Looking at the fireworks outside, Hermione was very moved. This was the first time in her life that someone had set off fireworks for her, and her name was still inside the fireworks.
She was not the only one who was moved, the whole Hogwarts was shaken.
Have the little wizards at Hogwarts ever seen this?! It was as if someone in college put candles downstairs in the girls' dormitory and played the guitar. The sober little wizard ran to the window and didn't forget to put himself to sleep.
Wake up your friends and watch the fun together.
However, due to the geographical limitations of the lounge, only the little wizards from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor houses saw this visual feast. For the little wizards from Slytherin and Hufflepuff, even if they felt it
, and can’t see the situation first-hand.
As for going out of the lounge to take a look? They don't have the courage yet.
But after being briefly touched, Hermione looked at her name in the sky and felt a little embarrassed.
To be honest, Tom's operation was a bit earthy and bossy... Hermione's whole face turned red, and her skin was as red as if she was about to bleed. When she heard the footsteps coming from the dormitory, she was extremely surprised.
Miss Ranger fell into panic.
Should she respond or not?!
Hermione was in a dilemma.
But she soon felt relieved: she had already been with him anyway, so what did it mean to agree to be his dance partner?
After thinking about it, Hermione immediately walked to the window, opened the window and shouted: "I agree!"
Her voice was not loud, so the students in Gryffindor Tower might not hear her clearly, but the students in Ravenclaw Tower and Tom on the lawn could hear her clearly.
Tom showed a smile and pointed at a pile of boxes next to him, and the fireworks in the boxes started setting off on their own.
At one time, thousands of brilliant streams of light flashed across the sky, illuminating the entire night sky as if it had experienced a meteor shower.
All the students who saw this scene were fascinated. Even the students from Durmstrang on the big ship and the students from Beauxbatons who lived on the edge of the Forbidden Forest heard the noise and stuck their heads out to talk to Huo Huo.
The students of Gwarts witnessed this grand scene together.
"Tom, would you like to go to Mr. Filch's solitary room with me?" At some point, Dumbledore appeared behind Tom in a nightgown, showing a kind smile.
Obviously, Dumbledore would never tolerate Tom violating school rules so blatantly. He did owe Tom and Hermione something, but he would not just give in or indulge.
Under Tom's horrified gaze, he counted on his fingers the school rules that Tom had violated.
"Going out during curfew time, setting off...firecrackers, making loud noises at night...Do you have anything else to add?"
Tom confessed to his "crime".
"Very good, then come with me." Dumbledore nodded and took the "culprit" away from the scene.
The commotion in the castle continued to expand. It was not until Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick appeared in the common room of their own colleges that the young wizards stopped and returned to their beds to rest.
Of course, as soon as Hermione returned to the dormitory, she was surrounded by her best friends who shared the same dormitory...
"Hermione, would you like to attend the Yule Ball with me~" They all imitated the boys' tone and laughed with Hermione.
The girls made a fuss, and it took a long time to calm down. Padma was out of breath, stroking her hair, and expressed some emotion: Hermione is also a big girl who has been confessed to in public!
Faced with Padma's straight shot, Hermione was a little panicked and nervous. She said coquettishly: "This, this is not a confession! It's just an invitation to the Yule Ball!"
Hermione's face was flushed, and her body was sweating a lot because of the fun she had just played.
Padma hugged Hermione's neck and gently licked the sweat on her cheek.
"This smells like lying, Miss Granger!"
"Let me go! What are you going to do - Eh~!"
Padma let go of her hand and looked at Hermione with envy, amazed in her heart: This little girl has developed quite well recently!
Amid scenes of ridiculous laughter, the girls also spent the night.
At this time, Tom was taken to Filch's office to help count the Christmas ball decorations all night long. This was considered a small punishment prepared by Dumbledore for him.
There are two semesters in an academic year at Hogwarts. The first semester ends before Christmas. In the last week of the semester, the school becomes more and more lively. Various gossips about the Yule Ball are flying all over the place.
Some of them are quite absurd, such as Dumbledore ordering 300 barrels of butterbeer from Ms. Rosmerta of the Three Broomsticks. Some are quite real, such as Dumbledore inviting the famous wizard music group The Weird Sisters to come and join in the fun. But they are absurd.
The news may not be false. Tom saw with his own eyes three hundred barrels of butterbeer placed in the room where supplies were stored.
Tom's fireworks show is often discussed by the little wizards. The boys hope to learn his operation, while the girls are thinking about how to deal with such a thing one day. At the same time, Fred
The sales of the toys invented by George and George hit a new high. Everyone bought them to play tricks on each other and had a great time playing.
The students were absentmindedly playing each other, and some of the talkative teachers - such as Professor Flitwick - simply stopped teaching. He played games with the students in class. He modified Tom and Hermione's wizard chess
He got into the Charms classroom and had a great time playing with the students. For him, this was much more interesting than going to class! In his spare time while playing chess (watching time after the defeat), Professor Flitwick also
He will discuss with Tom the armor he made in the Triwizard Tournament, and help Tom optimize the details of the armor.
However, the other professors were not so easy to talk to. Professor Binns continued to talk about the history of the goblin rebellion, and Professor McGonagall and Moody did not let the students idle. They would teach the class until the last second.
As for Snape, he has been a little haggard recently. The reason is simple. He is focusing most of his energy on the research and development of potions for Hermione. At the same time, he has to teach students, which is very difficult for him.
It was not a big challenge. These two things took up almost all of his energy, leaving him no time to trouble the little wizards...
Tom's slaughterhouse business is booming, and it can be said that it is prosperous. In Yuri's letter to him, Tom learned that the production capacity of his factory has increased several times, and it is even worse when Christmas is approaching.
At the peak of slaughtering, tens of thousands of cows are slaughtered in their factories every day, contributing their own tendon meat.
All this is due to the low price.
Because there is no need to consider the recycling cost of ecological waste, the asking price of Tom's Slaughterhouse is almost the lowest in Texas - and probably the lowest among regular slaughterhouses in the United States. Therefore, Texas rednecks almost come in droves.
Many people transported their livestock to Tom, and there was a long queue outside the slaughterhouse.
Slaughterhouses are operating at full capacity, killing the livestock around the clock, bleeding them, removing acid, and then delivering the clean meat to the hands of satisfied ranchers.
The blood color in the magic stone is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than a month, it has accumulated about one-third of the progress. If Tom's slaughterhouse business continues like this, Hermione may be able to do it before Easter.
Use the freshly baked magic stone.
Tom's slaughterhouse attracted not only ranchers, but also meat dealers who heard the news and gathered outside the factory to start business with ranchers. Often after a car of beef cattle was delivered, it was already sold before entering the slaughterhouse.
All of a sudden, the town of Burning Torture became very lively. The ranchers with their pockets full of brand-new dollar bills were not frugal people. They would spend their money in bars in the town and gamble a little.
, enjoy a few days here and then go home.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as this slaughterhouse can still slaughter livestock at such a low price, the prosperity of Burning Town will not fade away. As a result, taverns, casinos and people in the leather and meat business have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain.
If this continues, Huo Xing Town has the potential to become a commercial center.
There are people who are looking for trouble. For example, people from the State Environmental Protection Bureau are very curious about where the ecological waste from this factory goes. In this regard, the slaughterhouse’s explanation is that the most advanced biodegradation technology is used here to degrade blood and internal organs.
It became a cloud of water, carbon dioxide and some inorganic salts.
The people from the National Environmental Protection Agency were speechless. The local government, which had benefited from the dividends brought by the slaughterhouse, did not welcome this group of people, so they had to leave in despair.
What happens in the non-magical world does not affect the magical world. British wizards are still more concerned about the changes in Gringotts.
Ever since the Dementors took away Gringotts' senior executives, Gringotts has been in chaos. Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic intervened in time and took over Gringotts. In addition, Gringotts' system is perfect and there is a lack of leadership.
The bit does not affect the normal operation of the grassroots, so the chaos is controlled within a fairly small range.
While the Gringotts board members were in custody, the Ministry of Magic quickly occupied their positions and took over their work - the people in the Ministry of Magic may not understand finance, but they understand administration. After gaining the support of a group of goblin traitors
, this Gringotts led by wizards has been completely formed.
The wizards have changed the power structure of Gringotts. Originally, the upper echelons of Gringotts were all fairies of noble birth, but now they are a combination of wizards and fairies from ordinary families. The top part of the power pyramid has been shoveled away
, were supplemented by external forces and the middle levels of the pyramid. After coming and going, the goblins below did not lose anything. Some goblins also took the opportunity to achieve a class jump that was impossible to achieve in ordinary times. This made the internal level of Gringotts
The resistance is not as great as imagined...
Gringotts is now more closely tied to the Ministry of Magic. It is said that the Ministry of Magic will open a brand new department after the year - the Department of Magical Finance. This department will appoint an elf as the deputy director for the first time. As for the director of this department,
The authority and responsibility are to coordinate Gringotts' work and supervise Gringotts' financial activities.
These are the two or three things that happened before Christmas.
As Christmas approaches, Hogwarts Castle shows its best appearance. The entire castle is decorated overnight: the marble handrails are covered with eternal icicles, and the twelve
The Christmas tree appeared in the auditorium again, and it was covered with various gadgets - bells that shook automatically, a golden owl sitting on the top of the tree combing its wings, a small salute that would explode when passers-by approached...these
The small gifts are hanging there for anyone to take. Any little wizard who is interested in them can pick a few. The armors in the castle have also been polished to a shining shine and have been enchanted. Whenever anyone comes near them, they will
Can sing Christmas carols. Interestingly, some armors only know half of the words, so they quickly get stuck once someone stops to listen.
There are so many things, which are eye-opening to the students of the other two schools. It can only be said that the house elves of Hogwarts have worked hard and earned a lot of face for Hogwarts.
Finally, the Christmas vacation began. The teachers left a lot of homework - including Professor Flitwick, who had a great time with the students before the holiday. However, when the vacation began, the students were still in no mood to do their homework. Everyone
They are all having fun.
Along with the Christmas holiday, there is also a very opportune heavy snowfall. The heavy snow dyes the Forbidden Forest and lawns outside the castle white, and also causes a thick layer of ice to form on the surface of the Black Lake. Looking out from the windows of the castle
, Beauxbatons' carriage looks like a big pumpkin, and Hagrid's hut looks like a gingerbread hut hung with icing sugar. Due to a layer of crystal clear ice hanging on the outside, Durmstrang's big ship looks like it has an extra layer.
Ice shell, Hogwarts has become a world in fairy tales.
There is no happier time than this. The little wizards don't have any worries. They relax in the lounge all day long, play chess with their friends, string food on iron skewers, grill it on the fire... everything is
So casual and comfortable.
Hermione also changed her temper and kept quiet about studying. However, she seemed to be secretly preparing something, because she often disappeared for a short period of time during the day, and even Tom didn't know what she was doing.
Just like that, Christmas has arrived.
On Christmas morning, Tom woke up from his sleep. He opened his eyes and found that the sky outside was still dark, with only a faint light shining on the horizon. It was just before dawn.
Tom was a little curious as to why he woke up so early. Soon, he had the answer, because he touched the second person's body on his bed!
That is a smooth and tender body!
The smooth touch of his hand drove away the sleepiness in Tom's mind. He opened his eyes, turned over and sat up, and then he was knocked down.
"Tom, your Christmas gift has arrived~" Hermione's voice rang in Tom's ears.