Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

With Dudley's guidance, Harry's Potions level was not the best, but he was among the best among the first-year wizards.

But it was certainly not enough for Snape's standards.

So Snape liked to find fault with Harry whenever he had nothing to do, even though Potter did better than most people. Especially when they were in a group of two, Harry brought along a burden, Ron, so the chances of him being scolded increased greatly.

However, everyone just felt it was a little strange and didn't pay much attention to it.

Today we have two consecutive Potions classes. In the first class, two people work in groups to brew potions, and in the second class, it's individual classes.

The potion brewed this time is a little more difficult than the one in the last class.

But Snape's standards did not lower at all.

Snape picked up Ron's potion, looked at it, and said "good" lightly. He didn't add any points and just put it back silently.

"It's not like that Weasley was scolded by Professor Snape!"

The Gryffindors seemed to have discovered a new world.

It was easy before, because they were in pairs, and they could explain it by saying they were benefiting from Potter's influence. But now they were alone, and it was even more difficult than last time. There were only a handful of people in the whole classroom who were not sprayed by Snape, and there were a lot of Slytherins.

Apart from Ron, only Hermione and Harry in Gryffindor were not scolded.

Hermione was okay, after all, she had never been scolded since the beginning of the school term. Harry. Harry was automatically ignored by them.

But why shouldn't a mere Weasley be scolded?

If Ron's previous performance in Potions was good, then everyone could understand it, but the problem is that Ron's performance in Potions was in the middle to lower level.

"You see the instruments on Weasley's desk are different from ours."

The sharp-eyed little wizards had already discovered the crux of the problem and pointed at Ron's desk and shouted. For this, Snape deducted another point from Gryffindor for disrupting class order.

The young wizards saw that there were many unknown instruments on Ron's desk, which were obviously not the tools commonly used in Potions class.

"Harry has some too."

(Harry is quite popular in Gryffindor, many people call him by his name affectionately, and he has a good temper and doesn't mind this)

Another blind monk found a bright spot.

"Granger has it too!"

"Wait. Look, Malfoy has some too!"

Even though they were deducted points, it did not stop the young wizards from being curious. They discussed the matter in low voices in private. Even the Slytherins were whispering in groups of two or three.

No one likes to be criticized, even if that's their dean.

Snape often favors Slytherin, but when it comes to potions, I'm sorry, if you don't do well, you will be criticized.

Goyle and Crabbe are typical examples, and they were criticized in almost every class.

But there was nothing we could do about it, they were really bad at cooking. They were supposed to be boiling an antidote, but the decoction in their cauldrons looked like poison.

So as soon as this matter was brought up, it attracted the attention of all the little wizards.

New potions equipment?

Who gave it to them?

Two questions loomed in everyone's mind, but because it was in Snape's class, no matter how curious they were, they didn't dare to run over to ask.

I can only keep this question deep in my heart and ask it after class.

"Dursley, not bad."

Snape walked up to Dudley and picked up the potion he had brewed very skillfully.

When the sun shines through the glass bottle, you can see the crystal clear liquid inside.

'Perfect! '

Snape nodded and put the bottle of potion in his pocket.

"One point for Slytherin."

Then he walked away.

Ron stole the show during the two classes and he very much enjoyed the envious looks from the little wizards.

Great, very good.

He had never felt so relaxed and happy in Potions class.

Even Snape's gloomy face seemed less annoying.

This was all thanks to the instrument Harry gave him, and to Mr. Dursley.

The moment Snape assigned homework, announced the end of get out of class and walked out of the classroom, the little wizards around him immediately surrounded him.

Without a doubt, of all the people using those instruments, Ron was the one who would be best at asking for the results.

Of course, this was limited to the Gryffindor side, while the Slytherins gathered around Malfoy.

Ron was a little flattered to be so highly regarded, and suddenly felt that today might be his lucky day.

After the young wizards repeatedly and earnestly questioned him, he cleared his throat and said slowly with a more proud tone: "You know, my potion level is worse than many of you here. To be honest, I am not good at potions. I thought I would fail in potions in this life. Until today, I used these things and it was amazing."

He talked a lot of nonsense, and only got to the point when the little wizards couldn't bear it any longer.

"This is a product given to me by Harry's cousin, Mr. Dursley. It is a groundbreaking product."

"It can greatly improve the quality of potions. You have seen the effect. It is excellent. Even Professor Snape said it is good."

Harry silently gave him a thumbs down at the exaggerated tone, which was even more blunt than the shopping sales pitches on TV.

But the little wizards didn't notice.

On the other side, Malfoy spoke the same words to the Slytherins around him.

According to the original description, Draco had a good level of Potions in his first year and was often praised in public by Snape and used as a reference. However, Draco's level of Potions was no longer reflected after his second year, while Hermione in her second year brewed the Polyjuice Potion by herself, a potion that many wizards cannot make even as adults.

Chapter 71: Gold Galleons are actually quite profitable

Dudley planned to resell a batch of experimental equipment in exchange for some gold Galleons. The gold Galleons that Carlo paid for the wand at the beginning of the school year were almost used up now.

No one would ever have too much gold galleons.

As the saying goes, with money you can travel the world, without money you can't go anywhere.

Especially since Dudley was a big spender, and because he had been brewing potions for a long time, the consumption of materials was extremely high.

It's okay on weekends, as Snape will reimburse the material costs.

But it was not the same from Monday to Friday, as Dudley had to pay for the potions out of his own pocket.

Although there are countless potions in the Forbidden Forest, unfortunately Dudley does not have enough time to pick them one by one according to the ingredient list. Most of the time he just picks whatever he sees and does not look for them specifically.

For example, if you need material A, you may go to the forbidden forest and find countless B, C, D, and E, but the end result is that you still don’t get material A.

This situation sometimes lasts for more than one day, and may even last for a week before you find a strain of material A.

So most of the time, Dali would choose to buy directly so as not to waste too much time.

Similarly, this has also led to his current situation of spending money like water.

Although Dudley is very rich in the world of ordinary people, his money cannot be exchanged for Galleons through formal means.

If you want to exchange gold for Galleons, you will probably be eaten up by those greedy goblins in Gringotts without leaving anything behind.

As for selling some potions for money.

What a joke! Every bottle of potion is an important life-saving item and it is impossible to sell it.

Anyway, things like gold galleons are easy to make for Dudley.

He has money in the world of ordinary people, so he should make full use of it and convert the money there into money here.

The first thing that came to Dudley's mind was to resell experimental equipment.

When selling something, the first thing to do is to spread the word, that is, to advertise.

Sending Ron and Malfoy was just to gain fame.

This way you can make money quickly.

Sure enough, on that day, Dudley received at least eighty orders from Malfoy from Slytherin.

After nearly two months of getting along with each other, the young wizards in Slytherin probably figured out Dudley's character and it was easy to communicate with him as long as they didn't provoke him. In addition, Dudley added almost half of the score of the house cup hourglass to Slytherin, making Slytherin far ahead among the four houses.

Even many senior students treated him differently and took the initiative to show their goodwill to him in both overt and covert ways.

The attitudes of the young wizards of the same grade towards Dudley also became subtle.

In Slytherin, as long as you have outstanding abilities, you will definitely get attention. If you have particularly outstanding abilities, you will be recognized by more people.

As for Dudley's identity as a Muggle wizard, well, because Dudley is Harry's cousin and Dudley's aunt Lily is a real wizard, there are a group of people who think that Dudley is not a Muggle wizard.

As for the other group of people, you are not a gold galleon, so don't expect everyone to like you.

The orders on the second day were more than three times that of the first day. Many senior Slytherin students and even young wizards from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff placed orders.

No one wanted to face Snape's venom.

On the third day the number doubled again.

The steady stream of orders brought Dadley a lot of Galleons.

"Really give me this much?"

Ron looked at Harry in disbelief, or to be more precise, he was staring at the bag in his hand.

"Brother D said that this is what you deserve. He calls it dividends."

Harry said with a smile, handing the bag to Ron.

Dudley is undoubtedly generous, especially when you do something nice for him.

This is also why he was able to poach his own editors to work for him.

The money should be paid when it is due, without any ambiguity and very promptly.

Not only Ron, but Hermione, Harry, and Malfoy also have a copy.

Ron took the bag of gold coins from Harry with trembling hands, as if he were dreaming, but the heavy feeling in his palm brought him back to reality.

At least a hundred Galleons.

My God, Ron had never seen so much money, let alone owned it.

Even one Sikko can last a long time.

"Mr. Dursley is really amazing."

Ron exclaimed sincerely.

"Of course, I've never seen anything that Brother D can't do or anything that Brother D can't do."

Hearing his good friend praising his brother like that, Harry was as happy as if he had eaten honey, and he praised Dudley even more.

He was just short of saying to his face, "My brother D is invincible."

"I really envy such a brother."

'Unlike my brother who only bullies me.'

Ron thought of his brothers. The older Weasley child had already graduated from Hogwarts and started working, and the younger one still had a year before going to school. Ron thought of the two brothers who were closest to him in age, George and Fred.

These two guys have only known how to bully him since he was a child.

He still remembers that when he was very young, he held the only rag doll in his arms. It was the only toy his mother made for him. He loved it very much and would never let it go, and would not give it to anyone else.

George and Fred wanted to snatch the doll away to play with it, but Ron refused to give it to them, so they secretly used their father's wand to turn the doll in Ron's arms into a big spider.

Can you imagine that scene? The rag doll in your arms suddenly turned into an arthropod that was bigger than you, with eight legs, and stared at you with eight eyes flashing with terrible light. Ron could even feel the black fur on the two claws of that thing.

He only remembered that his body became stiff, the hair on his body stood up, and his mind went blank.

Ron almost went crazy at that moment.

Then he never touched the doll again and gave it to his little sister Ginny.

Afterwards, George and Fred said it was just a prank, a joke, and they enjoyed playing pranks.