Chapter 779 Christmas Holiday

During the Christmas holiday, the Hogwarts Express was traveling through the icy field, and the smoke from the red steam locomotive scattered on the white field and mixed together.

"Pansy and Snape were talking quietly at the banquet, and they also mentioned Dumbledore's departure from the school. They must be planning some kind of conspiracy." Harry sat by the icy window, turned his head to Ron affirmatively Said.

"I trust you, Harry." Ginny, who was sitting next to Harry, held her boyfriend's hand instead.

Ron put his hands on his lap and leaned forward. Just as he was about to say something, he was distracted by the sound of Lavender Brown knocking on the glass at the door of the box.

Lavender leaned on the door frame with both hands, shook his head and breathed on the glass to make it fill up the fog. Ron put his hands on the seat, sat upright and watched Lavender's every move with a forced smile on his face. .

Due to the cold weather, the breath formed a white mist on the glass. Lavender stretched out his finger and drew a shining heart pierced by an arrow on the glass, with "R+L" written in the middle of the heart shape. Seeing that the fog was not so obvious, Lavender breathed out again, making the heart shape he had just drawn more obvious. Then he said to Ron with an exaggerated mouth shape through the glass: "I miss you." Seeing that Ron mouthed something back to her but didn't come out with meaning, Lavender just turned and left.

"It's so cute." The atmosphere in the carriage was a bit awkward. Harry opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere, but then Ginny twisted his waist, causing him to hiss and haha ​​his expression in pain.

Ron brought his lips closer to Harry's eyes in distress, "She wants to kiss me all day long, and my lips are all dried, look."

"Just say what you say, I believe it." Harry leaned back, Ron's shoulders were pushed back hard by Ginny, and he sat back in his seat.

"Ron, it's enough that you two always make out in front of no one else regardless of the occasion." Ginny snorted.

"Don't think I didn't see you kissing Harry." Ron muttered, Ginny widened her eyes and raised her hand to hit him. Ron stretched out his hand to block it a few times and said, "Harry, you and Sirius will be together earlier this year." Come to the Burrow." Ron kept his defensive posture towards his sister, turned his head and invited Harry.

On the second night, in the Black family’s mansion at 12 Grimmauld Place, a 20-minute walk from King’s Cross Station in the northwest of London, England, in the dim dining room, leftovers from many days were placed on the table Under Tonks' command, the cold dinner plates flew to the sink in the kitchen one by one. The water from the faucet was splashing, and a brush was cleaning the plates automatically.

"I haven't been here for a few days, and your place has become a mess again. You can't persuade Sirius to allow Kreacher to come out of his broken cupboard and clean up your house, instead of ordering him to stay in that place where no one can see." Why not let him come out and continue working for you." Tonks wrinkled his nose and stared at the greasy dishes with disgust.

"Believe me, I have persuaded you many times since I came back yesterday." Harry picked up a basket full of a few pieces of dry bread, walked directly into the kitchen in the basement, and came to the other end of the room, where He stopped in front of the cupboard, twisted open the cupboard door, looked inside with disgust, casually put the plate of food in the cupboard, then stood up, closed the cupboard with a snap, turned around and began to use the With the housework skills mastered by Aunt Ni, she skillfully helped herself and her godfather clean the room.

By the time Harry heard the shout that dinner was ready and returned to the dining room, the freshly cleared table had already been set with new plates.

Tonks, who had recently started learning how to run the house from Mrs. Mollie, for Lupine, made a typical English dinner, a meat dish of roast beef and two vegetarian dishes as sides, never going wrong with potatoes and overcooked Even by the standards of a Brit accustomed to overcooked carrots and broccoli, this tonight would have been overcooked.

But Harry's mind was not on these foods, thinking about the conversation he had heard about Snape and Pansy before, he kept cutting the food on his plate with a knife.

Just when Harry was about to express his doubts, Tonks' voice interrupted him: "Sirius, Molly invited us to the Burrow for Christmas, why don't you plan to go?" Tonks Stan took off his apron and sat down next to Lupine.

"Lupine told me that bastard Ellen didn't intend to see me yet, but I asked Arthur to pass on a message to me and he didn't want to..." The fork in Sirius' hand viciously picked up a piece of broccoli and put it in In his mouth, he muttered again, "Besides, Molly is too wide."

"He doesn't want to see you, and it's useless for you to ask Arthur to send a message..." Lupine noticed his friend's expression, paused and changed his words, "It will take some time for the Mr. Handy you ordered to be delivered, mah There are too many melons and half-blood wizards, you know, and even a lot of pure-bloods don't have house-elfs anymore."

"Almost no restaurants will be open for Christmas." Lupine's voice had just finished, and Tonks continued.

The cute way she shook her head made Lupine couldn't help rubbing her pink hair, and continued to persuade: "Don't come to the Burrow with us for Christmas, do you want Harry to go hungry with you?" ?”

"You guys take Harry there, I won't." Sirius frowned, his tone becoming impatient.

Harry, Lupine, and Tonks looked at each other and nodded, deliberately said: "If you don't go, I won't go either."

"Okay, okay, then I'll go there with Harry." Sirius scratched his unkempt hair, "I'll bring the mandrake with me when the time comes, and let the children have a good meal. contain."

After cleaning the tableware after dinner and cleaning up his fiancé's friend, Tonks leaned in Lupine's arms, "We should go."

"So fast?" Harry pushed his glasses, but Tonks and the others had already walked out of the gate, Harry hurriedly followed and stood side by side with Sirius on the steps, what he wanted to say before could only be found later .

Tonks and Lupine leaned close together, waved goodbye to Harry and Sirius, and Apparated away with a whoosh.

At the same time, the Harris manor was brightly lit, and the Allen family also stood at the door to send away the guests who had attended the Harris family party.

Ice and snow fell on the ground one after another, and several thestral carriages stood quietly in the night. Those who could see them would notice that the pupilless eyes of this creature, which many people regarded as ominous, stared intently. Staring, described as terrifying. The Grindelwald loyalists who were recruited to join Harris boarded these carriages with the support of their children and grandchildren, and staggered and disappeared into the night. As officials of the Ministry of Magic, they also drove a certain distance on the road in a wizard car driven by armed Auror guards, and then flew into the sky.

And some members of the Umbrella Company, new friends of the Slug Club, and some who don’t pay much attention to ostentation choose to go home directly by apparating, and some wizards who like to feel lonely riding on a snowy night Get on the broomstick.

When the last wizard left the Harris manor, he loosened his tie, took off his evening dress, and changed into comfortable and loose clothes after a night of socializing with the exhausted Harris. Gathered in Harris Tower.

At this time, they are all my own family members, who can slump on the sofa regardless of their image, drink warm tea, and sit together as a family.

"Speaking of which, you have noticed that Percy Weasley has been shaking hands with people almost all night tonight. Once a wizard with status passes by his seat, he will stand up and bow again and again. It will hurt your back." Daisy giggled as she hugged a pillow cross-legged on the sofa.

"Tonight he is surrounded by a lot of disturbing horseflies." Xenophilius fiddled with a set of bright yellow demon-proof glasses, and waved his hand in the void as if trying to drive something away.

"The third son of the Weasley family pays too much attention to power and superstitious authority. He has too much desire for fame and fame. He blindly pursues fame and fortune, but he has not received the proper education in his family. Things are out of proportion because of this, but in view of his father's contribution and importance to our umbrella company, I can't just invite Arthur and not invite his son." Owen leaned back.

Morgan Le Fay Rozier Harris leaned against her husband and sighed, "Speaking of which, three seniors have passed away this year. Fortunately, their heirs have done a good job in the Ministry of Magic. There is hope for the revival of the family—because Grindelwald The days of oppression following the fall of Mister are finally coming to an end."

"Lunn, why are you so slow?" Daisy deliberately raised her voice to divert her mother's attention when she saw Lun who had just entered the tower after apparating.