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Chapter 4094 4096 [Making Money Plan]

The next day, Christmas.

Early in the morning, Xiang Nan received a gift from Irene Prince, which was a pair of old shoes.

Although it wasn't very good, he still accepted it.

Afterwards, Xiang Nan did not stay in bed, but went to the eighth floor of the castle to start brewing the potion.

He stood in front of the Room of Requirement, thinking intently, "I want a room suitable for making medicine," and then walked back and forth in front of the wall three times.

When he pushed open the door, he saw that the Room of Requirement had changed its appearance. Inside were crucibles, scales, mortars, knives, cups, etc., as well as some potion books and some basic potion materials.

For example, aconite, leeches, sap grass, grass ridge worms, two-ear grass, figs, daisy roots, porcupine quills, puffer fish eyes, etc.

As far as Xiang Nan knew, these materials were sufficient to meet the needs of students from grades one to seven for their Potions classes.

He then brewed a refreshing potion, which is specially used to treat colds. It is winter now, and colds are very common, so the demand is very high. Many families even buy more potions to prevent colds.

In addition, sleeping pills, euphoria potions, intelligence-enhancing potions, healing potions, living hell decoctions, vitality tonics, etc. are also popular potions.

Of course, the more popular potions include love potions, truth serums, felicity potions, polyjuice potions, etc. These potions not only require superb potion skills, but also take a very long time to brew.

For example, the Polyjuice Decoction takes a month to make, while the Felix decoction takes six months to make. If there is a slight mistake, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, things are more valuable because they are rare, and a bottle costs dozens or hundreds of Galleons.

But Xiang Nan would not make those for the time being. On the one hand, those potions were very troublesome to make, and it would take a month or even half a year to make them, which was too long; on the other hand, with his ability in making potions, even if he could make them, it would be very difficult, and it would take a lot of time and energy.

Xiang Nan brews potions mainly to make money, or to make people think that he makes money from potions, so potions with high output, fast brewing, high quality, and less raw materials are the preferred options.

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Xiang Nan then began to cook it.

He could also read a book while brewing the potion.

This was also thanks to the fact that he learned from Zhou Botong "using both hands" and "multitasking at one mind". His two hands were doing different things, so he could boil medicine and read a book at the same time without any delay.

And he did a good job. Almost every day after that, he would use the school owl to send the prepared potion to Adam Giggs.

Adam Giggs then paid him according to the quality and quantity of the potions he brewed.

A bottle of refreshing potion gives ten knuts, a bottle of sleeping potion gives one Sickle, a bottle of healing potion gives two Sickles, a bottle of joy potion gives three Sickles, a bottle of vitality tonic gives five Sickles...

Of course, it is lower than the price he sold it for, but it is also within a reasonable range.

Xiang Nan worked day and night to make medicine, earning about ten Galleons a day, which was about fifty pounds. In this way, he earned fifteen hundred pounds a month, much more than Tobias Snape.

However, since the ingredients he used for the potions were all taken from Hogwarts for free, apart from his personal time and energy, his potions had almost no cost and were all profit.

If he were to purchase the raw materials himself and make potions to sell, the profit would probably be only 30% to 40% of what it is now, or about three or four Galleons a day, or about one hundred Galleons a month.

Although it was not a lot, it was actually not a small amount. For example, the monthly salary of the employees of the Ministry of Magic was only 100 to 200 Galleons. As he brewed potions more and more times, he gradually found some tricks and made some modifications to the original recipes, making the process of brewing potions simpler, smoother, and more effective.

For example, the stimulant is made from the decoction of tranquilizing flowers, heather, and caterpillar eggs. Usually, after taking it, steam will come out of the top of the head, and the whole head will feel like it is on fire. However, as long as a drop of leech juice is added, this side effect can be eliminated.

Another example is the euphoria drug, which can make people feel upbeat and cheerful after drinking it. But it also has side effects, which is that people tend to get drunk easily, want to sing and sniffle. But if you add a little peppermint, you can perfectly eliminate the side effects.

Such potions with reduced side effects will naturally be more popular and will also help increase profits. The key is that they can also hone Xiang Nan's experience in brewing potions, allowing his experience points to rise rapidly.

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On January 5th, the new term begins at Hogwarts.

Lily Evans, Gregory Foley, Joey Farrell, Benjamin Winslet and others are back.

Xiang Nan also returned to his studies, but after class, his main place of stay changed from the library to the Room of Requirement.

After all, he needs to study and make medicine at the same time. He can't stop studying to improve his strength, nor can he stop making money by making medicine.

"Severus, what are you busy with every day? I haven't seen you for several days?" His roommates didn't notice Xiang Nan's elusiveness, but Lily noticed it first.

In fact, this is not the fault of Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others. The main reason is that Xiang Nan rarely goes back to the dormitory and spends most of his time in the library.

So even if he didn't show up all day, they thought he was in the library. Only Lily often went to the library to read, so she knew that Xiang Nan was not in the library.

Maybe it was something else for one or two days, but Xiang Nan was not in the library for several days in a row, and when she asked his roommates, he was not in the dormitory either, so Lily naturally became curious.

"I can tell you, but you have to promise me not to tell anyone else." Xiang Nan lowered his voice.

"Okay, I promise you." Lily nodded.

"I've been secretly brewing potions recently and selling them to the potion shop in Diagon Alley." Xiang Nan said quietly.

When Lily heard this, her eyes widened, "So you are doing this?"

She really didn't expect that while other students were still playing, Xiang Nan had actually made money by boiling medicine. It was really amazing.

"Yes, on Christmas Eve, Professor Slughorn held a party, and I heard from Mr. Adam Giggs that his pharmacy was short of supplies, so I made some potions and sold them to him." Xiang Nan explained, "I can earn four Galleons a day, which can help my parents a lot."

Lily was very touched to hear him say that.

She knew that Xiang Nan's family was very poor, so he had always been dressed in rags, with a coat that was several sizes too big, ill-fitting pants, and tattered shoes... so much so that people around him didn't want to pay attention to him.

When I came to Hogwarts, except for my wand, everything else was old. School uniforms, cauldrons, scales, telescopes, textbooks...

Therefore, it is really remarkable that he could think of being self-reliant.

(End of this chapter)