Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory
Chapter 197 A light wheel 2000
Throughout the morning, Honeydukes' customers never stopped. Every time a group of satisfied customers returned home with bags of candies they bought, another wave of customers would rush in.
After coming in, what they said was pretty much the same. It was always the same sentence: "Do you have any violet candies from Sniffing the Wind?!"
In this way, it was not until noon, when I saw that all the bags of candies that had been on the shelves yesterday were bought and replaced with shining silver Sickles and Gold Galleons, that the surging crowd finally subsided.
Come down and give Ambrosio and Mrs. Froome a short respite...
"It's incredible...we sold more candies in one morning than in two or three days combined!!!"
Behind the counter of Honeydukes, Mrs. Froome looked a little tired, but she couldn't hide the excitement and excitement in her voice.
She slowly opened the drawer behind the counter that was used to store money, and saw coins lying neatly inside, staggered with each other, stacked tightly, shining with dazzling light, filling the originally large space.
Full and full.
Even just a glance at it can't help but cheer people up and completely leave all the fatigue behind...
"This is the most wonderful Christmas ever!"
Mrs. Vroom sighed, took a deep breath, then raised her head and looked at her husband standing at the door, as if she wanted to get the other person's approval.
However, Ambrosio did not speak. He just looked at the guests who were leaving, not knowing what he was thinking.
Sweat was flowing down his forehead. The turbid breath exhaled from his mouth also turned into white mist in the cold air, until it gradually disappeared...
Suddenly, Ambrosio seemed to have made a decision. He slowly withdrew his gaze. After taking a deep breath, he turned his head and focused his gaze on the advertisement with the wind-sniffing violet pattern that had just been placed yesterday.
On the brand’s new shelves——
Now the shelves that should have been full of candies have all gone, leaving only a few bags of unsold violet candies lying pitifully on top.
He frowned, walked to the shelf without saying a word, raised his hand and picked up a bag of candies on top.
After looking at the clues carefully for more than ten seconds, Ambrosio tore open the package, took out a crystal clear candy, and gently put it into his mouth with an unknown complicated emotion.
The moment the violet candy came into contact with the tip of his tongue, he closed his eyes.
Silently feeling the progressive sweetness in the mouth, dancing and dancing on the taste buds, and finally rushing straight from the nose to the brain with an inexplicable breath, although the expression on his face is still the same as before, calm.
But the turmoil in his heart made him couldn't help but squeeze the hand holding the candy wrapper a little tighter.
After a long time, when the candy completely melted in his mouth, Ambrosio finally opened his eyes.
His eyes held a bit of frustration and sadness that could not be concealed, and he seemed to understand something in the sobriety of the aftertaste of violet candy...
Ambrosio handed the bag of candies to Mrs. Froome behind the counter, and then showed a faint bitter smile in the other's surprised eyes.
He slowly shook his head and said
"He has reached a height that cannot be reached... No one in the world can make something comparable to it... At least I will never be able to make something like this candy."
After that, like a defeated rooster, he walked towards the inside of Honeydukes...
Mrs. Froome watched her husband open the door to the bedroom, and after entering, he closed it tightly without stopping.
Gently stroking the coins in the drawer that were almost overflowing, the smile on his face did not dissipate.
In her opinion, this may not be a bad thing for Ambrosio.
After all, although it is cruel to accept reality, after the cruelty has passed, there is no courage to face the future.
It's easier than always having to compete with Charlie Black secretly in your mind like before.
Besides, people never know...
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Hogwarts
As the crisp and cheerful bell rang the first ray of morning light, in the Slytherin dormitory, Harry had a look of comfort on his face and slowly opened his sleepy eyes.
With the incident in the Forbidden Forest that night ended, everything seemed to have come to a conspicuous end, putting his study life back on track.
Instead of thrilling adventures and terrifying and dangerous enemies, what's left is just a good time with friends.
Although it is a little dull, in Harry's opinion, it is still very precious...
After sitting up from the bed, Harry subconsciously turned his head and looked to the side, where Draco's bed was.
According to past habits, when Harry woke up, Draco should be sitting on the bed, holding the notebook given to him by Mr. Black and reading with gusto.
However, this time, it was not the case.
At this moment, Draco's bed was empty, and even the quilts had been neatly folded and placed quietly at the head of the bed.
Harry suddenly realized that Draco had been taken home by his parents yesterday to spend the holidays together.
Thinking of this, Harry couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed and envious in his heart... The disappointment came from not being able to spend his first Christmas at Hogwarts with his best friend.
And he is envious because now he is with his parents and enjoying the warmth brought by his family.
Even so, Harry's mood soon adjusted. He shook his head, put on his glasses on the bedside, put on his clothes, and regained his usual bright smile, ready to welcome the party.
The beginning of this new day.
At this moment, suddenly, the dormitory door opened, and a tall boy with an indifferent expression walked in.
He raised his head, looked at Harry who was getting dressed, nodded slightly, and said hello politely.
"Morning, Harry."
This is his roommate who lives in the same dormitory, Theodore Nott.
Although he is from the Holy Twenty-Eight Family like Draco, he is not a high-profile guy and likes to be alone. It is difficult to become friends with him even with people in the dormitory.
In daily communication, only polite greetings remain...
At the very beginning, Harry also tried to establish a friendly relationship with him, but was not very successful.
Theodore Nott's politeness and unfamiliarity were like an ice wall, blocking out all his overtures. He was like a lone wolf, living alone in a world that belonged only to him, and no outsiders were allowed.
Half step in.
You know, even in Slytherin, which doesn't have a very good reputation, a guy like him who has no friends is definitely an out-and-out alien.
"Good morning to you, Theodore."
Harry nodded in response, and then greeted him casually as usual.
"Not bad today, right?"
"good."
Theodore answered briefly, and then said nothing else and went straight to his bed.
"Right..."
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, stopped, turned his head, and spoke to Harry.
"What?"
Harry looked at him in surprise, and paused while putting on his clothes.
After all, according to past practice, these two sentences were probably their entire communication for the day.
Even saying one more sentence to him like this was enough to be regarded as a novel thing for Harry.
"They were opening Christmas presents in the common room...I thought I saw yours just now."
Theodore pointed in the direction outside the dormitory door and said.
"real!?"
Harry's eyes suddenly shone with light, and the smile on his face couldn't restrain his joy.
You know, this is probably the first time he officially received a Christmas gift.
In the past, when he was at the Dursleys' house, Uncle Vernon had always given him fifty-pence coins, a pair of smelly socks, or even toothpicks...
"I'm going to take a look!!"
As he spoke, Harry got excited and quickly put on his clothes, then stepped on his slippers and rushed out of the dormitory like a fly, running towards the common room.
Sure enough, in the noisy and bustling Slytherin lounge at this moment, Harry saw his Hedwig at a glance, standing on a pile of stacked gifts and flapping her wings.
Seeing Harry appear, he opened his mouth and called out "coo-coo-coo" a few times, as if to remind him that he was here.
"Good boy..."
Ignoring the chill and frost that had not yet dissipated from Hedwig, Harry held it in his arms, rubbed its snow-white head lovingly, took out a handful of the feed he had prepared with him, and put it in his arms.
After he settled in, he finally couldn't wait to look at the gift prepared for him.
First of all, the first gift that comes into view is wrapped in layers of newspapers. Although it has become wrinkled due to the bumps on the road, it is not difficult to see that on it, it is wrapped with black carbon.
The words "Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!" were written in plain pen.
Almost without thinking, when he saw the crooked handwriting, Harry instantly realized who had sent it.
Sure enough, when he opened the outer packaging, the contents confirmed Harry's suspicion.
After all, no one except Dobby would give him a dress exactly like the one he wore on his birthday - and it would still be so ill-fitting.
The second item was sent by Draco...
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In this way, he opened them one by one. Soon, the originally high pile of gifts began to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although most of the gifts he received were small magical objects, which were not worth much, they were very interesting, and at least Harry was particularly satisfied.
Soon, not long after, there were only two unopened gifts left on the ground.
Harry's eyes focused on the largest of them.
"Is this... a broomstick?"
Looking at the long shape tightly wrapped with colored paper and ribbons, Harry's heart suddenly moved.
He quickly brought it to his eyes, and immediately he saw Charlie Black's name on the label sandwiched in the ribbon.
The handwriting signed with a fountain pen has a unique elegance, beautiful yet unrestrained and hard, just like his character, which is so complex that it is unpredictable.
"Mr. Black gave it to me?!"
The heart that was originally mentioned was beating even harder. His little face immediately turned red with excitement, and he asked himself in surprise
"How did Mr. Black know that I had always wanted a broomstick...did Draco tell him?"
Harry had actually expected that Charlie Black would send gifts.
However, in his opinion, for a young wizard like him who had no contact with him and had only met him once or twice, Mr. Black's random candies could make him overjoyed.
But never thought that the other party would buy a broomstick for himself!?
With his thoughts at this point, he could no longer suppress the joy in his heart and couldn't wait to reach out and open the package above.
When the ribbon and colored paper were torn apart, a flying broom with perfect curvature and beautiful shape appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Whether it is the handle made of mahogany or the long and neat branches at the end, it seems that Harry is constantly reminded of the superior quality of this broom.
And at the top of it, there is a faint golden light, and the mark "Limbus: 2000" engraved on it clearly reveals the identity of this flying broomstick!
"Harry received a Nimbus 2000!!!"
Next to him, a young Slytherin wizard just glanced at him casually. But when he saw the thing in Harry's hand, his eyes widened and he couldn't look away.
And following his exclamation, it seemed as if some mechanism had been activated, and more young wizards focused their attention.
"Is that the new broom?"
“This is this year’s new style!”
"God, I want it so much..."
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Listening to the envious whispers in his ears, Harry swallowed. An unreal illusion occurred, causing him to subconsciously tighten the shiny handle in his hand a little more.
"Oh my gosh... if Ron knew, he would go crazy with envy."
Shaking his head and looking at the Nimbus 2000 that was firmly in his hand, Harry couldn't help but sigh.
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