Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

In the stove made of clay, charcoal was burning quietly, with only the occasional "pop" of sparks. A copper pot was placed on the stove to isolate the two incompatible existences of water and fire. ＊ＷWＷ.suimeng.lā

At this moment, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth come together to form an unprecedented harmony.

Mutton, lamb leg bones, bay leaves, star anise, pepper, amomum villosum, cinnamon, grass fruit, fennel, ginger and other ingredients have been combined with the joint efforts of metal, wood, water, fire and earth for more than two hours to emit a rich aroma.

After adding sliced ​​sunshine mushrooms, small spray mushrooms and walking mushrooms, the aroma in the air suddenly changed, and the original rich aroma immediately added a little fresh fragrance from the dark.

It’s still cold in the Scottish Highlands at the end of January, so mushroom and mutton hot pot is the best choice right now.

The moment when you open the lid of the pot, you can best understand the beauty of the slowly simmering pot with white smoke and bursts of fragrance. You can truly understand the liquid that enters people's mouths. A magical power.

Zhang Xu filled a large bowl with soup and meat, and then placed it respectfully in front of Scarlet, who was sitting across the table. ..

Scarlet, who had not yet calmed down with Zhang Xu, just glared at him, pushed the bowl of mutton in front of him, then took the copper pot off the charcoal stove and put it in front of her, and then started to eat by herself.

Zhang Xu scratched the back of his head helplessly, and could only pick up the spoon and silently start a war with the bowl of mutton in front of him.

During this period, Zhang Xu tried to stir up the topic several times, but Scarlet ignored him and dismissed him as nothing, concentrating on eating the mutton and mushrooms in the pot.

When the Harry trio walked into the kitchen, they saw Scarlet lifting the copper pot and drinking all the soup in it. Then he put the empty copper pot on the table and wiped it. Wipe your mouth, get up and leave.

The Harry trio standing by the door immediately stepped aside consciously, making way for Professor Scarlet.

As the trio who are familiar with Zhang Xu and Scarlet, they noticed the abnormality between the two of them early on. Not long after the Christmas vacation, the two of them never had any private conversations again. Spoken on occasion.

To be precise, Professor Scarlet didn't want to talk to Professor Zhang.

Many students who love gossip have also discovered this, but they didn't go out of their way to ask the person involved what was wrong with them.

When the Harry trio walked to Zhang Xu's table,

He found that the cloaks of Harry and the three of them were a little dirty, and their whole bodies looked like they were shivering from the cold.

"You just came back from outside?" Zhang Xu asked curiously.

"Not long ago we found a cave for Grawp to live in. Let's go see how he is doing there tonight." Harry replied.

It can be seen from the messy hair on their heads and the freezing faces that the three of them rode broomsticks. Flying in the sky at this time is not a comfortable thing.

Zhang Xu nodded. He already knew from the centaurs that Graup lived in the cave. The centaurs tribe was quite satisfied with this solution.

"I heard what the centaurs said about this." Zhang Xu said to them, "They are very satisfied with it."

"Hagrid also wants us to teach Grawp English." Hermione said, "Thank you, Alan."

The house elf who had just brought hot drinks and cakes to the Harry trio was habitually startled when he heard Hermione's thanks, and then ran away quickly.

"Alan is a bit... shy." Hermione said, "But he is a good brother. He loves his sister as much as Ron does."

"By the way, his sister's name is Annie."

Zhang Xu, Harry and Ron looked at each other in confusion, then picked up a piece of cake and pretended to be very interested as Hermione introduced them to the house elves in the Hogwarts kitchen.

Only now did Harry know that Hermione knew all the house elves in Hogwarts, Ron knew that house elves also have brothers and sisters, and Zhang Xu knew that there are also sister and brother sisters among house elves.

At this time, a house elf brought a bowl of mutton noodles to Zhang Xu, and then ran away like Allen.

Most of the pot of mutton just went into Scarlet's stomach, and the bowl that Zhang Xu filled was not full at all.

"That was Jason just now." Hermione continued to say excitedly, "He and Lee are the house elves with the best cooking skills in Hogwarts. Jason and Lee can cook many local dishes."

"They also have a good friend named Strange, but he has always been a little off. He keeps talking about the trolley on platform 9? of King's Cross Station. I heard from him that he seemed to have accidentally entered the platform and then took the train. To Hogwarts."

Then Hermione suddenly turned to look at Harry and Ron, startling them both.

Hermione said to the two of them: "As the secretary and treasurer of the House Elf Rights Promotion Association, you should also care more about and understand the house elves."

Next, while Hermione was reporting to Harry and Ron the "Remonstrance Against House-Elf Slavery" that was rejected by the Ministry of Magic in 1973, Zhang Xu was eating noodles silently. He didn't want to be involved at this time.

Zhang Xu had long known from Dobby that after Hermione was taught a lesson by Zhang Xu, he conducted a comprehensive investigation on the house elves in Hogwarts.

Through Dobby's narration, Zhang Xu imagined a picture of Hermione holding a notebook in one hand and a quill in the other, catching a house elf in the kitchen and asking various questions.

The first house elf to be caught was Alan just now, and he was also the house elf caught by Hermione the most times.

It must be said that Hermione's investigation work was very effective.

Just getting to know all the house elves in Hogwarts is amazing.

Zhang Xu himself is face-blind to house elves. Except for Dobby, Winky and Kreacher, whom he has had more contact with and have more distinctive characteristics, the other house elves all look similar to him.

Hermione not only knew them all, but also created a set of files for them, recording their names, genders, ages, relatives, specialties, personalities, hobbies, etc.

Nowadays, the house elves are frightened by Hermione's various questions, and everyone keeps away from her.

While Zhang Xu finished eating the mutton noodles, Hermione was discussing with Harry and Ron about making new pillowcases for the house elves.

Zhang Xu was a little surprised after taking the last sip of soup, so he put down the bowl and asked, "Just pillowcases? I thought you would make them clothes, hats, etc."

"That's for the future." Hermione said seriously, "It's too early to give them clothes now. The current task is to improve their working environment and let them know how normal workers should be treated first. Then I also plan to improve the accommodation conditions for the house elves. "

Zhang Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Hermione didn't blindly and impulsively throw clothes to the house elves.

Zhang Xu also guessed what Hermione was thinking, that is, he didn't know whether the house elves talked about how easy it is to go from frugality to luxury, and how difficult it is to go from luxury to frugality.

"I'm going to give a lecture to the house elves next," Hermione said.

"As long as a small number of house elves can accept my education, then I will have succeeded in the first step."

Zhang Xu, Harry, and Ron were all frightened by Hermione's next plan.

Zhang Xu glanced at Hermione. She was preparing to open a house-elf rights promotion workshop. Did she want the kitchen to surround the living room?

Tonight, Hermione suddenly changed the topic to house elves. Harry had something he wanted to ask Zhang Xu but couldn't. Hermione, who was talking non-stop, was not easily interrupted. .

Zhang Xu, on the other hand, didn't mind Hermione changing the topic to house elves. After all, it sounded much more interesting than Harry's matter.