Chapter 216 Diagon Alley Boxing Match

A week has passed since he flew across England in a turquoise Ford, which means Harry Potter has also been living at the Burrow for a week.

Everyone here welcomes Harry, and Mrs. Weasley will help him darn his socks and provide food; Mr. Weasley always has a lot of questions about Muggles, and these questions are transferred to Harry; shy Ginny would always blush or knock something over when talking to Harry.

Percy always stayed in his room alone and didn't know what he was doing. He would only leave the room when he was eating. Explosions would be heard from Fred and George's room from time to time. The two brothers often pulled each other. Harry and Ron went to the paddock in the back hill to play Quidditch.

As for Ada, she was busy with work, leaving early and coming back late. Harry had already learned about Ada's situation from Ron. Compared to the others, Ada was the first to know Harry, but she was the one who spent the shortest time with him.

This morning, the weather was clear, and the Hogwarts owl appeared at the Burrow, bringing a new list of supplies. Harry's letter was also sent, along with Ginny's admission notice.

This year's letter seemed longer than previous years. Ada opened the letter and read it carefully. Her eyebrows furrowed as she looked at it. What did that long list of Gilderoy Lockhart's works mean?

Fred finished reading his list, then craned his neck to look at Harry's, then at Ginny's.

He said: "We all need to buy Gilderoy Lockhart's books. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher must be his admirer, maybe a witch."

Mrs. Weasley looked at her son with an evil look, and Fred quickly lowered his head, not looking at his mother.

"It increased the sales of Lockhart's books, but it ruined Lockhart's reputation." Ada said, "I really don't know what the new professor thinks."

This kind of behavior of forcing one's own students to buy Gilderoy Lockhart's works is really stupid. Forcing people to do so will often make people feel bored and disgusted. Regardless of what others think, can someone who can do this kind of thing really teach and educate others by forcing what he or she likes on others?

Perhaps at this moment, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was feeling complacent that he had come up with such an idea, but he never thought about how much he would ruin his popularity with passers-by.

"Those books are not cheap," George said, glancing quickly at his parents. "The Gilderoy Lockhart books are really expensive..."

Writing novels is a dead end, but Lockhart turned such a dead end into a road to heaven. His works are not only popular, but also very expensive.

It would be acceptable to buy one or two copies, but the problem is that each student needs to buy a complete set. This is a big burden for families with poor financial means, and the Weasley family is even worse. They need to buy five units.

"Oh, we'll find something," Mrs. Weasley said, but looking a little worried, "I think a lot of Ginny's stuff could be bought second-hand."

Ada put down the list of items and said, "My school robes from my first and second years and some other clothes are upstairs. Ginny can choose what she likes to wear."

As Ada grew taller, her clothes changed almost every year. Ginny could take the clothes that she couldn't wear, except those given by Professor McGonagall.

It is very common for children with older brothers (sisters) in the family to wear their older brother's (sister's) old clothes, and Ada didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Moreover, Ada's clothes are almost all purchased from Madam Malkin. Although they will become second-hand in Ginny's hands, they are still better than those in the second-hand robe shop.

Ada is not yet capable of leading the Weasley family on the road to prosperity. There is only so much she can do.

Ron and Ginny are both younger than Ada, so Ada will give her clothes to Ginny (Ron can wear them if he wants to), buy Ron a wand, and buy some things for his younger siblings. Ada's reward for the Weasleys taking her in.

A week after receiving the letter from Hogwarts, the Weasleys took everyone to Diagon Alley. It was Wednesday. Mrs. Weasley woke up all the children early in the morning, had a hurried breakfast, and the family headed to Diagon Alley via the Floo Network.

This was Harry's first time traveling by this mode of transportation. I don't know if he chose the wrong furnace door or if he didn't explain it clearly enough. In short, Harry managed to lose himself.

When they arrived in Diagon Alley, the Weasley family discovered that Harry was missing. This made everyone anxious. Mrs. Weasley even cried. So everyone separated to look for the lost Harry, and finally found the lost Harry in front of Gringotts.

Harry was standing with Hagrid and Hermione. He failed to reach Diagon Alley exactly, but appeared in Knockturn Alley, where he met Draco Malfoy and his father.

The boys except Percy envied Harry because they also wanted to visit Knockturn Alley, but the Weasleys did not allow them to do so.

An hour later, a large family showed up at Flourish and Blotts, where Gilderoy Lockhart was signing his new book. After taking a photo with Harry, he announced in a high profile that he would be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts in September.

After hearing the news, Ada's face darkened visibly. It's wrong and rude to judge people by their appearance, but Lockhart's first impression on Ada was really bad.

Ada wanted to go home now and burn all her blue clothes on fire, because Lockhart was wearing a forget-me-not blue robe. Because of Lockhart, Ada thought she might be allergic to the color blue now.

Seeing that stinking look and that smile full of white teeth, Ada felt a little queasy. She really wanted to ask how such a disgusting smile won the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award?

Most of the people waiting in line for Lockhart's autograph were middle-aged witches, and a small number of young witches. This is probably the power of mom fans and girlfriend fans. They worked together to send such a "charming" Lockhart to "Wizard Weekly".

There are almost no men in the team, after all, male mothers are not popular yet.

"I think he smiles like an idiot." Fred said, "Why would Dumbledore come to him? Isn't he afraid that the school will be full of idiots like this in a year?"

Recruitment for Defense Against the Dark Arts has always been a long-standing problem. The rate of one professor per academic year is indeed too fast, and it is normal to not be able to recruit the people you want.

Ada wanted to know why the school couldn't drop the course or change its name. If it doesn't work, it's better to re-open a similar course than to leave this course half-dead.

"Although I think he looks like an idiot," George said, "but it's best not to let mom hear this, otherwise you really won't be able to save the other half of your ass."

"I hope he can be as talented as what is written in his book." Ada sighed, "After Quirrell, if there is another teacher who misleads students, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but curse him."

Just when the three people were dissatisfied with their future teachers, chaos broke out at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. The bookshelves were knocked down, and customers who came to buy books also retreated in panic to prevent themselves from being affected.

Separating from the crowd of spectators, Ada and the twins saw Mr. Weasley and Lucius Malfoy rolled into a ball on the ground. Once again, eating melon ate melon, and Ada felt that she might not be worthy of eating melon.

Fred and George were yelling, "Hit him, Dad! Right hook, yeah, that's it!"

At the same time, the twins looked at Draco Malfoy with evil intentions. If Mr. Malfoy was the same age as the two brothers, he would be the same as his father by now.

The first Diagon Alley no-rules boxing match officially kicked off, with the somewhat bald red-haired Arthur Weasley on the red side and the white peacock-like Lucius Malfoy on the other side.

The two middle-aged men forgot their identities as wizards and chose to solve the problem in the most primitive way. The two of them, with their adrenaline pumping, were punching each other hard, and even picked up thick spell books scattered on the ground and smashed them against each other.

Gradually, the Weasley player who was running around all day gained the upper hand, and the continuous losses made the pampered Malfoy player very angry.

This unregulated boxing match did not last long. The tall referee Hager separated the two fighting players.

Both old-hearted players were injured, but overall Weasley won this no-rules boxing match with a points lead. Unfortunately, no gold belt was awarded to him.

The unwilling Malfoy player stared at everyone fiercely, and even Ada received a look of contempt.

If the Malfoy player said "I will come back" when walking out of the bookstore, the villain's momentum will rise, and his eyes are really not lethal.

Mrs. Weasley complained that her husband shouldn't fight in front of the children, while cleaning the broken corner of her husband's mouth. Mr. Weasley let his wife scold him without saying a word, as if he already knew he was wrong.

Fred and George were so excited that they gave their father a thumbs up without their mother seeing them. And Mr. Weasley secretly winked at his twin sons when his wife wasn't paying attention.

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