Hufflepuff never works overtime

In the early morning of December 12th, Faise, who rarely got up early, rejected the proposal of the rabbi and went out with a carefully prepared bouquet.

She walked slowly past the church where she was praying. She was wearing a serious black formal suit. It seemed that the tie on her chest was too tight. Faith felt a little out of breath.

She skillfully walked to a tombstone—the white tombstone was engraved with the names of two people. When she was not at home, the rabbi must have taken good care of her.

Taking a deep breath to keep her expression from being too dignified, Faith placed the bouquet of white chrysanthemums in front of the tombstone, the dew on the petals reflected a little light under the sunlight.

"Mom, I haven't seen you for a long time. Dad's school is more interesting than expected..."

On such a day of family reunion, the sound of prayers in the church almost covered her soliloquy, but Faise didn't mind, she put on a faint smile on her face, and put the recent interesting things to rest. Slow down.

There was no specific order for the content of the narration, she just said whatever came to her mind, after recalling the whole semester, although she met a lot of new friends, most of the things still happened around Hermione.

"She is still as energetic as ever, and the thing that mom is most worried about will definitely not happen - I should have no chance to stay in the room and get moldy. Sigh, but I also hope that she can calm down sometimes..."

Thinking of Hermione and her two little friends, Faith's smile deepened, "Speaking of which, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter are also very interesting..."

Today's weather is very good, although the temperature is still very low, but for Britain, which is shrouded in rainy days all year round, the rare sunny days make Faith stay much longer than usual.

Of course, she hadn't been here for a long time, and today was the first anniversary of her mother's death.

So when she came home, even though she had put on gloves when she went out, the tips of her fingers and nose were still red from the cold.

Faith held the cup handed over by the rabbi with her frozen hands, and the warm cocoa went down her esophagus. Feeling the warmth spread into her belly, she let out an old man's sigh with satisfaction. .

"Isn't the little master planning to go out again today?"

Seeing Faise go straight to the bathroom after finishing her lunch, the rabbi who was clearing the dishes in the kitchen poked her head out.

"Well, I want to watch a videotape in my mother's room later, I haven't reviewed the 007 series for a long time..."

Faith yawned quietly, the time after lunch always made people feel particularly sleepy.

"I don't know if there is a new movie coming out. I should have gone to the video rental store to watch it when I came back."

Hearing what the other party said, the rabbi flicked its big ears hesitantly, "But Miss Irene said that before you are 13 years old, you can't watch those movies alone... Collected by Master Apetos None of the tapes are for you, if you want to see a movie I can 'borrow' some before you come back next time."

"It's okay. Didn't my mother say that you can stay with me when she's not free?"

She looked at him expectantly, "Just today, okay?"

The little elf blinked its big eyes, rubbed its overly loose clothes vigorously, and nodded helplessly, "Okay, but you can't choose too much film."

"Of course, I don't want to be so full of ketchup that I can't sleep well tonight."

Faise spread her hands casually. She also wanted to watch some light-hearted family comedies, but her father's collections were all of these heavy-duty styles, and her mother usually borrowed the video tapes and watched them before returning them. She would not buy them on purpose.

Wanting to make it more lively while watching a movie, she pulled out a little guy who was counting gold coins, and in order for it to stay with her on the bed, she even took a snuffer with her when taking a bath.

Her body was steaming from the hot shower, and Faith's hands and legs were scratched several times by Sonny. Even though the other party restrained herself from stretching out her claws, there were still red marks that could not fade away.

If it wasn't that she couldn't use magic now, she wouldn't have put herself in such a mess if she could do it with a cleansing spell.

"Why are you so naughty..."

Hugging Nixiu, who was exuding the fragrance of shower gel, in front of her, Feise rubbed her forehead against the other's little head, "If you cause me to be vaccinated against rabies, I will confiscate all your small coffers."

"grumble!"

Xixiu twisted its chubby body - it has been plumped up a lot after a semester of feeding, and wanted to reward the other party with a paw, but glanced at the red marks on Faith's arm, and was still resigned to being ravaged by her .

After Faith got tired of playing, she put Sonny on the bed, and the rabbi helped her briefly disinfect the wound, and then played the video tape.

Although it is her favorite spy war movie, it is a pity that she seems to have chosen one that has been hated, but compared to its content, she actually just wants to enjoy the atmosphere.

Compared to the absent-minded promoter of watching the movie, Rabbi and Sonny took it very seriously.

Xixiu's tail curled up on the bed, swaying unconsciously with the climax of the plot.

No matter how Faith tried to persuade him, Rabbi insisted on not wanting to sit on the bed. He just stood aside obediently. When the explosion sounded, he could occasionally hear his shrill inhalation.

Faith smiled silently, and leaned her body back into the soft pillow. The room was vacated after Irene passed away. Although the rabbi dutifully cleaned and changed the sheets and duvet covers every week, she still seemed to be able to smell The reassuring smell of mother.

Just after she was gradually immersed in the content of the film, there was a sudden "boom" in the living room, which scared the three of them quite a bit, especially when the film was just broadcasting to the revealing part.

While she was pausing the video tape, the rabbi brought a package up from downstairs and handed it to Faith, "It's a gift from Miss Granger."

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The author's words:

This chapter was so painful to write...

Chapter 62

"I wonder what this year will be?"

On her birthday last year, Hermione gave herself 4 tapes, which recorded her voice reading Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales aloud, and she was shocked when she received the gift.

Who asked the other party to transcribe the tape with textbooks for listening comprehension? She thought she had received some learning gift package.

Hermione recorded very seriously, there is basically no pause or change of words during the whole story, coupled with her unique speaking characteristics - cadence, lifelike - telling others that the tape is for sale will not be suspected .

Those stories are already familiar to me, and I can recite the content and sequence of each story.

In other words, since she went to Hogwarts, it has been a long time since she took it out to review, because she found that the sound insulation effect of the suitcase was not as good as expected, so she had to give up.

Otherwise, Tarsila and Miriam would definitely suspect that they had smuggled Hermione into the dormitory.

In order to prevent Rabbi and Sunny from watching her unwrapping her birthday present—that would make her somewhat shy—Face continued playing the movie, while she devoted herself to studying how to unwrap the present perfectly. Yes, after all, she will have to restore it later.

When the videotape got to the shootout, she finally saw the gift for what it was - a yellow and black scarf that clearly belonged to Hufflepuff, and a fancy envelope.

As usual, Faith opened the letter first.

It doesn't match the other party's personality who likes to write long stories at every turn. When writing greeting cards to herself, Hermione has always adopted a relatively concise style. Maybe she knows that she is not good at reading, so she didn't write too much.

This year, there are only a few traditional blessings, and the lion and badger drawn by the other party. To be honest, if she hadn’t been able to roughly guess what the little lion was thinking, the two animals on the paper were said to be a dog and a mink. Someone will believe it...

"It's still as lovely as ever, Miss Xueba."

After reading the greeting card in her hand two or three times, Faise put it down with satisfaction, and carefully put it back in the opened envelope for safekeeping. She shifted her gaze to the important part of the gift.

"It seems that there is no need for the rabbi to prepare a new scarf for me."

Starting with the unique soft touch of cotton thread, there will be no strange feeling when sticking it on the neck, Faise murmured in a low voice.

The little elf at the side heard his name, turned his head to look at its little master in doubt, and turned his head back when he found that the other party didn't call him.

If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that there are still a few traces of modification and stringing on the scarf, and it is self-evident which master it came from.

Faith couldn't help but rippling a smile on her lips, and couldn't wait to wrap it around her neck.

Although the scarf made of cotton thread is not as warm as wool, it is just enough for her to wear it indoors without feeling too stuffy.

Playing with the beard at the end of the scarf, Faise lay back and buried her upper body in the soft pillow. She took a deep breath.

In addition to the smell just now, there is another refreshing and soft smell. Hermione must have washed it once before sending it to herself.

It seems that this winter is not so cold~

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The beginning of the new year started with the general cleaning. Although it was a general cleaning, almost all the parts involving physical strength were arranged by the rabbi, and Faise couldn't help even if she wanted to.

She and Sonny stayed in the study and counted the existing deposits. After Irene passed away, the responsibility of keeping accounts was handed over to the rabbi, and now she should try to take over.

The other party's records were very clear and detailed. It only took one afternoon for Feise to get a general idea of ​​the family's existing savings and some valuable properties.

From Hermione's birthday last time, she realized that it would be much more convenient if the family could buy an exclusive owl, so that the Grangers would not have to go to the owl post office in the next-door community if they needed to contact Hermione. There is a long queue.

"Well... it would be expensive to buy an owl."

The Orest family's savings are definitely not difficult - even compared to the Weasley family, she can be regarded as a little rich woman.

But what is worrying is that this year, since her mother died and the family lost their only source of income, her annual living and study expenses are not a small sum.

This is based on the fact that she usually doesn't spend money extravagantly. The prices of all kinds of potions and magic utensils can be said to be high, and such expenses will continue for several years.

If things go on like this, she may have to choose to take a loan from the bank or take part-time jobs to balance her income and expenditure when she is in the sixth or seventh grade, and she doesn't know whether the wizard bank allows underage wizard loans...

The only good news is that the rabbi doesn't have to pay wages, and he can always use the least amount of money to maintain the family's livelihood.

Faise looked at Xixiu, who was seriously wiping the gold coins beside her, and poked the other person's body, "Can you make me a millionaire all of a sudden?"

Xixiu blinked his little eyes, tilted his head to look at her, as if saying, if it could make a fortune, it wouldn't be here to sell its 'hue' for a living.

Faith sighed, and closed the account book in front of her. For now, let's take a step forward. She doesn't plan to sell her parents' collection or let the rabbi use magic to do some illegal actions.

Try to save as much as possible in daily life. If it’s not possible, she can ask the professors if there are any programs similar to student loans...

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"dong dong"

The little gloved hand knocked on the familiar door in front of him, and heard a gentle female voice say from inside the room, "Here we come."

Faise subconsciously clenched the bag in her hand, and hurriedly wanted to straighten her appearance, but she put her hand down again after hearing the other party's footsteps.

The door was opened, and the heating in the room came towards her. Faith smiled at Mrs. Granger, "Happy New Year, Mrs. Granger, the rabbi and I made a cake, so I want to share some with you. "

"Little Fays!"

The other party was stunned when he saw the person coming, but he quickly reacted and welcomed Faise into the house, helped her take off the chilly coat and hung it aside, "Why didn't Hermione tell me about your coming here?" , she's still taking a nap, I'll call her right now."

"No need ma'am," Faith quickly grabbed the other party's sleeve and shook her head, "This time is just on my whim. The house is busy with tidying these days, and I haven't had time to visit during Christmas and New Year, so today Come and visit, I hope it will not disturb your scheduled plans."

"So this is ah."

Mrs. Granger nodded with a smile. She put the cake in the refrigerator and brought Faise a cup of hot tea from the kitchen.

"It must be very hard for one person to take care of the whole house. If you have any troubles, don't be polite, just tell Hermione directly."

Faith nodded nervously, picked up the teacup in the loving eyes of the other party, blown away the rising heat, and carefully took a sip along the rim of the cup.

"Hiss..." Even for such a cold winter, the temperature of the tea is still a bit too hot, especially for a guy like Faise who loves to drink, she is not used to it.

After sending the mouthful of hot tea down her throat, the bitter taste of the black tea spread in her mouth, she smacked her mouth silently, and under Mrs Granger's expectant gaze, she nodded falsely.

It's so bitter... As expected, hot cocoa tastes better.

Although Faise expressed her intention not to disturb Hermione, after a few chats between the two of them—mostly Mrs. Granger asked and she answered—the other party still insisted on going upstairs.

After a while, there was a commotion upstairs, and Faise could even faintly hear Hermione's anxious voice, "Mom, where is my coat?"

Pfft... Actually, she won't mind if she comes down in her pajamas.

Hasty footsteps sounded on the stairs, and Faise also stood up from the chair. She hadn't seen each other for several days since the beginning of this vacation——for the previous semester's sticky together mode, she was still I'm really not used to it.

Someone floated down from upstairs like the wind, and threw himself into her arms. The excited tone infected Feise, and made her mood a lot higher.

"You came to find me!"

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The author's words:

The condition has improved, today is a chapter for Feifei~

When I update tomorrow, I will post a physical picture of the scarf. It is really hand-woven. Thanks to my friend grandma for her generous sponsorship!

Chapter 63

Hermione was really surprised to see Faise appear in her home - after all, the other party would never offer to visit her home, even if they had a very close relationship before - besides the surprise, she was also a little inexplicably relieved and joy.

This time Faise rejected her invitation at the train station, she has actually been worried these days.

Last year happened to be at Christmas time, and Aunt Irene passed away due to illness. For Faith, it was the worst birthday ever.

At that time, the other party also seriously rejected her invitation, expressing that she wanted to stay alone for a while calmly. Although she was worried, she still left a space for Faith to be alone.

But after the funeral, no matter how much she called, there was no answer on the other side, and no one answered even when she knocked on the door.

An 11-year-old child who had just experienced the pain of losing her mother suddenly lost contact for two days. Hermione's first reaction was that Faise might have done something irrational.

Miss Granger, who has always been law-abiding, finally rushed into Faith's house under the uncontrollable worry - she said she rushed in, but in fact the door locks of her house were all unlocked. Now that I think about it, I should It was the rabbi who did it.

With the lessons learned from last time, Hermione really thought about whether to pay a visit in the name of giving gifts on Christmas Day, just to see how Faith is doing, but she felt that doing so seemed a bit inappropriate. Trust each other, so she finally held back.