No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 907 Where is the money?
"I don't know. Little Petunia asked Harry what he thought. I told him the reason why James sold it. Petunia asked Harry what he thought, and Harry asked Lily what she thought about it. I said Lily was not married at that time. Then Harry snorted and decided to buy it back. What do you think they meant? Oh, by the way, Snape also took the opportunity to tell Harry that James didn't want to take responsibility and pushed it onto the unborn child. He was too irresponsible. Do you think James is that kind of person? James shouldn't have saved him in the first place."

"You didn't tell me that at that time, the You-Know-Who was rampant, all the noble families went into hiding, and Evelyn simply closed the manor. And at that time, Potter felt that the manor was too expensive, and even if it was closed, the annual fees paid to Muggle lawyers would not be a small amount of money?" Lupin frowned and skipped over the Shrieking Shack and talked about selling the manor.

He didn't tell Sirius about the Shrieking Shack incident. However, after listening to it that day, he felt that it was a bit far-fetched to say that James saved Snape. After all, everyone knew Sirius's plan, but at the last step, James had a change of heart and stopped it. How could this be considered a life-saving grace? Even little Harry thought it was too shameless to say so, but Sirius dared to say so. From another perspective, if James saved Snape's life, then Sirius was guilty of attempted murder. Do you dare to admit this? Therefore, he could only talk about the manor incident.

All they can say is that when James sold the manor, they all knew about it. Old Potter's ancestor, who had a well-documented history, was a master of potions who treated Muggles and was highly respected in the Muggle world. By the way, he also accumulated a lot of wealth for the family.

The ancestors of the Potter family were all clever and skillful. James' father, although he was born in Gryffindor, was also a master of potions. When he was in school, he invented hair softener. In the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", there is an advertisement for hair softener, which shows that in 1926, the old Potter had already sold hair softener to the United States. When Hermione attended the Goblet of Fire Warriors Ball, her messy hair was smoothed up with hair softener. However, the old Potter sold the company in his later years to accompany his son's growth, but the money he accumulated was still countless.

From this we can also know that Snape thought that Harry's talent in Potions was inherited from Lily, but it must be said that the talent in Potions in the Potter family, except for James, was good.

The reason why the Potter family was excluded from the 28th family was that during World War I, the Ministry of Magic banned wizards from participating in the war, fearing that the wizarding world would be exposed to the public. The head of the Potter family thought that this law was wrong, and was excluded. However, the Potter family never cared much about these things. Exclusion was exclusion, and it didn't hurt them.

With this inheritance, although Potter Manor is not as extravagant as the Malfoy family, it is also full of heritage. However, in this way, it is more expensive to maintain.

In fact, don't think that closing the manor means no money. As mentioned before, a place like a manor cannot be hidden from the Muggle world. The owner can hide the manor from the magic world, which is actually to remove the magic mark so that the magic world does not know that it belongs to a magic family. In this way, it can only be entrusted to Muggles for management. In this way, they are responsible for paying taxes and daily maintenance.

Many things in the wizarding world are free of charge, such as water, electricity, and servants. But in the Muggle world, all these things cost money. There are also lawyers' fees. If the manor has income, it's okay. If not, it's a waste of money.

After his parents passed away, James looked at all the ways to do it and found it extremely troublesome. Then he found out that the manor was not for sale and immediately decided to buy it once and for all.

When James discussed it with them, they didn't think there was a problem, mainly because James was an old boy, born when the old Potters were in their forties or almost fifty. The old couple really doted on James.

James's behavior in school fully demonstrated this. He was just a spoiled brat. Then, at a young age, he inherited so much wealth, and then he couldn't afford it. He thought that selling it, turning it into money, and waiting for safety, he could find something he wanted to do. The four of them thought it was right at the time, but now Petunia and the others wanted to buy it back. What does this mean?
Lupin was also confused. How could two people who were born alone understand what Harry and the others were thinking? But it was also true that Harry was only thirteen years old. Two thirty-somethings didn't understand what they all understood. It was time for them to reflect on themselves. However, Sirius still wrote a letter to Dumbledore, wanting to apply for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Dumbledore agreed without thinking twice, and thought it was great for Sirius, who had experienced so much, to take up this position. He never thought that Sirius wanted this position because of the money.

Seeing that Sirius had made all the arrangements, Lupin didn't care. But he still had something on his mind. After thinking about it for a day, he went to the Fosters' house for dinner. He was a gentle and kind person. He felt that he had to explain what happened in the past. James had no choice but to sell the manor.

Old Foster remained silent as usual. After listening to Lupin's explanation, everyone accepted it. Ou Mengmeng handed Lupin a piece of paper with numbers written on it, "Can I ask how much he sold it for?"

Lupin looked at the note and didn't quite understand it, but he still said honestly, "The manor has a Muggle manager, and they hired a Muggle lawyer, and they handled it reasonably."

As he said this, he also wrote down a number. Among the others, only Lupin was gentle and meticulous, so when James was dealing with the inheritance, he was the one who helped him. So he could still remember the number. And he was a wizard after all, so it was difficult for him to be deceived.

"Pounds?" Ou Mengmeng looked at the number and asked again.

"Yes, and then take the check to Gringotts, and it can be exchanged for gold Galleons and put back into the Potter family's vault." Lupin nodded. "You can ask Fay. Although he was not the person in charge at the time, he can check the original documents."

"Thank you!" Ou Mengmeng looked at the number and wanted to cover her chest. Lupin knew that she had a good relationship with Faye, so he didn't hide it. The bank had a flow of money, and it was impossible to hide how much money had been deposited into the account. Lupin didn't think there was anything to hide. This was all Harry's money.

Hermione, little Harry, and Draco all looked at the number and their faces turned pale. They also knew how much money Harry had now, because Harry always talked about looking at houses and repairing furniture, and then he would settle the bill with them, and then he would cover his head and say that it was too difficult. At that time, they also felt that it was really too difficult for such a young child to revive the family reputation. They also advised "little Petunia" to stop forcing Harry.

As a result, when they looked at the amount James got from selling the house, divided it by five (one Galleon equals five pounds), and compared it to what he got, they were speechless. Could it be that the Potters had no savings before, and were even in debt, so they sold the house to pay off the debt? And then they got married, had children, and supported the Order of the Phoenix, and this is all Harry got?
The Potter family history is described in Rowling's official website. This is what I admire most about Rowling. Her characters are really detailed and she has really built a magical world view.