Drink Black Tea Calmly at Hogwarts

? Just as Wales was talking about his guess, the kitchen door opened.

"That's it. These basilisks are not big enough yet, so their meat is still very tender. So when you first put it in the pot, you have to be gentle and don't move it, otherwise the meat will break easily. Fry the meat until it's done. When it's cooked enough, you can shovel it up and turn the other side. If you want it to cook faster, you can increase the fire, and you have to turn it frequently to avoid burning it." Zhang said to Hu De in the kitchen about frying the basilisk. Meat's Tips opened the door and walked out, "Ah, you're back. I thought you would be back a little late, and dinner isn't ready yet. It's rare that you haven't tasted something good."

The three people outside looked at each other awkwardly, then lowered their heads and went upstairs carrying today's loot.

"So you two are spending the whole day together today?"

After eating and drinking, the five people sat on the sofa drinking tea and chatting about today's harvest. As a result, someone discovered the New World.

"It turns out that not liking to watch romantic movies is just an excuse to exclude us." Wales said to Hood with certainty.

"Are you jealous?" said Hood, holding the tea cup.

"Anyway, you are just wandering around." Wales said, "Hehe", "If he really wants to have any thoughts about you, your child has started to be weaned."

"But looking at your rosy face today and the smile that stays on your face, it seems like something interesting happened?" Rodney discovered something new.

Hu De put down the tea cup in his hand, moved to sit next to Zhang Xu, leaned on Zhang Xu's shoulder and said with a smile: "The two of us spent an unforgettable afternoon together."

Although Mr. Zhang knew that they were all making fun of him, he had gotten used to it in the past few years. The others often took advantage of him when they were joking. In the past, he took some advantage, for example, now he stretched out his little hand and gently hugged Hood's waist, which was fine. But if this topic continues now, it will go to a very dangerous place, especially when one of them doesn't mind pushing her.

"We just test cars together in the test track in the afternoon." Zhang Xu said, "She bought a few cars."

As soon as Zhang Xu finished speaking, he found Nelson and Rodney looking at him with pity.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Zhang Xu asked strangely.

"You also know that the three of us grew up together." Nelson pointed to Rodney and Hood and said to Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu nodded, he knew this.

"On her fourteenth birthday, she secretly took the two of us for a ride in the family car." Nelson continued, "That day was the first time I realized that death was so close to us."

"My sister cried in the car that day," Rodney added.

"For the next whole year, she didn't dare to ride in the car at all. She was shaking as soon as she got in the car." Nelson pointed at Rodney and said.

"She never hits the brakes except to stop!"

"She never just steps on the accelerator!"

"She never slows down when turning!"

"She never obeyed traffic rules!"

…

Amid the criticism from the two old sisters, Zhang Xu nodded in agreement.

"By the way, Nelson, is your injury better?" Zhang Xu hurriedly changed the topic. If the conversation continued, he might also have a psychological shadow about riding in a car. Today was the first time he had a chance to chat with her since Nelson was injured.

Nelson shook his head and said, "Not good. After the eyeballs were removed, although life was a little inconvenient at first, I finally got over it with her help."

She pointed at Wales, who also had only one eye.

"It's just due to other complications that the overall recovery is very slow, or even stagnant. The result of yesterday's examination is that my magic level is likely to permanently drop off a cliff."

Seeing Zhang Xu's nervous and concerned expression, Nelson smiled and continued: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I have submitted my retirement report. It would be good to continue to open a coffee shop here in the future, but I originally agreed to something else. Someone needs to change."

"Who will go instead?" Hu De, who was still eating his tofu next to Zhang Xu's shoulder, asked.

"It's my turn. Anyway, I think that job should be suitable for me." Rodney replied, "We met her this afternoon and told her about it, and she agreed."

Just when Zhang Xugang wanted to ask for details, Hu De pointed at Zhang Xu and said, "Don't tell him what the specific matter is. Give him a surprise then."

Zhang was unhappy when his words were blocked before he could say anything, so he secretly retaliated against Hood.

"By the way, do you two plan to install a new eye?" Zhang Xu said to Wales and Nelson, "In the medical exhibition area of ​​the exhibition, there is a company that customizes prosthetic eyes. It is said that the effect is good and can be used in daily life. No problem, you can add some other features if needed.”

"And that company's products are highly simulated and can look real, not as ugly as the ones pretended by 'Mad Eye' Moody."

"If it is combined with subsequent additional treatments, it will be no different from real eyes."

Wales, who was picking up a cookie, was stunned for a moment, and then said quietly: "We went to see it, but the price was still too high, which was a bit unacceptable. And our medical insurance obviously won't pay a penny for this. .”

Zhang Xu had nothing to say for a moment. The manufacturing cost of such high-magic products was not low. Even Moody's eyes were made with the materials provided by the Ministry of Magic and the efforts of Dumbledore. Because the market is not that big, the high R\u0026D costs can only be allocated to a small number of users, and the overall cost cannot be reduced at all. In China, it mainly relies on government subsidies to provide free installation for people injured on the job. For those who need new eyes due to their own reasons, even if they buy medical insurance and new rural cooperative medical insurance, they will have to pay a lot of money. The two foreigners could only spend a lot of money to buy it at the original price.

"I'll pay the money first." Zhang Xu continued to take the opportunity to clean up the galleons, "The two of you can pay it back slowly by then, and I won't charge you any interest."

"Ah!?"×3

Not only Wales and Nelson, but also Rodney screamed in surprise. They wouldn't think that Zhang Xu didn't know the price of the fake eyes.

Nelson was even more surprised. At first she thought Zhang Xu was just saying this to the person next to her. She knew that one of them wanted to have an affair with the other but it failed. It doesn't matter if there's still no money between them. At most, the affair is over.

But as for myself...the money in the family belongs to the family. There are many places to spend money in the family, but my share is not much. The savings from past wages are limited. If I continue to open a coffee shop here in the future, my income is destined to not be too high. So when she saw the price of artificial eyes, she had to give up.

And her relationship with Zhang Xu was only good friends. In the past, she would mostly use her psychological advantage of being older than the other person to tease the other person, but both parties were on point, and nothing too extreme ever happened.

And this amount of money is not a small amount, it far exceeds the scope between friends.

As for saying that the other party wanted to take this opportunity to fuck her, this thought only appeared for a moment and then was thrown away. If he really had this intention, he would have attacked them long ago instead of just playing with the cats. Don't you see that the other guy really wanted to have sex with him, even though he was rejected when he came to his door. Not to mention that the professions of both parties made the two parties draw a clear boundary from the beginning, and this boundary is permanent. Once you enter the espionage world, you can't escape completely by handing in a resignation report.

In just a few seconds, Nelson's mind turned into a ball of mush due to random thoughts. She suddenly noticed that Rodney was looking at her with a strange expression on his face, and he was obviously thinking about her. Hu De, who was sitting next to Zhang Xu, looked thoughtful, as if he was thinking about something.

At this time, Zhang Xu raised his hand and looked at his watch, and then said: "It's time, I'm going to the venue. You two go directly to the company's booth tomorrow to make an appointment for treatment. I'll talk to them later. I gave them the money directly."

After Zhang Xu finished speaking, he said goodbye and left.

"Every night in my dreams

I see you, I feel you”

When Zhang Xu came to the venue not far from the stage, the song "My Heart Ill Go On" floated over Hogsmeade.

Thanks to the efforts of a certain urban literary princess, the Titanic, which was supposed to sink again a few days later, sank again a year ahead of schedule. So after the copyright issue was resolved with a phone call, "My Heart Ill Go On" sung by Fleur's aunt floated into thousands of households in the wizarding world of Europe through a live broadcast on Hogwarts Radio.

There are so many flaws in this matter that Zhang has given up complaining.

It has to be said that as the number one troupe in the European wizarding world, the Veela Song and Dance Troupe is top-notch in the world. Even without the Veela's inherent charm ability, the appearance level of the members alone is already at the level of disaster for the country and the people, not to mention that they are not flower vases, they are real talents in dancing and singing. When a group of people who could have made a living easily based on their looks turned to making money based on their skills, the strength they showed was terrifying, and they were worthy of the high price paid for them.

It was a terrible thing to annoy the intoxicated fans, so even if Zhang Xu knew that Furong and the others were arranged to sit in the front row of the stage, he could only give up the idea of ​​​​squeezing in to find her.

At the end of the song, two of Fleur's cousins ​​each walked onto the stage with a harp as tall as themselves.

As their white and slender fingers crossed the strings, the melody of the old British folk song "Scarborough Fair", which originated in the 13th century, flowed around like a clear spring in the mountains.

The singer slowly appeared out of thin air in the center of the stage, and her sweet singing voice instantly conquered the British audience.

Zhang Xu walked to a big stone in an open space not far away and sat down. Amidst the melodious music, his thoughts had already flown far away.