days at Hogwarts

Chapter 76 Christmas Gift

Some time ago, Loren had to worry about preparing gifts for a while, and wanted to prepare novel and unconventional gifts for everyone that could reflect her heart.

After thinking about the connotation and meaning of various gifts for a long time, I still can't decide what to give.Overhearing Ron's words, he said that the Christmas gift he most wanted to receive was the Christmas gift box from Honeydukes Candy Store.

It was only then that Loren realized that there is no need to think too much about giving gifts between friends, just be happy.

The Honeydukes Christmas gift box contains 9 best-selling magic candies, including Jelly Slug, Candy Cane Quill, Peppermint Toad, Chocolate Frog, Blowing Super Bubblegum, Sizzling Bees, Licorice Wand, Ice Mouse, Bibi multi-flavored beans.

There is no pile of cockroaches on the list, which proves that there are still many wizards in the wizarding world.

But Loren was not a normal wizard. All the gift boxes he ordered were filled with cockroaches, and he gave one to each of his friends.

When Loren placed the order, he was still feeling that Uncle Ambrosio, the owner of the candy store, was still too young to cater to the preferences of the leaders.If Dumbledore was happy to add cockroaches to the list, he might be allowed to open a small branch in the castle. That would not be Garen in a sack.

In the gift box given to Dumbledore, Loren stuffed a few pairs of wool socks embroidered with butterfly pattern lace into it. The women's ones, Dumbledore would definitely like them.Loren wanted to put cockroaches in the cockroach pile, but finally gave up on the idea.

The Christmas gift for Hermione is the Potions Notes summed up by Loren. The main content is to sort out some theoretical systems of Potions, which can make it easier for Hermione to learn, and I believe it will be of great help to her.

As for Grandpa Bates, Loren didn't prepare any presents. The two have lived together for so many years. Every Christmas dinner is a big one, and there is nothing special about it.

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"Thank you Loren!"

Looking back, Ron was holding a Honeydukes Christmas gift box that was bigger than him, and cheers came from behind the box.

Ron quickly opened the gift box, took out Bibi's multi-flavored beans and put them into the box. These are his chess pieces.

He opened a piece of chocolate frog and stuffed it into his mouth. Just as he was about to unwrap other presents, he suddenly noticed the pile of cockroaches in the gift box.

Ron looked at the pattern of praying mantises whose legs were moving constantly on the wrapping paper, and pondered for a moment.

"You eat too." He piled a whole box of cockroaches in front of Loren, and quickly walked away to open other presents.

"Ah."

Who doesn't understand this little idea, Loren sneered, "Even Dumbledore likes to eat cockroach piles, don't you understand?"

"Know what?" Ron's head popped out from behind a large bulging paper package, looking confused.

"Dumbledore loves to eat cockroach piles. He is the most powerful wizard. I like to eat cockroach piles. I learn spells very quickly. Hermione also eats cockroach piles. She learns best." Loren spit out a series of examples solemnly.

Ron's eyes widened, his mouth opened in surprise, "Could it be?"

"That's right, a pile of cockroaches can make a person stronger." Loren stared into Ron's eyes, sincerely sending him a message of encouragement.

Ron's eyes fell on the box of cockroach piles again, his eyes were firm and sometimes hesitant, his brows were knit together and then separated, he wanted to become stronger but he didn't want to eat the pile of cockroaches.

Loren's voice became erratic, "Try it, why not try it?"

He unpacked the pile of cockroaches, took out one with one hand and put it in his mouth, and handed the rest to Ron, "The secret of magic lies in it."

Following Loren's words, Ron subconsciously grabbed one and put it in his mouth. The touch of the arthropod's limbs fluttered in his mouth. Ron couldn't accept it, his eyes became terrified, and he wanted to spit it out.

Loren covered Ron's mouth and persuaded, "It's already reached this point, don't you want to become stronger?"

Ron felt that this was indeed the case, his cheeks were chewing, the chocolate shell was broken, the aroma of cocoa beans permeated, the bitterness had not yet risen, and the lemon snow core syrup filling flowed out, covering his tongue, sweet and sour.

"Honestly, this tastes better than I thought." Ron said, his expression was confused, as if something had been taken from him.

"Do you remember now that the first Minister of Magic was Urick Gamp?" Loren asked.

This is misleading, the question and the answer are in this sentence, you don't remember it before and now you remember it.

Ron nodded, as if he had indeed heard this.

"You can even recall such partial knowledge of the history of magic. This is the function of the pile of cockroaches." Loren held back a smile and brainwashed Ron. Before he could think about it, he returned to his bed and continued to unwrap the presents.

Ron was finally limped by the fool, his eyes wandering between the cockroach pile and the gift, and finally put the cockroach pile into the cabinet.

Loren lowered his head to unwrap the present, laughing from time to time, looking very satisfied with the gift he received.

What Hermione gave Loren was a summary of knowledge points in the history of magic.

The Christmas card said she wasn't worried about Loren's other subjects, but Loren was always sleeping in History of Magic and he might get a big P at the end of the term.The elegant handwriting covered the entire page, admonishing Loren to study the history of magic seriously.

The last paragraph reads: We will always be best friends.

Looking at this greeting card, Loren imagined Hermione muttering and emphasizing the appearance of paying attention to class and studying hard. The little witch's pretty face was tense and her eyes were fixed on him.

Loren smiled unconsciously.

The next gift, which Loren didn't expect, was Snape's, a standard size No. 2 copper cauldron.

Compared with pewter crucibles, copper crucibles can effectively speed up the potion brewing process, which is not cheap. A standard-sized No. 2 copper pot in Partage's crucible shop costs 25 Galleons.

Snape was indeed rich.

The rest were given by the students, mostly candies, quills and the like.Loren took some time to count it out.

Ron walked up to Loren's gift pile with a dark purple sweater, looked at the big bulging paper bag on top, "I think I know what this gift is?"

Loren looked at the sweater in Ron's hand, his heart moved, and he opened the paper package with both hands. It was a sky blue hand-knitted sweater and a box of fudge made by Mrs. Weasley.

The sweater was soft and warm to the touch, the wool was smooth and looked even better than Ron's, and Loren thought it would be a great gift.

Ron blushed, he felt that his mother's gift was a bit old-fashioned, "If you don't like it, you don't have to wear it."

"Why?" Loren said as he put on the sweater, which was a little too big, but it was more comfortable this way.

The door to the dormitory flung open, and George and Fred rushed in jubilantly, both wearing identical dark blue sweaters, one with a large yellow "G" on it, the other with an "F."

"Merry Christmas!"

"Hey, look - Loren got a Weasley sweater, too!"

The two looked at Loren's obviously more finely made sweater, and smiled in a funny tone and said:

"It's clearly better than Weasley's."

"My mother is more attentive to outsiders."