Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

The train stopped at the station, and the passengers got off one after another. The passengers who got off the bus pushed and shoved and rushed to the door.

When he got down to a platform with no lights, Zhang Xu heard the shouts of "Freshmen! Freshmen come here!"

Looking along the sound, I saw a huge figure standing there holding a lamp, slightly in sync with the Statue of Liberty.

Rubeus Hagrid, a half-blood giant, the keykeeper of Hogwarts, the manager of the Forbidden Forest, and one of Dumbledore's confidantes. He is a good man, but his views on magical animals are very different from ordinary people.

"Come on, follow me, are there any first-years? Watch out for your feet, okay! First-years come with me!" Amidst Hagrid's shout, a group of freshmen followed Hagrid along a steep and narrow road The path went downhill.

After Hagrid led the young wizards to revisit the Hogwarts founder's "Take the Long March Again", the freshmen disembarked one after another.

When Zhang Xu got off the boat, he found a toad lying on the boat. After thinking about it, he picked up the toad and walked to the round-faced boy on the train who was looking for the toad. "Student, did you drop this toad?"

During Neville's thanksgiving all the way, Zhang Xu and the freshmen climbed up a tunnel in the rock under the light of Hagrid's lantern, and finally arrived at a flat and wet grassland under the shadow of the castle.

They all went up a flight of stone steps, and in front of a huge oak door, Hagrid raised a huge fist and knocked three times on the castle gate.

The door opened instantly. A tall dark-haired witch in emerald green robes stood in front of the gate.

Professor McGonagall appeared in front of the freshmen with a serious expression, and her powerful aura made the freshmen quiet down immediately.

"First year, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.

"Thank you, Hagrid. Let me pick you up here." Professor McGonagall said to Hagrid.

Professor McGonagall pulled the door wide open. The foyer has hundreds of square meters. The stone walls are surrounded by blazing torches. The ceiling is so high you can barely see the top. On the front is a luxurious marble staircase leading directly to the upper floor.

The new students followed Professor McGonagall along the stone floor. From the door on the right came the buzzing voices of students from other classes in the school, and they must have arrived.

Professor McGonagall led the first-years into a small empty room at the other end of the hall. Everyone rushed in, rubbing shoulders and huddling together, staring nervously at everything around them.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The opening banquet is about to begin, but before you go to the dining hall, you must first confirm which college you have entered. Classification is a This is an important ceremony, because the college is like your home at Hogwarts while you are at school. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live in the college dormitory together, and spend time together in the college common room After school time.

"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding wizards and wizards. You are in Huo During Gewartz's studies, your excellent performance will earn your house points, and any violations will make your house lose points.At the end of the year, the house with the highest score will win the house cup, which is very high Honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you will bring honor to the house.

"In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest that you tidy up yourselves and be more energetic while waiting. I will pick you up when the other side is ready. While waiting, please keep Quiet." Professor McGonagall left the room after speaking,

The surrounding freshmen immediately began to arrange their appearance, some wiped their faces, some fixed their robes, some combed their hair with their hands.

Zhang Xu took out a tissue from the treasure bag and wiped his face,

Then throw it back into the treasure bag, and then take out a comb to comb the hair neatly. The head can be broken and the blood can flow, but the hairstyle cannot be messed up.

"How can they accurately assign us to which college?" A freshman behind Zhang Xu asked another freshman beside him.

Zhang Xu turned around and saw the red-haired freshman who was being questioned said to the freshman wearing glasses, "I think it's always a test. Fred said it hurt us a lot." , but I think he was joking."

Zhang Xu took Ron's words with a serious face: "Don't worry, it won't be very dangerous. At least I haven't heard of any freshmen who lost their lives during the sorting ceremony, right? And the medical level of the Hogwarts infirmary is very high." Yes, second only to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Wounds, it can set you back even if your limbs are broken. So there's nothing to worry about, is there?"

Zhang Xu's voice was not low, and Ron and the surrounding freshmen could hear it clearly, and then all the freshmen began to tremble at a frequency of 10 Hz.

At this moment, several loud screams came from the crowd, and the trembling freshmen who didn't know why also joined the screaming ranks.

Zhang Xu, who received the sound wave attack, rubbed his ears, followed the gazes of the crowd, and saw about twenty ghosts floating above the room.

Zhang Xu has seen many of these pearly-white, translucent ghosts in Huaxia. They usually wander around in their "territory" and do nothing bad. They just look around, and then spread gossip and do bad things. All the ghosts have been cleaned up. The alchemists developed them into "crowds in Chaoyang District", and reported to the police when they found illegal cases such as thieves and robberies. Therefore, thieves in residential areas with ghosts have basically disappeared. Half of the thieves who dared to steal things in these places were caught as soon as they started, and the other half surrendered with a psychological shadow of two to three hundred square meters. Therefore, the Chinese Ghost Festival has also become an important festival.

Professor McGonagall is back. The ghosts immediately ran away.

"Now, stand in single file," Professor McGonagall said to the first-years, "follow me."

Freshmen walk out of the room, through the foyer, and through a pair of double doors at the back into the luxurious dining room.

Little Muggle-born wizards never imagined such a magical, beautiful and magnificent place.

Students from other classes in the academy were already sitting around four long tables, above which thousands of candles floating in the air illuminated the dining room. Glittering gold plates and goblets stood on four tables. There is another long table on the table at the top of the dining room, which is the teacher's seat. Candles flickered, and the hundreds of faces watching them looked like pale lanterns. The ghosts also shone dimly among the students with dim dots of silver light. Freshmen looked up to see stars twinkling on the velvety-black canopy. It's hard to believe that there is a ceiling there, and it's hard to believe that the restaurant's roof isn't open to the air.

Zhang Xu heard Hermione whispering next to her, "Spells have been cast here, and it looks like the sky outside. I read about it in "Hogwarts, A School History."

After a while of busy work, Professor McGonagall prepared the sorting hat.

After the Sorting Hat sang this year's song, Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, holding a roll of parchment in his hand, and said to the freshmen: "Whoever's name I call now, put on the hat and sit down until On the stool, waiting for the sorting."

The result of the sorting was the same as what Zhang Xu remembered. Those who should go to Gryffindor went to Gryffindor, and those who should go to Slytherin went to Slytherin.

Zhang Xu was the last freshman to put on the sorting hat.

"Big Brother, have you eaten yet?" The Sorting Hat asked Zhang Xu in Chinese.

"No, you can eat after you finish your work." Zhang Xu replied in Chinese.

"Sorry, I can speak Chinese just now." The Sorting Hat said back in English.

Zhang Xu: ...

"Ravenclaw!" The Sorting Hat shouted after finishing the conversation with Zhang Xu.

Another round of cheers erupted from the table farthest to the left.

Zhang Xu looked calm at this moment, it didn't matter which college he was assigned to.

Zhang Xu stood up, took off the Sorting Hat and put it back on the chair. When he lifted himself up, he found that Dumbledore was looking at him. Zhang Xu bowed slightly to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore returned with a smile.