After the kitchen was cleaned up, Lupine moved a lot of ingredients into the kitchen and prepared to sort out the ingredients and cooking utensils before making lunch. Hermione volunteered to stay and help with the cooking. And Ryan, led by Sirius, went to clean several rooms upstairs.
Prepare a place for themselves and the Weasley family who will arrive in the evening.
After cleaning several guest rooms, Ryan found that the materials he used to draw runes were low. More importantly, it was impossible for him to open the space door to pick up things from the grocery store at this time, so he had to stop working.
"It's okay, the work we did today has far exceeded our expectations." Sirius didn't feel as frustrated as Ryan. He felt that the workload today had far exceeded the planned amount. "Don't do this this afternoon.
You are busy, you can have a good rest. I will go to Diagon Alley tomorrow morning to buy everything you want."
"Ryan, Sirius, come down and have dinner." When Ryan and Sirius were talking in the guest room upstairs, they heard Hermione standing at the top of the stairs to greet them to dinner.
"Ah, hurry up and go downstairs to eat. In fact, Lu Ping and I bought a lot of vegetables and seasonings two days ago. Unfortunately, the kitchen was not cleared when we set off, so the two of us could only eat the curry paste that didn't taste very good.
It’s served with bread. I think there will be something delicious for lunch today.”
Walking into the kitchen, there were already five or six shiny silver plates filled with food on the long table in the kitchen. In addition, there were two gold-plated candlesticks placed at both ends of the table.
A few candles on the candlesticks brought enough light to the cave-like deep basement.
"Jean, this stew is quite hot when it's just finished." Lupine used his wand to direct a large stew pot to float over from the end of the table. "Unfortunately, Sirius and I are not good at household magic, so we only
Most of it is done by hand. I think if someone like Mrs. Weasley who is good at housework magic does it, this meal can be ready in ten minutes."
After the last stew was served, the four of them sat down at the table. Everyone was hungry after a busy morning, so in the first few minutes everyone was busy eating. No one spoke, only everyone sat down.
There was the sound of plates and cutlery clinking and chairs scraping together while eating.
After eating a whole piece of roast lamb on the plate, Sirius raised his head and said: "It's been almost a week since I moved here, and I finally have a serious meal. Remus, your cooking skills are really good."
Not bad." Ryan and Hermione also nodded when they heard this. Although there is still a slight gap between Lupine's skills and professional chefs, when it comes to cooking in daily life, this level is already very high. To be fair, Ryan and Hermione
Their mothers, who are working women, are not as good at cooking as Lu Ping.
"Ah, after living alone for a long time, you will naturally develop your cooking skills." Lu Ping's words were full of bitterness, "But it is thanks to Miss Granger's help that I can cook so quickly today. She has a lot of skills."
This magic can clean the blood and bones in the meat, and it can also soften the meat and make the meat taste better."
"This is what I suddenly thought of when I saw you improving the death and withering magic and using it for housework this morning." Hermione, who was sitting next to Ryan, leaned over and whispered after hearing Lupine's praise. "It turns out that in the blood magic
The Blood Draining, Bone Drawing and Tendon Breaking Curses are really good for processing meat in cooking. And when I cast spells without a wand, others can’t tell that I have used magic.”
After finishing the meal, Lupine took over the task of washing the dishes. According to him, "At least I can still do the magic of washing dishes." Sirius looked at the clean dishes on the table in surprise. "You guys
You two have such a good appetite, I thought there might be some leftover lunch. Looking at you, I realize that I am getting old and can’t eat anymore.”
"Maybe our physique is better and we need to eat more." Ryan said. Since he improved his physique, his appetite has gradually increased. Now his appetite is almost that of a strong adult. So when he went home this time, in order to avoid
This caused his parents to worry that he would only eat until he was half full, and then take the time to go to other worlds to fill his stomach.
The same goes for Hermione, especially after acquiring certain characteristics of the dragon, her appetite has been almost the same as that of an adult male. Fortunately, Ryan gave her several nutritional supplements before going home to prevent her from starving at home.
"By the way, Sirius. Can you show us around this house? I have never seen such an ancient wizard's residence." Ryan said to Sirius when leaving the dinner table.
"There is nothing in this house except dark magic and the stench of pure-blood supremacy." Having said that, Sirius still took Ryan and Hermione upstairs to visit the residence. According to him, although there is nothing worthwhile in this house
It’s a place to mention, but it is always a good thing for young people to gain knowledge by watching it.
There is nothing important on the first floor. Sirius just pointed out that under the curtain at the entrance is a portrait of his mother. Once disturbed, he will yell crazily and curse, so it is best to be quiet when passing by there.
After that, the three of them came to the living room on the second floor, which was a long room with a high ceiling. Because it had not been cleaned before, the tapestry hanging on the olive green wall was still very dirty. Every time someone stepped on it
A small plume of dust would rise on the carpet, and the long, yellow-green velvet curtains buzzed as if there were many invisible bees flying inside.
"I think cleaning this house requires at least three times the amount of materials." Listening to the buzzing in the curtains, Ryan said with an ugly expression. "The vixen here must be a disaster."
"No problem, I will buy some special spray when I go to Diagon Alley tomorrow morning." Sirius responded.
"Sirius, your family has such a long history." Hermione exclaimed as she looked at the tapestry that occupied an entire wall at the other end of the room. The tapestry looked very old and old, and the color was dim, as if there were several foxes in it.
It was chewed up everywhere. However, the gold thread embroidered on it still shone brightly. They clearly saw a branching family tree that could be traced back to the Middle Ages. On the top of the tapestry were embroidered a few large characters: The noblest is the most noble.
The ancient Black family is forever pure.
The reason why Hermione was amazed was that in Europe only nobles with a long history would record their history. Family trees like this that could be traced back to the Middle Ages were very precious in the Muggle world.
"Yeah, it's a pity that we only have dark wizards in our family. Occasionally, one or two decent people will be expelled by them. For example," Sirius pointed at a small black round hole on the tapestry, as if it had been burned by cigarettes.
Traces of scorch.
"I was here once, but my dear old mother destroyed me after I ran away from home. Kreacher loved to whisper this story."
"You ran away from home?"
"I was about sixteen," Sirius said. "I had had enough, and luckily Harry's grandparents took me in. I stayed with them during the school holidays. After I graduated, I was also taken in.
My uncle Alphad who was eliminated left me a considerable amount of gold so that I could find a place to stay."
Ryan looked at the family tree carefully and found that in many places the golden thread representing marriage had mysteriously disappeared.
“I always feel like there’s a lot missing from this picture,” Ryan said, pointing to the missing places.
"Indeed, the bigots in the family are all in favor of maintaining the purity of the wizarding bloodline. So they hide those marriages that they feel are somewhat unqualified. This is also a no-brainer. If you just want your children to be pure.
If you marry a person of blood, your choices will be very limited. So as a last resort, you can only marry some families that we may look down on, such as the Weasley family. Molly is my cousin by marriage.
, Arthur is probably the great-grandson of my uncle and grandfather. But you will definitely not see them here. Here will only list some bloodlines that make them feel proud. For example, the Malfoy family."
"It seems that pure-blood families are related to each other." Hermione said after careful study. "As far as I know, most Muggle offspring will show problems of this kind when close relatives marry. Do wizards think so?
Can this problem be solved?"
"No." Sirius shook his head. "So there are not many people like us left. If you look closely, you will find that many descendants of families who pursue extreme pure blood have some problems. Unfortunately, they still have to maintain the so-called purity.
Bloodline. I think even if there hadn't been that war, the so-called Black family might not have been able to persist for too long." Sirius finally said with a sigh.