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Chapter 4105 4107 [Moving to a New Home]

The next day, the students left Hogwarts with their suitcases.

As per custom, everyone received a notice before leaving school, warning them not to use magic during the holidays.

Of course, rules are meant to be broken.

In fact, underage wizards can use magic outside of school.

Because the Ministry of Magic mainly relies on Tracking Threads to track students, and Tracking Threads can detect when someone is casting spells around them, but cannot detect who is casting the spell.

So if a child is from a wizarding family, he or she can cast magic when they are with their parents. Then, Trace will not be able to tell whether it is the parent or the child casting the spell, and will not alert the Ministry of Magic.

Children from Muggle families are subject to restrictions because there are no adult wizards near them. As long as Trace notices someone casting a spell, it must be them, and they will naturally be warned by the Ministry of Magic, or even expelled from Hogwarts and imprisoned in Azkaban.

For example, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter was warned by the Ministry of Magic for casting the Patronus Charm. If Dumbledore had not argued for it, he would probably have been expelled from school.

Of course, this might also be because Cornelius Fudge was afraid that he would spread the news of Voldemort's return, so he deliberately made trouble for him.

Because the original book also mentioned that Lily Evans had performed magic at home and turned teacups into mice, but the Ministry of Magic apparently did not hold her accountable.

Generally speaking, rules and laws can only restrain good citizens.

……

On the way back, Xiang Nan and Lily sat in the same carriage.

He was holding a large book in his hand, which was the "Spellbook" lent to him by Professor Flitwick. It contained the spells and casting tips for thousands of spells.

Professor Flitwick has goblin blood and a first-class talent for magic. With his hard work and careful study, he became a master of spells and even won the title of duel champion.

This book, "The Book of Spells", is his own work, which records thousands of spells that he collected, improved and created, and therefore deserves the title of a "book".

Professor Flitwick was willing to lend Xiang Nan the book because of his outstanding performance. Otherwise, he would not easily lend the book to students.

"It's a pity that we can't perform magic outside of school." Lily complained to Xiang Nan.

It was so hard for her to become a wizard, but it was a pity that she couldn't cast magic before she came of age.

"It's okay, you can come to my house and play." Xiang Nan said with a smile and explained the principle of the tracking silk to Lily.

When Lily heard this, she immediately became happy.

"When the time comes, you can also read magic books and brew magic potions at my house." Xiang Nan smiled again, "My family has a large number of books inherited from the Prince family, and my mother is also a master of magic potions and can brew many difficult magic potions."

Hearing her say that, Lily became even happier.

"Okay, then I will definitely go." She nodded.

……

After arriving at King's Cross Station, Lily reunited with her family.

After saying hello to Robin, Mary and Penny, Xiang Nan went to the Leaky Cauldron and then used Floo powder to go directly home.

Tobias and Mary both knew that their son would be back today, so they prepared a sumptuous dinner.

Their family's income has increased, and their living standard has naturally improved. They no longer lack beef, fish, sausages, eggs, cheese, cakes, etc.

Although Xiang Nan is not a greedy person, he is very happy to see the improvement of the environment at home.

After dinner, Xiang Nan took out all the money he had earned in the past two months.

In the past two months, in addition to selling potions to Adam Giggs, he also sold a large number of potions to his classmates, one of which was a wisdom-enhancing potion and the other was a cooling potion.

Intelligence-enhancing potions are mainly used for review, while cooling potions are used to relieve summer heat.

Hogwarts is located in the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, where summer temperatures can reach over 30 degrees Celsius.

There was no air conditioning or refrigerator in the school, so senior students could cast ice spells to cool themselves down. Junior students could only endure the heat.

Therefore, Xiang Nan specially developed a cooling potion. With one sip, you can feel cool and refreshed, just like being in an air-conditioned room. Therefore, this cooling potion is also very popular among students.

Adding together the intelligence-enhancing potion, cooling potion, and other potions, Xiang Nan earned a total of one thousand Galleons, which was a pretty good profit.

Together with Irene's income from potions and Tobias's bar income, the Snape family's savings now amount to 12,000 pounds.

In the UK in 1972, this amount of money was already quite a lot. It was equivalent to three or four years of salary for an average person, and could buy a nice house in London.

"Mom and Dad, let's move." Xiang Nan suggested to Irene and Tobias.

Although the house in Spinner's End was the ancestral home, it was located in the slums after all. It was dilapidated, old, and in a very bad environment. The people who lived here, like the Snape family before them, were all penniless poor people.

Before, the Snape family had no money to buy a new house, or even new clothes or shoes. But now it was different, their family was rich, with an annual income of about 60,000 pounds, enough to support them to live a better life.

After hearing their son's proposal, Irene and Tobias both agreed.

Different people have different ways of living. Their family used to be poor, but now they are at least middle class. If they tiptoe higher, they can even climb into the wealthy class.

With such a fortune, it’s time to move into a new house.

Bigger, newer, better decorated, safer, more comfortable environment...

……

In the following days, Xiang Nan and Tobias looked at houses everywhere and finally bought a townhouse near Lily Evans' home.

The villa is three stories high, including a basement, front and back gardens, with a total area of ​​200 square meters. It is similar to where Vernon and Penny's family live. This type of housing is also the mainstream of the middle class in Europe and the United States.

After the villa was bought, it was renovated, and the decorator was Xiang Nan. He was not only proficient in real estate and decoration, but also in magic, so for him, the decoration became very simple.

For example, to replace the wires in a room, he only needs to wave his wand and chant a spell, and the new wires will completely replace the old wires, without having to break open the wall or re-clear the pipes.

For example, when painting the wall, he just waves his magic wand and the paint can be sprayed automatically, flatly and evenly; the damaged floor can also be easily removed and replaced with a new one.

He can even use spells and magic to expel possible pests in the house, such as cockroaches, spiders, termites, bedbugs, etc., and he can guarantee that it will be done once and for all without any residue.

Therefore, within less than two days after the house was purchased, the interior decoration was completed, and the Snape family moved in immediately.

(End of this chapter)