Chinese students at Hogwarts.

Chapter 2 East, West and Admission Letter

In Zhang Xiao's complicated eyes, the eggshell-like light curtain slowly dissipated, and the jade pendant also suppressed its light.

In the past life, those problems that I ignored intentionally or unintentionally resurfaced again.

For example, a family lives in a slum, and the parents don't worry about their own safety at all. According to the thinking of ordinary Chinese parents, they are desperately trying to keep their children away from danger.

On the contrary, I have been worried for several years. For this reason, I saved a long time to get a revolver in the black neighborhood through Xiao Hei, and I often practice it, because I am afraid that I will not be able to protect myself in danger.

Another example is that he beat up his classmates violently on the first day of school. He thought that the parents and the school were coming to make trouble, but nothing happened. This also fueled his "arrogant arrogance" and laid the foundation for hitting the whole school in the future.

There is also the most critical question. The three of them are black in the UK. No one wants to change their nationality. How did he go to school? ? ?
Zhang Xiao put away her things, and walked home again full of doubts.As for the unlucky guy named Jason who called the police to deal with the aftermath, he was right. The British government doesn't even want to take care of the slums, so why should he bother?
When passing by the mailbox of the apartment, he grabbed out the contents indiscriminately and continued to think about things.

He is quite familiar with the stories of Harry Potter. He is not a fan of Harry Potter, but he has read novels and movies. Even "Hogwarts: Legacy" has 200+ hours of playing time.

Even in the past ten years, many details are not clear, but if you think about it carefully, you can still think of many things.

Are the parents also wizards or something similar?So do you have this talent?
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Xiao became discouraged. Generally speaking, talented young wizards will have signs of magical explosions in their childhood, such as Potter's hair, unconscious teleportation, and dissolving glass, etc., but he has no such experience at all.

Is it because of this reason that my parents kept it from me?Are you a Squib yourself?
Maybe it's good to be an ordinary person who doesn't know.

Zhang Xiao thought bitterly, he grabbed the newspaper casually, trying to divert his attention through some things.

But I found that there seemed to be something in the middle of the newspaper. It seemed to be a letter. Is it a credit card reminder?

Zhang Xiao thought wildly, and flipped the letter to the back.

On the back of the envelope was seen a wax seal, a coat of arms, and a capital "H" surrounded by a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake.

Zhang Xiao's eyes widened suddenly, and with both hands tightly, he opened the envelope tremblingly, took out the letter and began to read:

Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft and Wizardry: Albus Dumbledore (President of the International Federation of Magic, President of the Wizarding Association, first-class wizard of the Merlin Sir Order).

Dear Mr. Xiao Zhang: We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Enclosed is a list of required books and equipment.Semester is scheduled to start on September 31.We will be waiting for your owl to bring your reply before July [-]st.Sincerely Vice Principal (Female) Minerva McGonagall.

An explosion of joy spread in his heart. Zhang Xiao opened his mouth, feeling as if a balloon was constantly inflating in his body, making him feel light and dizzy.

Is this the Hogwarts admission letter?I'm not a squib?I'm going to study at Hogwarts?I'm going to Hogwarts to study magic?
With a hearty smile on Zhang Xiao's face, he just held up the letter in a daze, and read it over and over again. Even though he was familiar with the tortuous arc of each letter, he was still reluctant to put down the letter paper.

It wasn't until the door of the room was slammed open that he was shocked and woke up from the intoxication. Before Zhang Xiao could react, two figures had already stood in front of him.

Mother Li Qingshu still had a shiny suona hanging on her waist, obviously she came directly from the master's house.

She squatted down, supported Zhang Xiao with both hands, and looked at it carefully for a long time before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiaoxiao is fine."

His father, Zhang Chengdao, closed his eyes and turned back and forth a few times on the spot with a serious face. He nodded after hearing what his wife said, and said angrily.

"Forget them to run fast!"

Zhang Xiao originally wanted to tell her parents what happened before.But when I actually saw it, I forgot everything.

He held up the letter and shouted excitedly:

"Mom and Dad, look!"

Li Qingshu took the letter curiously, glanced roughly, and handed the letter to Zhang Chengdao with a strange expression on his face.

Um?This reaction is not right. Could it be that parents really know about Hogwarts?
The family of three sat on the sofa, Zhang Chengdao took the letter, and after deliberating for a while, he asked, "Son, do you want to go to Hogwarts to study here?"

Zhang Xiao nodded hurriedly, who doesn't have Huo Meng?

Zhang Chengdao sighed, took out a pen from his Taoist robe, and wrote a few lines on the back of the letter paper.

Zhang Xiao peeked at it, and it was still beautiful cursive English.

Seemingly aware of his son's peeping, Zhang Chengdao said without raising his head:
"Generally speaking, for families that are not registered, Hogwarts will send a professor to prove the existence of the wizarding world. Just make a note on the letter paper, and the professor will not be needed."

Do you want to understand so well?I don't know any of these cold facts!
Zhang Xiao didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only look at his father and mother helplessly.

Folding the letter paper again, Zhang Chengdao pondered for a while, and finally said:

"I don't know how to tell you. You should have a lot of questions, right?"

Zhang Xiao nodded, pointed to his pendant, and briefly described what happened before.

When talking about the female ghost, the parents just frowned slightly and didn't take it seriously.

And when she heard the green light being fired at her son from the opposite side, Li Qingshu raised her eyebrows, her beautiful eyes were filled with evil, and she coldly shouted to her husband: "Old Zhang!"

Zhang Chengdao also squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Looking for death! Leave it to me!"

Then he calmed down his emotions, and after considering it for a while, he said to his son in a slow voice:
"Okay, the matter of the jade pendant can be put aside first, let's talk about our family first."

Zhang Chengdao said straightforwardly: "There is a magic world in the west, and naturally there are Taoism in the east, and Longhushan is the leader of Taoism.

Both your mother and I are from Longhu Mountain, and the Taoism is orthodox. As for your father and me, we can be regarded as one of the future heirs of the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain.

Because of the turmoil in the country decades ago, even the Taoists were panicked, so the celestial master made another hexagram.

Said that your mother and I will have a son in the future, and the opportunity is in the west, so it is not only a hidden insurance, but also for you.

We just walked around Europe and finally stayed in England.

As for this Hogwarts, it is a very famous magic school in the west. If you look at it today, maybe your chance should be in it, so it doesn't matter if you go to school. "

Although he grew up abroad, Zhang Xiao's extracurricular reading materials are all textbooks such as Suzhou Education Edition or Chinese biographical novels, so Zhang Chengdao is not worried that his son will not understand.

Not only did Zhang Xiao understand, but the experience of the two lifetimes made his thinking crooked to an extent that the husband and wife could not have expected.

Dragon Tiger Mountain!Tianshi Mansion!Is the old master like Zhang Zhiwei?Or the one in Xiuxian novels?
He thought that his parents' backgrounds were not simple, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult!
But then, he had more questions, why the domestic turmoil caused the Daoist sect to be in turmoil, and since he is the heir of the Daoist sect, why did he live a miserable life in England, relying on setting up a fortune-telling stall to survive.

Daomen should not be short of money, right?

Also, since you can practice Taoism, what kind of magic do you need to learn? Yujian Feixian, moving mountains and filling seas is not more powerful than magic!

Hearing his son's question, the couple trembled with laughter. Li Qingshu stroked Zhang Xiao's head
"Xiaoxiao, rich clothes and fine food are life, and rough tea and light food are also life. Material desires are not a bad thing, but these are like floating clouds to me. I can enter the world and be out of the world. This is the attitude towards life that a practitioner should have.

Of course, you don’t have to feel guilty about your liking for luxury. It’s against human nature to be pure-hearted and want as few desires as possible. In the future, you will understand when you reach the point of practicing. "

And my father made a summary of magic and Taoism
"There is no difference between Taoism and magic, it's just that everyone's way is different. As far as I know, magic still has many merits.

As for the flying sword you said to take the enemy's head from thousands of miles away. Son, when did you read The Legend of Shushan Swordsman? "

Zhang Xiao was speechless, his mind was full of immortality novels of later generations, in which the protagonists broke the world at every turn, moved mountains and seas, and there were even many who recreated the universe, he had already preconceived it.

In the end, it was my father who came to the conclusion that Taoism and demons do not conflict, and the paths of practice are different, so the two practitioners are not in the way!

As for why the domestic turmoil affected the Taoist sect, Zhang Chengdao didn't explain too much, but said it was very complicated, and he would know it later.

Seeing his father's appearance, Zhang Xiao didn't dare to ask, and the more exaggerated question was directly pressed to death in his heart.

"Since there really is a world of practice, and my father said that magic and Taoism are indistinguishable, so based on the power of magic, it's easy to kill a little devil. Why don't you kill the little devil?" (Note 1)

He was afraid that his father would beat him up if he asked. Anyway, the days are still long, and at worst, he will find the answer by himself in the future.

This family conversation gradually came to an end. At the end, Zhang Chengdao hesitated for a long time, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Instead, he patted Zhang Xiao on the shoulder and encouraged him:
"When you arrive at Hogwarts, study hard and don't embarrass us!"

Zhang Xiao smacked his lips. After all, he was a Chinese parent. This familiar feeling was inherited in the same strain!
Li Qingshu looked at the clock, stood up and expressed her opinion

"Okay, it's almost two o'clock, Xiaoxiao hurry up and go to bed!"

Zhang Chengdao winked at Zhang Xiao, coughed twice:

"Your mother is right. I read in the letter that freshmen need to prepare some things. They should be bought in Diagon Alley. Your mother and I will take you shopping tomorrow. Go to bed now!"

It's good that Li Qingshu didn't mention it, Zhang Xiao suddenly felt drowsy when he said the time, and couldn't help yawning, feeling that he could hardly keep his eyes open.

She staggered to her little bed, and fell into a deep sleep with a vision similar to that of elementary school students on the eve of a spring outing.

Li Qingshu quietly came to his son's bed, helped him tuck the quilt, saw the smile on the child's face, and couldn't help laughing.

That must have been a good dream.

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Note 1: Official setting: Thousands of wizards joined the war during the First World War, among which Newt Scarman’s elder brother Theseus Scarman was called a “war hero” after the war, so wizards The argument of not participating in the national war does not hold water.

The question of Daomen's participation in the war will be filled in this hole in the future

(End of this chapter)