Chapter No.16

It was Professor Minerva McGonagall, with black hair tied up in a high bun, wearing bright green robes, and a serious face.

Oh, the reason I know she's Professor McGonagall is because it's 09:30.The visitor and the Evans family were sitting in the living room.Petunia watched Mr. and Mrs. Evans having a question and answer with Professor McGonagall without interrupting.

"May I ask, did you just say that your school has only more than 20 teaching staff and school staff?" Mrs. Evans asked in surprise.

"Yes" Professor McGonagall answered simply.

"I just heard from you that your school is a seven-year boarding school. In addition to the classrooms, the whole school also has an auditorium, library, canteen, and student dormitory?"

Professor McGonagall: "Yes"

"Excuse me, don't you have a regular school guard?" Mrs. Evans continued to ask.

"Yes, no. But our school is very safe. At night, we will organize all the professors to take turns to watch the night. There is absolutely no problem in terms of safety." Professor McGonagall seems to be very accustomed to the parents of students born in hemp-seed families. A class of problems.

"Oh, God. Your arrangement is very unreasonable. The professor has to teach the students during the day and take turns to be on duty at night. Not only do I have to doubt the safety of the school, but the quality of teaching in your school is also worrying." Mr. Evans also understood why his wife asked these questions.

Their family has two beautiful daughters who are about to go to school, and the safety of the school is naturally their main concern.

"We are wizards, and the problem Mrs. Evans is considering will not happen." Professor McGonagall said very confidently.

"Is there really no problem?" Mrs. Evans asked again worriedly.

After getting an answer, Mrs. Evans asked some other questions.

"I heard that your school may offer students a course of riding a broom?"

"Yes, first-year students have this course. But first-year students are not allowed to bring broomsticks to school."

"Oh, that's right. Our children want to apply for exemption from this course. You are the vice principal of your school, can you directly accept the exemption?"

"Exemption?" Professor McGonagall was very surprised. She had been working in Hogwarts for so many years, and she heard once that parents wanted students to be exempted from riding lessons.

"Yes, exemption. All three children in our family will apply for exemption." Mrs. Evans said firmly to Professor McGonagall.As for the other four people in the family, except for Lily who shrugged her shoulders, none of them had any opinion on what Mrs. Evans said or the decision she made.

Seeing this, Professor McGonagall respected the opinions of the students and their parents, and did not ask why, but said that she would report this situation to the professor who taught the riding class.Although the school respects the decision of the students, it is better for the students to communicate with the professor who applied for the exempt course again.

"You know, my wife and I don't have the magical powers you're talking about, but our children do. Our family doesn't live in the wizarding world, and we don't know anything about it. Now the children are going to school there. As parents, we are very worried. May I ask if we can send the children to school, so that we can learn about the school situation by the way." Mr. Evans proposed to Professor McGonagall the idea of ​​going to school.To be honest, he had thought about this idea for a long time.If he doesn't personally see the place where the children will go to study and live, he will be 1 worried.

"I'm very sorry, the parents of the students are not allowed to enter the school without special circumstances." Professor McGonagall directly rejected this request.

"Then I have one last question. How is the food situation in your school's cafeteria? You know, the child at this time is at the age of growth. Not having enough food or not eating well may affect his future life. The body has an effect."

"The food in the school is still very good. Three meals a day can ensure that the students are full. And the food is very good." Indeed, the food provided in the Hogwarts cafeteria is made by house elves .Delicious and rich, with a complete range.

After asking all the questions that came to mind before, Professor McGonagall led the Evans family to Diagon Alley in London.

Walk through the dark Leaky Cauldron to a wall in the backyard.

"Note here, next time you come by yourself, count three blocks up and two blocks across. Tap the brick lightly with your wands, like this. Diagon Alley is ready to enter." As Professor McGonagall's voice fell to the ground, the wall in front of him parted to the left and right, and the quaint European classic streets came into view.

"Professor McGonagall, may I ask what is the sign for counting bricks upwards and horizontally? Do you raise your arms horizontally or use what you can see as a standard reference?" Petunia is so curious about this question, is it the height of adults and children or something else? Everything is different, what you said is so simple, how could they understand it all at once?

"Based on the height of the arm platform." Professor McGonagall replied.

"Thank you, Professor. I understand." Petunia answered McGonagall's words, and glanced at the siblings around her, who also understood.He didn't talk much anymore.Just follow the adults to Diagon Alley.

After entering Diagon Alley, the Evans family, including Penny, who was accustomed to watching various special effects in American movies, were stunned by the situation in front of them.

A wizard moving on a broom; a large iron pot floating one meter above the ground, slowly moving forward following the steps of its master; The stick will also emit light of various colors; there will be people who appear suddenly and disappear suddenly.No, not only people appeared and disappeared suddenly, but also small monsters less than one meter tall.

Apart from these, the whole street is very small, dilapidated and backward.Old dilapidated houses, window curtains that were out decades ago.You can see from the outside that candles are still used for lighting in the store, which is really backward.

My God, is this the wizarding world?Fantastic and then lag behind.Mysterious and then ruined.

"We should go." Without giving the Evans family too much time to digest, Professor McGonagall led the crowd to the depths of Diagon Alley.

Perhaps the dates for the Evans appointments were different from those of most students.Although there were quite a few people in the alley, it could be seen that not many students came to purchase school supplies.

"We are going to Gringotts now. Gringotts is the bank for wizards in the wizarding world. The common currency in the wizarding world is Galleons, Sickles and Knuts. One Galleon can be exchanged for 17 silver Sickles, and A silver si is worth 29 copper knuts."

"Then, Professor McGonagall, how many such coins can one pound exchange for?" Mr. Evans brought ten thousand pounds here today.I thought that £[-] would be enough for three children to purchase school supplies, but after being stimulated just now, I felt that this amount of money might not be enough.I don't know if I don't have enough cash, can I swipe my card?

"Five Galleons are approximately equal to one pound." (Because of the author's carelessness, the exchange rate was reversed. In order not to affect the following, let's assume that the exchange rate in the [-]s and [-]s is different. Or just as It's the author's artificial inflation.)

Mr. Evans, who was a little relieved, was startled again by the goblin guarding Gringotts.When she realized that these were goblins, Mrs. Evans gave Mr. Evans a hard pinch.Then turned around and ignored him.

The three brothers and sisters who knew the reason all laughed unkindly.Sister San'er, who has seen her parents alone, naturally knows that her father always calls her 'you charming little fairy'.

After exchanging [-] Gold Galleons, and at the suggestion of the goblin, four space purses produced by Gringotts each.The family left Gringotts.

Originally, the goblins suggested that the Evans family open a vault underground.Originally, Mr. Evans had no objection, and Lily and Silverkins didn't care.But both Petunia and Mrs. Evans were firmly against it.Because when they read the history of magic before, they knew that goblins often rebelled.A little money lost is lost.How dangerous it would be if you dared to rebel.But Petunia felt that Gringotts was not as safe as they said.Besides, it is safest to keep your own money by your side.

Seeing this, the goblins at Gringotts knew that they would not be able to earn the management fee for the treasury, so they turned their heads to sell this money bag that could hold [-] Galleons.Evans heard that four would cost a hundred galleons, which would be less in pounds, so he decided to buy four.There are [-] of the three, which were given to the three children as their pocket money for a year.Although Hogwarts provides accommodation and meals.But the children can't have money in their hands!

Although [-] Galleons may seem like a lot, in the eyes of Mr. Evans, it is only [-] pounds.In previous years, the pocket money spent on the three siblings, the sponsorship fee for the daughter's acting like a baby, and the reward fund for the son's outstanding performance in the examination all far exceeded this amount.So it doesn't bother me at all.

And this situation has become a symbol of wealth and status in the eyes of unknown people.At least that's how it looked in the eyes of the Malfoys.

The whole family was dressed in Muggle costumes, but the elegant behavior, noble manners, and the boldness of spending a lot of money made the Malfoy family think that they were nobles in the Muggle world.Although they thought it was possible to make friends, their Malfoy-style pride did not allow them to show favor to others first.Therefore, the two Mr. Malfoy, older and younger, looked at each other and left.

Holding the remaining nearly [-] Galleons, the Evans family started their pre-enrollment shopping trip under the guidance of Professor McGonagall.

"We will order school uniforms today, and when the clothes are ready, we can buy magic wands. After that..., we will finally go to Lihen Bookstore. After buying everything, we will go to pick up the school uniforms." Mag The professor talked about the arrangements for today's trip to Diagon Alley.

Naturally, the Evans family had no idea.Even if you have any ideas, just wait until the next time you come by yourself, and then do it.

Along the way, Penny discovered a very interesting thing.It turns out that the magic world implements monopoly marketing.From Gringotts to Madam Malkin's Robe Store, there is only one other store except the clothing store.Penny can only sigh in her heart, there is no competition, how can there be progress!

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