dangerous and not suitable for adventurers to take risks.
"A relic that remains from the ancient Egyptian era is very dangerous." Tom told Bill about his experience in the ancient city.
As for the upside-down pyramid, he didn't mention it at all. He just said that the team was attacked by the Voldemort Bat and had to escape from the ruins of the ancient city with a narrow escape.
"I remember that the guild organized by Professor Dumbledore seemed to have issued an exploration mission? Is there any news in the end?'
Bill shook his head, "The guild people have explored it, and it's a dangerous ruin. There may be treasures inside. Some of my colleagues don't give up and want to go in and search. The guild people are not professional curse breakers.
There may be something missing.'
"Wish you good luck." Tom didn't care much.
Eat, drink, and talk, the moon gradually rises in the night sky, and everyone has their stomachs full.
"Oh my god, is it already this point?" Mrs. Weasley pushed her husband, interrupting the conversation between him and Mr. Granger.
"You have to get up early tomorrow morning to watch the game! Go to bed!" Mrs. Weasley said in an unquestionable tone and drove everyone back to their respective bedrooms.
After Tom finished washing, he felt like he was woken up by Mrs. Weasley just as soon as he hit the pillow. Because he had to walk to the portkey delivery point, and the portkey had a fixed time, everyone had to get up early.
When Tom and the three were woken up, it was not even dark outside!
When everyone entered the kitchen, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Granger were chatting together. Last night, one of them wanted to know about the wizarding world and the other wanted to know about Muggles, so they talked about everything. If it wasn't inconvenient, Ya
Mr. Ser wished he could sleep in Mr. Granger's bedroom at night.
"Look, what do I think of my outfit? We had to hide our identities when we went there, so I matched myself with an outfit." Mr. Weasley asked eagerly.
He chose this outfit himself without asking Mr. Granger for advice. To him, it was like an exam. Dressing independently and dressing with the help of Muggles were two different things. You cannot seek answers from the teacher for exams.
The same cannot be said for dressing up.
Tom stared at Mr. Weasley with sleepy eyes. Today, he was wearing a fat T-shirt on his upper body, a pair of worn jeans on his lower body, and a wide belt around his waist. Don't tell me, he was wearing
Looks a lot like an American redneck.
After receiving affirmative answers from Harry and the others, Mr. Weasley smiled happily.
Tom's sleepiness disappeared when Hermione appeared. Today she wore a very slim-fitting light pink sweater, a small beige suit jacket, and slim-leg jeans that perfectly showed off her slender thighs. This
The suit perfectly outlines the young and beautiful body of the girl.
If there was no one else in the living room, Tom would definitely whistle to express his praise, but now there are many people here, so he can only drink a sip of cold water to calm down.
The team that set off early in the morning was huge, and only Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie and Percy didn't have to get up early in the entire Burrow. Mrs. Weasley wasn't going to watch the game, and the remaining three would Apparate.
During breakfast, Mr. Weasley introduced the magical spell of Apparition to Harry and Mr. Granger in great detail.
Before setting off, there was another incident: Mrs. Weasley discovered Fred and George’s private collection of Fat Tongue Toffees. This is a sad story.
Mrs. Weasley used her summoning spell and found all the sweets. Fred and George's plan was completely ruined.
This incident made the atmosphere before departure very tense. At least when Mr. Weasley shouted: "Let's go, target Stoat Mountain!" Fred and George's faces were serious.
Gu! 4.6K big chapter, long and hard!
Yesterday, the 515th update was released. I seem to be one of the few Harry Potter fans who has written 5,000 words? I’m so proud, hehe~