Chapter 4103 4105 [Exam Season]

After returning to Hogwarts, Xiang Nan re-entered the cause of studying and brewing medicine.

Because of the pure gold automatic stirring crucible, his efficiency in brewing medicine increased by more than 50%, which greatly increased his output and income.

He used to earn about 10 Galleons a day, but now he can earn 15 Galleons a day, which greatly increased his income.

Moreover, Xiang Nan contacted his family almost every day, asking Irene about Tobias's recent situation and whether he had repeated his mistakes and became an alcoholic again.

Because he knew that once alcohol addiction is acquired, it is not so easy to get rid of it. It is not so easy for a person to get up after lying down.

Therefore, he was worried that Tobias would not be able to get up for a few days and would start to go back to his old ways.

Fortunately, Irene's reply made him feel at ease.

These days, Tobias has been running the bar with all his heart. The bar's business is not bad, and it is full of old customers. After deducting the cost, he can earn 20 to 30 pounds a night, which is also a very good income.

In addition, Irene and her son brew potions, and the family can earn 4,000 pounds a month.

In the 1970s, earning 50,000 pounds a year was not just middle class in Britain, but could barely climb to the edge of the wealthy class.

So Tobias Snape is very satisfied now, and his relationship with his wife and son has greatly improved.

This also makes Xiang Nan very happy.

It is said that it is better to drink porridge that makes you smile than to eat rice that makes you frown. Everyone hopes that the family can be harmonious and reunited, even Snape is the same.

Otherwise, why would he return to the old house in Spinner's End every holiday. After all, with his income, buying a new house of his own is not a problem at all.

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In May, the last Quidditch game, Slytherin played against Hufflepuff to decide the champion and runner-up.

Xiang Nan also prepared a banner to cheer for Hufflepuff.

He drew a lifelike and cute badger on the banner, and wrote a few big words "Badger Courtyard must win~" next to it.

The students of the four major colleges of Hogwarts, except Slytherin, also cheered for Hufflepuff.

Because Slytherin College has always advocated "pure blood supremacy", the students it recruited are basically pure blood and mixed blood, and there are few wizards of Muggle origin.

Therefore, the college and the students choose each other and influence each other, making racism rampant in the Snake College, often attacking and bullying other colleges.

As a result, the students of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw all stood on the side of Hufflepuff, cheering for them and shouting loudly.

However, even so, Hufflepuff eventually lost the game, while Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup, and thus earned 150 points for the College Cup.

Seeing the students of Slytherin College celebrating wildly, many students in the other three colleges were depressed for several days.

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However, the students did not stay depressed for too long, because with the end of the Quidditch season, the school soon ushered in the exam season.

In June, every grade will start exams.

First- and second-year students have to take seven courses, including Potions, Herbology, Charms, Astrology, Transfiguration, History of Magic, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Students above the third year have to take three more elective courses, including Divination, Arithmancy, Ancient Magic, Muggle Studies, and Care of Magical Creatures.

Fifth-year students have to take the OWLS Ordinary Wizard Level Examination, while seventh-year students have to take the NEWT Advanced Wizard Level Examination.

So when the exam season comes, the atmosphere of the whole school becomes very tense.

Everyone is busy reviewing and trying to get a good grade. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if they are held back.

Therefore, the library, which used to see few people, is suddenly crowded with people.

In the restaurant, corridors, dormitories, and public lounges, you can see people holding books and reading. It can be said that everyone is working day and night, racking their brains, and only regrets that 24 hours a day is not enough.

"Oh, did we really learn how to make a potion to remove sores? Why can't I remember it?"

"What is the principle of the Transfiguration Spell? Why did I forget it again?"

"What spell should be used to deal with the resurrected corpse?"

"What are the three uses of thorn grass?"

Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others are all worried about the upcoming exams, and they all feel that their brains are not enough. They can't remember the knowledge they have learned.

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Xiang Nan is not worried about the upcoming exams at all. He knows everything about each subject, whether it is theory or practice.

So he not only did not panic, but also keenly discovered business opportunities.

He then brewed a large number of intelligence-enhancing potions and sold them in school.

Intelligence-enhancing potions can improve people's intelligence, memory and analytical ability in a short period of time. For students who are usually lazy, cram at the last minute, and are busy with exams, it is simply a godsend.

Therefore, these potions are not worried about selling at all. They are all sold out as soon as they are launched, and they are simply in short supply.

Normally he sold it to Adam Giggs for three silver Sickles a bottle, but now four silver Sickles a bottle is in great demand. It is more popular than the fiery potion he brewed at the beginning of the year.

After all, the fiery potion is not a must-have, but the intelligence potion is directly related to the final exam results.

Therefore, Xiang Nan made a small profit of 400 gold galleons in just this potion in more than a month, which can be said to be a huge windfall.

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In June, the exam season officially began.

The Charms class tests the definitions and principles of three spells; Transfiguration tests Gamp's Transfiguration Laws and the five exceptions; Potions class tests the formulas and effects of three potions; Herbology class tests the cultivation and effects of three herbs...

Students have to answer questions in the stuffy examination room with feather pens issued by the school. This feather pen is cast with an anti-cheating spell, which can effectively prevent cheating.

Although Xiang Nan has absolute confidence in himself, he never slacks off in every exam, but answers seriously. And he knows all the answers clearly, so there is no problem at all.

The teacher in charge of the exam can't help but nod in approval every time he passes by his seat.

And there is a practical test after the written test.

In the practical test of the Charms class, Professor Flitwick asked them to walk into the classroom one by one to see if they can make a pineapple tap dance across a desk.

This is actually a test of their mastery of the levitation spell.

Xiang Nan was very familiar with this spell. Not only did he make Pineapple dance across the desk, but he also cast the spell without a wand and silently, which shocked Professor Flitwick.

Because wandless and silent casting belong to advanced spellcasting skills, Xiang Nan was able to master them skillfully, which was really amazing.

Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuff box... The more exquisite the box, the higher the score; if there were still mouse whiskers on the box, points would be deducted.

Xiang Nan not only turned the mouse into a snuff box, but the snuff box was also very exquisite. It not only had beautiful engraved patterns on it, but was also inlaid with two rubies and tiny mother-of-pearl.

His performance made Professor McGonagall very satisfied.