Professor McGonagall glanced at Professor Sprout, whose lips were trembling with anger, and then at Albus, who was suddenly stuck. He was so tired and wanted to retire? Dumbledore raised his eyebrows noncommittally - this is good.
Now, the bottoms of all the colleges are dirty, so there is no need to think about remedial measures. We can just discuss and deal with the results in a unified manner.
After thinking for a few seconds, Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and took over the conversation seriously:
"It seems that we need to discuss an appropriate response plan as soon as possible... Otherwise, if this continues, all the teachers and students of Hogwarts may go hungry from time to time in the future."
As the vice-principal of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall quickly figured out the root cause of everything.
The school did not deal with the previous small-scale vegetable garden dispute between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor more seriously, or did not carry out some targeted education and punishment, which led to the students starting to gradually
Think of this behavior as a means to consider.
Obviously, simply deducting points or imposing confinement and punishing labor may be a little weak from the current perspective.
And if you want to go beyond the scope of the original school rules and formulate and implement some new rules, you need to go through discussions with all the core faculty and staff. Even Professor Dumbledore cannot just open his mouth and directly formulate new punishment measures.
However, in the face of this brand-new emergency, Professor McGonagall could not think of any particularly effective way to deal with it.
While Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore were thinking about the solution, Elena had already walked to Professor Sprout and whispered to the short and fat witch about the cause and effect of the whole matter - she currently only knew Hufflepah
Qi College robbed the faculty and staff vegetable garden, but judging from the current situation in the office, it seems that all the colleges are involved?!
After a while, before the professors could reach a consensus, Elena, after listening to Professor Sprout's explanation, raised her head and silently glanced at Professor Dumbledore and the deans of Hogwarts.
Said softly and calmly.
"Well, I'm sorry, professors. Could you please let me interrupt you first?"
There is no doubt that "stealing vegetables" is indeed a part of "Hogwarts Happy Farm".
But even when the little game in the previous life was the most popular, just taking away some melons to eat, it would still leave a lot of money for the original owner, and it would never be like taking away the land directly like now.
.
According to Elena's understanding, this is like the most classic sentence said by Mr. Lu Xun:
[The greedy little wizard picking a melon after class is not considered stealing at Hogwarts. Those greedy badgers, snakes, lions, and eagles need to be taken care of. And once you discover this situation, you
You have to pull out your wand and walk over gently...]
In other words, this incident must be dealt with seriously, and the students involved must pay the price - whether it is blatant banditry or ruthless behavior, it has violated the bottom line of principle.
.
"First of all, I suggest that the house elves in the kitchen take a collective holiday tonight and stop serving the next dinner."
Elena paused for a moment, looked around at the professors who were hesitant to speak, and continued quickly.
"As an alternative, each student is placed in front of a crucible and corresponding basic kitchen utensils, so that at least they can use their hard-working hands to transform the stolen food into delicious dishes - if they have this ability.
"
In fact, after learning the complete plot from Professor Sprout, the first thought that came to Elena's mind was: These innocent children are probably a little too beautiful, and they really think they are now
Are the Hogwarts kitchens still a bunch of submissive tool elves who dare not resist the wizard's demands?!
Even if they successfully steal the dish, there is still a gap of at least several thousand years between the raw materials and the delicious dishes. This cannot be filled by a simple "potion cooking class" or two.
"Oh?" Professor Sprout glanced at Elena in surprise.
According to her idea, she was just trying to recover the stolen vegetables as much as possible, and then while ensuring that the dinner went smoothly, she severely criticized and warned the students who participated. This kind of direct deprivation of food was unexpected!
Only then did Professor Sprout suddenly realize that the little witch in front of him was no ordinary first-year student. She was the first wizard chef to take charge of the Hogwarts kitchen in so many years.
"But... Miss Kaslana, regardless of whether your suggestion is feasible or not, there are two problems that need to be solved first -"
Professor McGonagall pondered for a few seconds, shook her head and continued.
"Students in the four colleges all have vegetables snatched from the vegetable garden this afternoon, so what should the faculty and staff do? Also, is it a little playful just to let them cook by themselves... This is not in line with us.
Traditional punishment."
Obviously, judging from Elena's words, the so-called suspension of dinner service in the Hogwarts kitchen is not simply aimed at students in the four houses of Hogwarts.
This is normal. After all, it is difficult for professors to enjoy delicious food with peace of mind while watching the children cooking for themselves with sad faces. Although Professor McGonagall expressed doubts about the severity of this punishment.
The most important thing at the moment is that the staff vegetable garden has been taken over by Hufflepuff students. Although in theory, it is not particularly troublesome to use magic or order the house elves to "transform" the vegetables back directly.
But just as Dumbledore has always emphasized in previous discussions: Hufflepuff House used the wrong way to fight mistakes, so as Hogwarts professors, they are even more cautious when dealing with this matter.
One should be careful and careful not to commit the same problem again.
"The first question is very simple. Professor Snape and I will be responsible for the cooking of the faculty seats tonight. As for the ingredients, I will temporarily find some substitutes with Hagrid and Professor Sprout later.
Taste."
Elena shrugged her shoulders, glanced at Professor Snape who was hesitant to speak, and said quickly.
"Don't refuse so hastily, Professor Snape. The main part is still done by me... You are mainly responsible for the soup, liquid food, and the pre-processing of some ingredients. This is a special occasion and will not be the same in the future - and you will be refunded 10,000 yuan.
Bu said, as a member of the Hogwarts faculty, you also have to eat dinner, right?"
"Humph, just this once."
Snape hesitated for a moment, looked around at the professors who were looking at him, snorted with a cold face, and said reluctantly - Thanks to the reforms in the Potions class these days, this Potions Master
I don’t have that much resistance to cooking anymore.
"As for the second point, of course it's not just that simple."
Elena nodded with satisfaction, a smile of eagerness appeared on her lips.
"In fact, in response to this emergency, I have prepared a series of updated plans, uh, I mean countermeasures. As for the specific situation, I can briefly explain it to you: First of all, I call it