Looking at the documents piled up on the dining table, Ginny came out of the kitchen with a large plate of pie. Her eyes involuntarily swept over the pile of Muggle books, and curiously asked Hermione, who was concentrating on reading the documents.
"Albert wanted to electrify the village."
"Electricity? You mean the pile of batteries in Dad's warehouse?"
The word electricity is definitely not unfamiliar to Ginny.
"It's different. A battery can only be regarded as a small power storage device." Hermione carefully considered her words and explained to Ginny: "Electricity is actually a kind of energy. In the Muggle world,
Electric energy is as magical as a wizard's magic. It can do many incredible things and bring us many conveniences. As long as there is electricity, at least we no longer need to use oil lamps and candles to provide lighting."
"I still don't quite understand it, but daddy will probably like this topic very much."
In her third year electives, Ginny didn't take Muggle Studies, so she didn't know much about it.
However, she actually doesn't care about these things. Most wizards are not interested in understanding Muggles, let alone those strange non-magical things invented by Muggles.
"Would you like a piece of pie?"
Ginny said, passing the plate full of pies to Hermione, and introduced to her best friend, "The latest flavor, you will definitely have unexpected surprises."
"OK, thanks."
Hermione put down the document about photovoltaic power generation and wind power generation, picked up a piece of pie from the big plate handed by Ginny and took a bite. She was surprised that there was actually a sweet bean filling in the pie.
"Red bean pie. That's what Dobby seemed to call this dessert, saying it was a recipe Albert brought back from the Far East." Ginny quite liked this dessert, at least it was much more delicious than meat pie.
It's a pity that they don't have the cooking skills of house elves, so they can't completely reproduce the red bean pie.
"Albert really knows a lot about eating."
Hermione glanced at the red bean pie in her hand and suspected that it was two different things from the dessert Dobby baked.
"How is the taste?"
Mrs. Weasley came out of the kitchen with a pot of hot cocoa, glanced at the clock on the wall, and poured a cup of hot cocoa for Hermione and Ginny each: "I have never made such food before, it feels quite troublesome.
"
"It tastes very good, but the pie crust is a bit too hard." After Hermione finished speaking, she cleverly changed the subject and said, "This should be a dessert from a country in the Far East."
"how do you know?"
Ginny was very interested in this. Ever since she tasted the various afternoon tea desserts prepared by Dobby the house elf, she had lost interest in the hard meat pies.
"The last time I went to Australia to look for my family, Albert bought several local cookbooks, saying that he would let the house elves learn how to cook." Hermione reluctantly finished the still-warm pie in her hand, and then stopped.
The desire to speak.
To be honest, this thing is not too bad, but after tasting the more delicious finished product, I am naturally not interested in the pile of "failed experiments" in front of me.
"By the way, when will the house over there be built?" Mrs. Weasley suddenly asked what she was concerned about.
"Well..." Ginny and Hermione exchanged glances: "We don't really know."
"Most of the frame of the house has been completed. According to Mr. Joseph Croix, at the current speed, most of the work should be completed within half a year."
"Half a year?"
Mrs. Weasley frowned slightly. It was not that she was dissatisfied with the progress of the project, but she knew that her daughter's wedding might not be postponed until the village project was completely completed.
Then the location of the wedding will be a problem. It can't be held at the Burrow.
Such a hasty wedding might very well become a laughing stock and make the guests look down upon Harry. Neither the Weasleys wanted this to happen.
"It's been very fast." Ginny guessed what her mother was thinking and comforted her softly, "It almost looks the same over there every day."
"Sirius and I have already decided on the wedding date for you and Harry, which will be August 15th this year." Mrs. Weasley said suddenly, "It's a little tight on time, but there's nothing we can do about it."
"Actually, it's enough to hold a small wedding and invite some familiar friends to attend. It doesn't need to be too much trouble at all." Ginny didn't care too much about her wedding. For her, as long as she could be with Harry, it would be enough.
It's enough.
Mrs. Weasley looked at her daughter, and finally said, "I will discuss this matter with your father and Sirius later," then stood up and walked away.
"Mom is still not happy. She thinks I'm too young now, not even underage, but she has nothing to complain about." Ginny looked at Mrs. Weasley's leaving figure, then turned back to Hermione and said, "
I actually don’t care about the wedding. My mother also eloped with my father back then, and their wedding didn’t receive many blessings, so they didn’t live a very happy life.”
Even if Harry had nothing like Lupine, Ginny would resolutely marry Harry like Tonks did.
After all, they don't care about these things anymore.
Moreover, it was obvious that my parents didn't really care about those things when they eloped together, so why do they care about them now.
"I also think it's enough as long as you and Harry can be happy!" Hermione also agreed with Ginny's words. The wedding is just a process, and whether it happens or not is not that important.
"How are you and Ron?" Ginny suddenly asked tentatively.
Hermione almost spat out the hot cocoa in her mouth. After a violent dry cough, she looked up at Ginny in shock.
"Ron and I are just... good friends."
"Just friends?"
If she hadn't been equally curious about the answer to this question, Ginny would never have agreed to help Ron inquire about Hermione's feelings.
"Ron asked you to ask?"
Hermione quickly realized what was going on and said in a slightly contemptuous tone, "I thought he would be brave enough to ask me himself."
"Ron is just afraid that your relationship will be so severe that you won't even be friends in the end." Ginny had already made up her mind not to provide any help to Ron, that loser.
"I actually thought about it..."
"Have you considered Ron?" Ginny's eyes lit up.
"Thinking about my future." Hermione fell into a brief memory.
Ginny strained her ears to listen.
"You also know that I like Albert, but it's a pity that I came late and didn't have any chance at all." Hermione did not shy away from her emotional problems, "Later, I considered Harry."
"Considering Harry?" Ginny asked warily.
"I still remember that when Albert rejected me, he once reminded me that if I want to develop in the Ministry of Magic and try to obtain a high position in the future, I can consider developing my friendship with Harry into a relationship."
Ignoring Ginny's wonderful expression, Hermione continued, "Albert thinks that after Harry defeats Voldemort, he will definitely gain a high reputation, which will help me develop in the Ministry of Magic in the future. Moreover, our relationship at that time
It’s very good, it’s based on feelings, and it’s much better than finding someone you like again.”
"Later, I gave up."
"Why?" Ginny looked complicated.
"It is undeniable that I do have a crush on Harry. But I was actually very angry at the time. After I calmed down completely, I realized that Albert was indeed right. For me, Harry is indeed the best choice at the moment.
But... you also know that the Wizarding War has completely broken out, and none of us can be sure that we will survive to the end, especially after Harry confessed to me that he needed to "die". As Harry's friend, I hope that he will
Being able to survive this war, I gave the opportunity to you because I think you are more suitable than me to awaken Harry's desire to live, and I have more important things to do."
Hermione lied, but not completely. Just like Albert, there were lies hidden in the truth, but this revelation of "true feelings" undoubtedly made Ginny feel extremely embarrassed.
Who made her actually try to bring herself and Ron together?