After a long wait, it was finally Tom's turn to leave the station.
"So, do you have any plans for the holiday?" Looking at the slowly moving queue in front of her, Hermione asked Tom quietly as if she suddenly remembered something, "Do you want to stay at my house? I mean, we can stay at my house."
During the holidays, we preview all the second-year courses and do homework together - the professors have left a lot of summer homework! And... we can also go fishing together!"
Hermione's voice gradually became softer, "Fishing is quite interesting, isn't it? I heard from dad that there have been more fish in that river recently..."
It seems that Hermione doesn't want to study, but wants to fish!
But Tom has no plans to stay at Hermione's house during the holidays.
"Uh, Hermione, I have plans for the holidays. I want to find a job in one or two shops in Diagon Alley..."
Hermione:Σ(⊙▽⊙”!
Tom's words reminded her.
"Ah! Why didn't I think of that!" She stamped her feet, "Indeed, I should find a part-time job during the summer vacation. I have to talk to my parents..."
Before she finished speaking, it was the two of them's turn to cross the platform. They passed through the wall leading to the Muggle world and came to King's Cross Station between platforms nine and ten.
Tom saw that Ron and his family were all near the platform. His little sister Ginny looked very excited because she had just met Harry. Harry's figure was almost disappearing in the distance. Uncle Vernon was here.
He didn't want to wait even a second longer. He felt that the "magic factor" in the air was too high.
Mr. and Mrs. Granger were also waiting for their daughter on the platform. Hermione crossed the platform and ran to them immediately. But before she said a few words, Hermione hurriedly expressed that she wanted to find a part-time job in magic during the holidays.
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Mr. Granger scratched his head and was a little confused, but he still agreed to his daughter.
"Is that okay? Then she might have to take the subway home alone after get off work..." Mrs. Granger was a little worried.
Mr. Granger's face was straight: "So what, this is London! The heart of the British Empire——"
Mr. Granger once visited Paris, France. The dirty, smelly, and homeless subway stations there left a deep impression on him. Therefore, he often talked to his friends like this: The French subway stations are probably the most unique in Europe.
A medieval-style place.
To be fair, compared to the New York subway and the Paris subway, the London subway is clean and hygienic, and it is definitely the brand name of the national subway. But Mr. Granger felt extremely uncomfortable when he thought about his only daughter having to squeeze into the subway.
So he changed the subject, "But I've been very free recently, so I can pick you up after you get off work!"
Of course he is very free, because he works in his own clinic and has truly implemented a flexible working system.
Hermione didn't notice her father's inner struggle. She was summarizing her advantages and trying to leave a good impression on her boss during the interview.
"Where's little Tom?" Mrs. Granger suddenly thought of the little boy.
"He should be going to Diagon Alley now, right? He also wants to find a summer job there."
"Oh——" The Grangers suddenly realized something.
At this time, Tom had already wandered to Diagon Alley. When it came to part-time jobs, the first thing that came to his mind was Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. The advantage of this part-time job is that he has books to read! It's not shabby to read secretly.
So he walked into Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and reported his intention. The manager of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, Lawrence, was a thin middle-aged man. Like many British people, he was bald. Lawrence gave Tom a strange look: Hogg
There are very few children in Watts who choose to work part-time during the summer vacation. Most of the little wizards choose to play at the houses of friends and relatives during the holidays.
But having cheap labor coming to your door is naturally a good thing.
Even though Lawrence has the title of manager, he really doesn’t have many people under him. Once he gets busy, he often has to do things by himself. It’s summer vacation, and Hogwarts will soon usher in new students, a new semester, and a new black school.
The Defense Against Magic professor will be teaching, and a large number of new books will be purchased by then. I am afraid that he will have to work overtime until he vomits blood, so he needs to recruit people.
So he invited Tom into the bookstore's office.
After entering the office, Lawrence sat down on his worn armchair, and then with a flick of his wand, a chair was brought for Tom.
"What's your name?" He took out a roll of parchment and a lint-free quill from the drawer.
"Tom Yoder, twelve years old."
Lawrence raised his head and glanced at Tom, "The job in the bookstore is not easy, you have to move books."
"I learned the levitation spell very well." Tom took out his wand and moved a stack of books back and forth in Lawrence's office.
Lawrence glanced at Tom in surprise: It's very good that he can use the levitating spell to this extent at the age of twelve. Many third-grade children may not be as skilled as him.
"Can I take a look at your transcript?" He became slightly interested in Tom.
"Of course." Tom took out his transcript and handed it over.
When Lawrence saw Tom's ranking, he raised his head in surprise and looked at Tom carefully. He suddenly understood why Tom wanted to work here - this is a top student!
"Ahem, don't fold the pages when reading, and try not to touch the brand new book." It only took one second for Mr. Lawrence to see through Tom's true purpose - he also came here like this when he was young, "And this is my job.
Work cannot be delayed."
Next comes the salary and working hours.
Lawrence proposed that Tom come to work in the store on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour's lunch time, one galleons a day, and food and accommodation were not included.
Tom was unhappy on the spot: Dumbledore could offer Dobby a salary of ten galleons a week, but as a result, I only get one galleone for working from morning to night?
I'm a top student at Hogwarts and Dumbledore's confidant. I need to pay more!
Finally, after wrangling for a long time, Lawrence finally agreed: three days a week, five galleons, no food and accommodation, but a set of second-grade textbooks for one month of work.
Everyone is happy.
At this time, Mr. Lawrence still didn’t know that the second grade was about to welcome the magical Professor Lockhart, who required seven textbooks for one class! Seven! How could these little wizards from poor families survive?
Professors in some universities in Europe and the United States often ask students to buy books they have published in order to make a profit - don't think that books are not worth a few dollars, it is very common for a genuine new book to cost hundreds of euros.
Lockhart, the birdman, wants seven books at once! If you can't empathize, just imagine receiving an email before the start of school one day, saying that you need to spend a thousand euros to buy textbooks for one of your required courses. By the way, Lockhart
Special books are extremely expensive, costing five galleons each. The same required textbook, "Standard Spells, Level 2" only costs one galleon.