International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 241
This semester, Lu Ren had to purchase additional textbooks for Protection of Magical Beasts, Muggle Studies, Ancient Runes, Arithmetic and Divination, and Divination.

Today's bookstore is a little different from the past. There is an iron cage inside, and about a hundred strange books are locked in it. These books are entangled, fighting each other, and there are broken pieces of paper everywhere. Will it damage the contents of the book?

""Monsters' Book of Monsters", the textbook for this year's Protection of Magical Animals class." Lu Ren explained to Alice.This is a book about terrifying creatures, a bookstore owner's nightmare.These bosses are really unlucky, what kind of textbooks the professor wants to use, what kind of goods they will buy...

The last time I had such a bad experience was "The Invisibility Book of Invisibility", these books will become invisible!A fortune was spent in the store, but the books all disappeared and no one could find them.It's kind of like the Emperor's New Clothes, to be honest.

But since these books are so aggressive, why not put them in separate cages?Or let the supplier bundle the books and send them over?Lu Ren fell into thinking. Could it be that the supplier charged a lot of money for additional services?
The manager of Lihen Bookstore seemed to be in a bad mood, but just as he put on a pair of thick gloves and picked up a big walking stick, and was about to fish out a book from the cage, Lu Ren just waved , An invisible force restrained a book, and then Lu Ren took it out of the cage effortlessly.

The manager looked dumbfounded.

He suddenly realized something: "Student, are you a Hogwarts student? If you can help me subdue these books, then I will cover all your books this year."

Lu Ren pondered for a while, this deal is quite a bargain, he insisted on getting it~
"Okay," he agreed, and then he waved his hand violently. Hundreds of books fell from the air one after another, and were pressed on the bottom of the cage, and then were fished out and tied up by the clerk one by one.

After about a quarter of an hour, all the "Monster Books of Monsters" were subdued.

Then Lu Ren handed his book list to the manager. The manager looked at the long list with a pained look on his face, but still wrapped all the books for Lu Ren.

""Pull Through the Fog to See the Future", "Monster Book of Monsters", "Rune Dictionary", "Magic Symbol Collection", "Magic Character Table", "Number Divination and Graphics"..." Lu Ren counted After looking at the books, I found that all the books I needed were all there, so I left the bookstore happily with three bulging bags.

Lu Ren and Alice were attracted by a large group of people outside Florin Fusco's ice cream shop, and Lu Ren couldn't help being curious.You know, in the magic world where the population is thin, it is not easy to see a group of people gather together.

When Lu Ren walked over, he found that this group of people was actually...

Throw pot?

The game of throwing pots originated in the Central Plains. It is a game in which people take turns throwing arrow shafts into wine pots. This game has been played in the Spring and Autumn Period.Its origin is also very interesting. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, according to etiquette, when the princes entertained guests, they had to invite them to shoot arrows.Although archery is one of the six arts of a gentleman, some guests just don't know how to shoot arrows, so they can only use arrows to throw wine bottles instead.Over time, throwing pots replaced archery and became a game during banquets.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, a scholar should know six things: etiquette, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and counting, namely etiquette, rhythm, archery, driving a carriage, calligraphy, and arithmetic. It is shameful for you not to know these six. But later on, I understand everything.

The peddler in front of him seemed to be playing a small game of throwing pots.

The stall owner was an old wizard wearing a plain black wizard robe. His hair and beard were all white and hung loose around his waist, looking dry and disheveled.However, the staff he held in his hand attracted Lu Ren's attention. It was a staff about two meters long, about two fingers wide. This was the first time Lu Ren had seen a wizard holding such a staff. arrive.

His booth was filled with coins, parchment manuscripts, strange-looking alchemy equipment, gems and the like.

After watching it for a while, Lu Ren also understood how the game is played, which is the rules of the Central Plains Touhu.

The whole game is divided into three parts: the pot, the arrow, and the middle. The pot is a pot: a pot with a wide belly, a long neck, and a slightly narrow opening. The overall height is about 28 cm, and the mouth diameter is less than 83 cm.Arrows are arrows without arrowheads, less than two centimeters thick and about [-] centimeters long. "Medium" is the points bucket.

Customers stand ten paces away and throw arrows into the pot. Each customer can throw four arrows.The first arrow is worth [-] points, the second and third arrows are worth [-] points, and the fourth arrow is [-] points. It is simple and clear.

And all kinds of gadgets are divided into three piles by the stall owner. If the final score is higher than five and lower than or equal to ten, then you can get the same item in the third pile, which mainly contains some coins and some inconspicuous ones gadgets.If it is greater than ten and less than or equal to 25, choose the same thing in the second pile, and if it is greater than 25, you can take something in the third pile.

The second pile is mainly those alchemy equipment, and the third pile is parchment manuscripts.However, besides the three piles of things, there are two small sealed boxes. According to others, the person who hits all four arrows can take one.

"Ahh! It's almost there!"

"Leaning on the rod, no points." Leaning on the rod means that the arrow does not fully enter the pot.

A wizard threw four arrows, missed one, threw down five Sickles angrily, and threw another round. This time he only threw the third arrow, scored five points, and finally hid his face and walked away.With the attempts of the surrounding wizards, a large pile of silver Sickles piled up in front of the white-haired wizard.

Lu Ren watched for a while, and found that the person with the most scores only scored fifteen points.

It seems that the martial arts in the British magic world is not very abundant, Lu Ren thought.

A wizard threw several Galleons into it, but barely caught anything. He cursed angrily, and seemed to want to do something, but the old wizard just waved his staff lightly, and the wizard who was about to make trouble was sent flying.

'So strong! Lu Ren stood not far away, watching this scene.

The wizards around suddenly became tense, and no one stepped forward to throw pots for a while.

Alice took the opportunity to step forward, dropped five Sickles, and took four arrows.

I have to say that Alice has practiced dancing since she was a child, and her level is really good. After practicing a few times, she was able to get four out of two. In the end, she set a new record and scored 35 points, taking away the A roll of parchment.

Then she gave the chance to Lu Ren, who dropped Yin Xike and picked up the arrow.He often played this with his friends when he was a child, but they used branches and broken baskets, but it was not a big problem.

Lu Ren threw a round first to test the hand feel, one out of four.

Next is the second round.

(End of this chapter)