days at Hogwarts

"Greetings to you, Mrs. Weasley."

"Hello, my dear Loren, Hermione..."

"Harry, how are you getting along at the Dursleys'?"

"Thanks to the joke book you sent me, it helped me get through those difficult days. Fortunately, Mad-Eye Moody and Mr. Weasley took me away not long after."

"I hope you like this birthday present."

"Thank you, I like it very much..."

"..." Ron curled his lips and looked very uncomfortable after listening to the greetings of several people. He looked at the group of people who ignored him and said, "Is anyone listening to me? Don't you want to see the badge of the Quidditch captain?"

"Be quiet, little Ronnie, and be careful George and Fred don't hear you. Put a little magic on your badge."

"..."

Ron shut up immediately.

A group of people burst into laughter and walked into the brightly-signed "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes".

What caught the eye was a pile of cardboard boxes stacked to the ceiling, with the words "Quick-Acting Skipping Candies" printed on them in bright red font. The most popular of them was the Nosebleed Nougat, which was almost sold out, with only the last, crushed box left on the shelf.

There are also fake wands that turn into rubber chickens and pants, telescopes that attack the user with quick punches, and boxes of multifunctional feather pens, including automatic inkjet, spell checker, and quick answer…

The place was packed with customers selecting goods, and the flow of people was very slow.

Hermione flattened the tiny label with two fingers and read the instructions. Loren was also observing these prank products, but he didn't rush into them. On the one hand, he knew George and Fred, and on the other hand, the shapes of these products didn't look safe.

Next to it is a yellow-brown, unidentified sticky substance labeled "Edible Black Magic," which looks like the shit-eating product on the poster.

In front of the display case on the right, a group of teenagers watched excitedly as a mini-doll climbed up the steps and crawled towards a realistic set of noose racks. A sticker on the outside of the display case read: Reusable Executioner - Hang Him If You Can't Spell It!

Hangman is a two-player word guessing game in which one player comes up with a word or phrase and the other player guesses letters from that word or phrase.

Students at Hogwarts always play this to pass the time in History of Magic class. All they need is a piece of parchment and a pen. The player who sets the question plays the role of the executioner. At the beginning, a gallows will be drawn. The player who guesses the word represents the person to be executed. If a letter is guessed correctly, the executioner will fill in all the positions where the letter exists. If the entire word or phrase is spelled out completely, it means that the person is rescued.

If the letter guessed by the player is not in the word or phrase, the player who asked the question will add a stroke to the rope of the gallows. After about 7 strokes, a matchstick man will be drawn, announcing that the man has been hanged and the game is over.

George and Fred made some optimizations to the game. The steps below the gallows represent the number of guesses. Every time the guess is wrong, the man climbs up one step and puts himself on the noose. After seven consecutive wrong guesses, the man will be hanged.

As the children cheered, the wooden board under the feet of the mini doll was pulled away, and the puppet began to struggle unsteadily. The movements were so realistic that the feeling of suffocation by being hanged was performed vividly.

"Cruel boy..."

Hermione muttered quietly and turned to look at the product next to her: "Patented product... Daydream spell..."

The box was printed with a colorful picture of a handsome young man and an infatuated girl standing together on the deck of a pirate ship. At first glance, you can understand the meaning of the picture: a loving couple, unrestrained and free.

"With just a simple spell, you can enter a wonderful and realistic daydream for thirty minutes. It is suitable for classroom use and works best with Divination and History of Magic. It is easy to operate and can be used without being noticed by Professor Trelawney and Professor Binns. Please note that it should be used with caution in Potions classes. Side effects include dull expression and slight drooling... This product is not sold to teenagers under the age of sixteen..."

Hermione pursed her lips. This product was hard to describe. "This kind of magic is quite strange."

"If you say so, Hermione, we can give you one for free."

Fred came out from nowhere. He was wearing a gaudy magenta robe with many patterns on it. The back of the robe covered his knees, and he wore shiny dragon leather boots. The whole outfit was very inconsistent with his red hair and was particularly eye-catching.

"Come this way, everybody."

George, who was dressed in the same outfit, asked them to go to the back and happily introduced the products on the display cabinet:

"Muggle magic cards and rope tricks are all new and unique gadgets that are not available in the wizarding world. I sell them specifically to people like my dad who like Muggle things. I don't make much money, but it's a steady stream of income...

"Look at this, a top-grade love potion, which lasts up to 24 hours each time, depending on the boy's weight and the girl's attractiveness...

"A special medicine that eliminates pustules in ten seconds, and has a miraculous effect on boils, blackheads, and other things...

"You wouldn't guess that the most popular thing is this, miniature cattail fluff."

It was a group of pink and purple fluffy balls rolling around in the cage, like bluebells blown by the wind, so cute.

Ron and Ginny secretly glanced at their mother's expression. Her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled and her lips were tightly pursed. She seemed not very interested in these products. Compared with her three excellent brothers, the twins who opened a joke shop seemed a little unprofessional. Although they knew that they were persuaded by Loren two years ago, no one was sure of her thoughts.

After George and Fred finished introducing the products, they also quietly looked at their mothers. The two carefree people wanted to say something, but they just clenched their sleeves, with anticipation flashing in their eyes.

After looking around the store for a few times, Molly pursed her lips, took two steps forward, patted the two men on the head, and scolded them, "Is this the store you opened?"

"..."

The twins felt a sense of frustration and their breathing became a little sluggish. Just when they wanted to say something to defend themselves, they saw her walk towards the inner room.

"They didn't even clean up before opening. There's dust in the corners, it's dirty, and they didn't even put away the empty boxes. It's a mess. How can this be OK? No matter what you sell, you have to clean it up..."

Molly muttered to herself, and took out a broom and dustpan from somewhere, and began to clean the house, avoiding the customers. Her movements were familiar and natural, just like she had been cleaning the bedrooms for her children for more than ten years.

George and Fred grinned, their eyes sparkling with tears, wiped their noses and leaned forward, only to be laughed at and scolded again.

Lupin smiled gently, but his tired look made the smile look a little haggard: "It's too noisy here. Let's go to the back. I'll tell you about what happened recently. The Daily Prophet was interviewed by the Ministry of Magic and did not report this news."

"We already know the news. Go ahead and we'll walk around for a while." Harry glanced at Ginny who was fascinated by Pompom, and waved his hand.

Loren and Hermione exchanged a look and followed Professor Lupin to the back.