150. Chapter 150 You don’t have to work even if you want to
Chapter 150 You don’t have to work even if you want to
The Gryffindor and Hufflepuff second-year students spent the first period of that school year together in Greenhouse Three, learning to repot mandrakes.
Charles was in a group with Seamus, Neville, and Hannah. Before Professor Sprout's lecture, they all chatted about the roaring letter Ron had just received.
Seamus asked Charles dejectedly: "Did I know that was going to happen?"
Just now, Charles ran away very early and gave several girls earmuffs, saying that he didn't know and no one believed them.
Charles smiled and said: "He has a bit of a divination talent."
The class started at that time, and everyone stopped chatting and listened carefully to Professor Sprout's lecture on the habits and dangers of mandrake.
Charles listened very carefully, because the old man had a tactic of "flying mandrakes and biting cabbage together", which was especially suitable for lazy people.
He was thinking, if mandrakes that had been fertilized with Muggle fertilizer to promote root development were thrown out, how many would the basilisk be able to withstand?
Repotting lively mandrakes is not an easy task. They are quite strong and stubborn, so much so that Charles wanted to cast a coma spell on them.
One class made everyone sweat profusely, and the Gryffindor students had to take a shower before going to the Transfiguration classroom to learn how to turn beetles into buttons.
Something unexpected happened in class, and a cloud of gray smoke with the smell of rotten eggs staggered Charles.
At noon, everyone had lunch and rested in the castle courtyard. As soon as Charles finished talking to Professor Sprout, Harry came to find him.
Harry asked Charles: "Is there any work I can hire someone to do now?"
Charles had a question mark: "What, I am short of money?"
Harry has a lot of money in the Potter family treasury in Gringotts. There is a limit on how much money he can use before he reaches adulthood. There is a lot of money in the cash box in his room at No. 3 Privet Drive, but it is not in pounds.
, on the day of her birthday, she ate and drank all the red envelopes given by Charles in Wrong Corner Alley, and her pockets were not rich.
But he didn't have much room to spend money in Hogwarts. He could only buy some stationery and let Ruby go to Hogsmeade to buy snacks, so it wasn't a financial hardship.
Charles was very confused as to why he wanted to work part-time to make money. He raised his eyebrows and asked with a wicked smile: "What, you have a girl you like? Have you started giving gifts?"
Harry shook his head: "No, no, otherwise Ron's wand was broken by the Whomping Willow yesterday and is almost useless. He can't ask his family for help, so he can find a way to make money on his own."
Charles thought for a while and realized that the price of the wand was 10 Galleons, which was not a small sum for a second-grade student. But he had nothing to do at the moment, so he shook his head and said, "He has nothing to do now."
Come on, I just applied to Professor Sprout to reclaim new land, but it will take some time to get the original land."
"Please don't let him go to Fred and George, they are helping him too."
Harry also shook his head and said, "He went to look for it just now, but his wand didn't work and he was rejected."
If the twins are making rockets, they will explode if they are not careful. It is normal not to let Ron touch them.
Charles thought about the car that ran into the Forbidden Forest, and wanted to buy it through the process, but the car did not belong to Mr. Weasley, and the money could not reach Ron's legs, and Ron did not dare to ask his family for money.
Given Ron's situation, he probably wouldn't be able to make a profit by acting as a middleman.
Let Ron go to the Centaur Liaison Office to make a name for himself? Charles was afraid that Mrs. Weasley would come to Hogwarts and kill him, and Dumbledore might not be able to stop her at that time.
"There's nothing he can do." Charles shook his head at first because he had no job opportunities there.
He didn't mention borrowing money. If Ron wanted to borrow money, he would have asked himself, so he wouldn't mention it.
At that time, two people were walking towards that direction. Percy asked Charles about something. One of them was Colin Creevey, the first-year Gryffindor who was holding a camera. He looked at Harry with a look in his eyes.
A hint of enthusiasm and excitement.
Charles followed Percy to a deserted place nearby. After Percy asked the urn dog, Charles found out whether he wanted to ask himself how he could use his broomstick in a year.
Don't think about it, it must be because Fred and George didn't consider that first years were not allowed to bring their own broomsticks when they bought Ginny a broomstick.
Now the twins have to ask their good student Percy to find Professor McGonagall, and Percy comes to Charles to learn from his experience.
Charles rolled his eyes and said seriously: "The reason why Hogwarts does not allow first-year students to bring their own broomsticks is because they are worried that students will not be able to use them correctly and may be in danger, just like last year when Neville fell from the sky.
Come."
"But no, as long as you can prove that you can use the broomstick correctly, just like he got the approval of Mrs. Hooch and Harry's actual performance. Professor McGonagall will agree in principle, but there will be other details in Cocoa
idea."
"To be on the safe side, he suggested entering the legs from two aspects at the same time."
"On the one hand, let Ginny perform well in flying lessons like him and gain the approval of Mrs. Hooch."
"On the other hand, he heard that the Gryffindor Quidditch team now has a seeker. He can go to Wood and let Ginny go to the reserve team. If both Wood and Harry think that Ginny can be in the reserve team
Based on this, Professor McGonagall will be more inclined to agree."
After hearing this, Percy felt that what he said made sense and thanked him: "Thank you, my advice is very useful."
At that time, there was a commotion in the courtyard. Colin Creevey was taking pictures of Harry. Malfoy came over to make fun of him, and both sides changed from moving their mouths to moving their legs.
Ron was the one who moved out first. His wand, which was taped up with tape, emitted two sparks and then stopped moving.
Malfoy sneered to death: "It's just my broken wand. He stood there and made me lose my legs after three spells!"
The Slytherins watching the excitement burst into laughter, and many whistled to ask Ron to cast spells quickly.
Seamus stood silently behind Ron, and their faces instantly fell into silence.
Ron's face suddenly turned as red as Ginny's when she saw Harry. He gritted his teeth and cast the spell again.
That time the wand from his leg flew out with a whoosh and hit Malfoy right in the head.
Malfoy fell to the ground in response, and a big green bump appeared on his forehead, the size of a square foot, beating like a heart.
Professor Flitwick happened to be passing by, and he was a little scared when he saw the situation, and immediately asked someone to take Malfoy to the school infirmary.
It was time for class and on the way to the classroom, Ron kept sighing: "Oh, without the wand, anyone can bully him."
Simo said from the side: "In the Meiji system, wizards in Africa can cast spells without a wand."
Ron shook his head and said: "There are no professors from Africa at Hogwarts."
Simo thought for a while and said excitedly: "They read a book on how to cast spells with empty legs before going to Africa for training!"
But he soon became discouraged: "But that book is in the restricted area."
At that time, Hermione seriously said to them: "Is it against school rules to read books in the restricted area without the permission of the professor?"
She was a little worried that Ron would go into the forbidden book area in the morning. If he was caught, he would be in trouble.
There was nothing that Ron could do. He had no way to get the note from the professor to enter the restricted book area.
Although he could borrow Harry's invisibility cloak and sneak away in the middle of the night, but if he had just made a serious mistake and was caught, it would have been a yelling letter instead of an angry mother.
Charles just listened on the sidelines, thinking about other things, because the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was actually on the fourth floor of the castle, where the annual BOSS was fought at the end of the semester.