Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

Unlike Dumbledore who allowed Zhang Xu to cause trouble, Professor McGonagall's management of the teachers and students of the school was as strict as ever. ?шщЩ.suimEnG.1a During Dumbledore's time, when Zhang Xu wanted to go to Hogsmeade or even London, all he had to do was write a note to the principal for record. But now, Zhang Xu had to ask for leave in person with the principal. If the principal was not around, he would go to the dean. It's just that when Zhang Xu came to the principal's office today, he was disappointed. Professor McGonagall was not there. So he could only do the next best thing and ask Professor Flitwick for leave. Professor Flitwick knew that he was someone who wanted to cause big troubles, so he didn't make it difficult for him to ask for leave. He approved his leave after asking him to be more careful.

On the way to Hogsmeade, Zhang Xu, who had just learned the general process of last night's action from Professor Flitwick, was eating hot baked potatoes in the cold wind while thinking about Voldemort's purpose. It's just that the weather was too cold, and a gust of cold wind blew through, which made his head feel a little uncomfortable. He just wanted to sit by a warm stove as soon as possible and have a hot drink. As for Voldemort, who knows if he will hibernate like a snake after transforming his body into this.

It will be Christmas soon. Logically speaking, wizards who do not believe in Brother Jesus will not celebrate Christmas. However, due to the long-term influence of ordinary people, wizards have also begun to celebrate Christmas. The few weekends before Christmas are big shopping days for families.

As Zhang Xu walked, he was thinking about the Christmas gifts he would prepare this year. Are you going to give Voldemort a hat as a Christmas gift? His head is so bare that it makes him look cold. Snape's annual bottle of shampoo cannot go away, but he has already given away six different brands of shampoo in previous years, so why don't he give away a homemade bottle this year. Lao Ma is already the Minister of Magic, so sending him another packet of sugar seems inconsistent with his status. Why not give him Tieguanyin instead? Pony is already an adult, why not give him a set of "pyboy: the plete centerfolds, 1953-1997"?

The new Aurors patrolling around Hogsmeade greeted Zhang Xu after seeing him. If they knew what Zhang was thinking in his mind at the moment, they would probably hold him down and take him away.

Walking on the streets of Hogsmeade, a cold wind passed through the road and kicked up a piece of flying snow. Zhang Xu brushed off the snowflakes on his hat and suddenly found that the streets were deserted.

It stands to reason that now is the time for housewives to go shopping. After purchasing the goods, they will come back to prepare dinner.

It's just that at this moment, many newly moved shops on the street have closed early, which makes people confused.

Zhang Xu came to the "Into Science" station and found that it was very busy inside. A group of people were delivering things to the yard behind.

Out of curiosity, Zhang Xu walked to the backyard and found that a rectangular oven with a square bottom and a dome had been set up in the corner of the yard. Someone was adding charcoal to it.

In the center of the courtyard, a group of people were watching the excitement.

There was a smell of blood and spices coming from over there.

Zhang Xu immediately noticed that Furong was watching the fun inside, so he squeezed in.

I saw Sukhbalu placing a whole, disemboweled and cleaned sheep on the table, and applying a mixture of green onions, ginger slices, refined salt, cumin, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and fennel into the belly of the sheep. Spice powder.

There was someone on the side who was actively controlling the automatic stirring of the salted sheep blood in the basin.

"Want to eat roasted whole lamb today?" Zhang Xu asked Furong.

"We are inviting guests to a banquet tonight." Furong replied while gently touching Zhang Xu's body.

"If I had known this, I would have come here on an empty stomach." Zhang Xu regretted.

At this time, Sukhbalu saw Zhang Xu and shouted to him quickly: "Xiao Zhang, come here quickly. Show me your bone and flesh separation technique. Just keep the bones of the sheep's head."

Zhang Xu heard this and patted Furong's shoulder gently, then walked over.

"Master Hu, don't you have to lay down on your Inner Mongolia roasted whole lamb after roasting it? How can you support it after removing the bones?" Zhang Xu asked curiously.

"Little comrade, roasting whole lamb also needs to keep pace with the times." Sukhbalu said while brushing the sauce on the lamb. "I'm sure you haven't tried my latest invention."

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Zhang Xu cast a magic spell "biu" on the sheep, and the sheep bones in the mutton appeared out of thin air on the other side of the table as if they had learned to phantom.

Immediately someone came over to take away the mutton bones to make soup, while Sukhbalu picked up a basket filled with fresh wooden sticks from the side and placed it on the table.

"You put these wooden strips in the place where the sheep bones were originally." Sukhbalu said.

Zhang Xu picked up a wooden stick that was about the size of chopsticks. After seeing the type of wooden stick, his eyes widened and he asked, "Shatang? If you put it in, won't you be afraid that it will turn into water-filled meat?"

"What do you know?" Sukhbalu said to Zhang Xu with a look of disdain, "The Shatang is inside and roasted with red wood on the outside, so that it can be roasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside."

Zhang Xu thought it made sense, so he obeyed the instructions obediently, but as he was doing it, he said: "Just put the Emperor Xiu wood in, and you won't have any worries after eating."

"Why don't you let Mandui in?" Sukhbalu replied.

"Who do you want to invite to dinner today?" Zhang Xu asked.

"Minister of Magic Scrimgeour." Sukhbaru said, "If you don't come, I will send a message for you to come over. I need your advice tonight."

Zhang Xu raised his eyebrows and realized that today's meal was not simple, so he asked, "What big things need to be done?"

"Don't you think the streets outside are too deserted now?" Sukhbalu said, "You will understand the details tonight when you hear them. When the time comes, you will be useful. Just look at Uncle Zhao's face and act accordingly." good."

At this time, Zhang Xu had already put all the Shatang wood strips into the mutton, and Sukhbalu on the side had also brushed the sesame oil and other seasonings.

The fuel had been placed in the oven and the fire was lit. Sukhbalu hung the whole sheep on a steel frame and put it into the oven.

Zhang Xu didn't go there to watch the excitement, but walked towards Furong.

"Do you have anything else to do later?" Fleur asked.

Zhang Xu thought for a moment, and since he was waiting for Scrimgeour to come later, he could just ask about Mrs. Weasley's affairs then, so he shook his head and said: "There's nothing else, I have free time until the dinner. "

"Then let's go out for a walk." After finishing speaking, Furong pulled Zhang Xu and left the backyard through the back door.

After the two came to the street, Zhang Xu paid close attention to the situation on Hogsmeade Street and found that there were far fewer pedestrians on the street than before. In addition, many shops were closed, making the street look deserted. .

I won’t go to the Three Broomsticks. I have something to drink tonight.

The door of the magic joke shop opened by the Weasley twins is closed. It is estimated that they have no intention of opening the shop in the past two days.

The Fengya Wizard Clothing Store is quite busy, but the two of them currently have no demand for new clothes, and Fleur doesn't like the styles from the UK. If she wants to buy clothes, she will choose the Paris branch.

Finally, Zhang Xu and Furong came to Honeydukes Candy Store, intending to buy a batch of candies and send them to Gabrielle.

But when they walked into the store, they found that the originally dazzling array of candies on the shelves was half empty. Mr. and Mrs. Frum sat behind the cashier with a sad look and kept sighing.