Chapter 294 Bargaining, Cat and Mouse

Magical Creatures Shop.

The walls of this shop are covered with cages filled with all kinds of animals.

Rats, owls, cats, two-tailed newts, turtles, toads, poisonous snails, rabbits, and ravens are all available.

However, this shop does not have any powerful magical creatures, such as dragons, snake birds, phoenixes, and thunderbirds. Even if they have them, they dare not sell them. The magic department can come to the door and seal them up in a minute.

As soon as the four entered the store, the witch behind the counter set her sights on Abe and swallowed her saliva.

She had seen at least 800 cats, but she had never seen this one.

"Are you here to check the animals?"

"Yes." Ron said immediately, and then put Scabbers on the counter.

A hint of disappointment flashed in the witch's eyes, but her professional ethics still made her wear a pair of black glasses and check carefully.

"How old is your mouse?"

"I don't know. My brother gave it to me."

The witch picked up Scabbers and looked at its broken left ear and the missing toe on its front paw. She smacked her lips and said, "I suggest you change a mouse. We have healthy and sound ones here."

Ron looked at the large group of lively black mice in the cage and turned his face away with disdain. He didn't think that these inferior goods who only knew how to show off could compare with his Scabbers.

"Okay!" The witch took out a small red bottle from under the counter. "You may need this mouse tonic."

"How much?"

Just as the witch was about to speak, an orange-yellow shadow jumped over Ron's head and grinned at Scabbers in the witch's hand.

"Don't, Crookshanks." The witch shouted hurriedly, but the orange-yellow figure did not give her face.

Scabbers felt the fatal crisis and immediately jumped out of her hand and ran away frantically.

Ron and Harry chased after him one after another.

"Is this a cat?" Aaron looked at Crookshanks jumping on the counter, "You should keep an eye on it. There are so many mice, but you chose to catch the customer's pet."

"Sir, Crookshanks is usually very well-behaved." The witch said embarrassedly.

"So beautiful." Hermione looked at Crookshanks, her eyes shining with excitement.

"Beautiful?" Aaron's mind was filled with a series of question marks, "Hermione, are you sure you are not mistaken? I don't believe that its persimmon face has been hit by a brick unless you say it has been hit by a brick."

"But I just think it's beautiful." Hermione didn't care, and then looked at the witch, "I'll buy it, how much is it?"

"Five Galleons."

Hermione was about to take out her wallet when Aaron stopped her.

"Five Galleons are too expensive, make it cheaper."

"This is already very cheap." The witch said angrily, "If you don't believe me, you can go to other stores to ask, cats are priced this way."

"It just scared my friend, and it can be seen that this cat is not very obedient."

The witch hesitated for a moment, "Four gold Galleons will do?"

"Excuse me, this cat looks too unique, it should not be sold in the store normally, right?"

The witch's eyes twitched slightly, and then she showed a far-fetched smile, "Three Galleons, nine Sickles."

"Although I don't want to say this, but this cat seems a little old , what do you think? "

"Three gold Galleons, no less."

Just as Aaron was about to speak, the witch said, "I'm just opening a business, it's not easy to make some money."

"Hey! Okay, that bottle of mouse tonic?"

"Two Sickles, no bargaining."

"Actually, the hair of this cat..."

"Give it to you, sir." The witch immediately stuffed the red bottle into Aaron's hand, and then looked at Hermione who was stunned on the side, "Can this lady pay the money?"

"Oh." Hermione reacted, put the three gold Galleons on the counter, and happily hugged Crookshanks in her arms.

"Remind you, you want to buy an owl." Aaron said speechlessly.

"I won't buy an owl, this cat is enough." Hermione said, she couldn't raise two pets.

"Whatever." Aaron shrugged and prepared to leave the magical animal store.

"Wait a minute, sir." The witch chased him out directly. "Excuse me, can you leave a photo of your pet? I can pay you ten Galleons for publicity."

"Haha!" Aaron refused decisively. He didn't want to let everyone know that he had a dragon.

Not long after the two walked out of the magical animal store, they ran into Harry and Ron.

Scabbers, trembling, saw the cat and hurriedly hid in Ron's pocket.

"Did you buy this monster?" Ron said with wide eyes, "It almost peeled off my scalp just now, and what about Scabbers?

It's a mouse, why can't you buy anything else but a cat?"

"Don't worry, Crookshanks is in my dormitory, Scabbers is in your dormitory, as long as we don't meet, there will be no problem."

"Is it a question of whether to meet or not?" Ron said a little annoyed, "Look at Abe, why is it..."

Ron's voice stopped abruptly in the middle of his words.

I almost forgot that Abe is a dragon, and catching mice is unfair to it.

"That... Don't get me wrong.

My Abe doesn't like your mouse either. He didn't like it the first time he saw it, but I suppressed it. "Aaron said lightly, and Abe let out a low growl in response.

Ron subconsciously covered his pocket because he found that his mouse was shaking violently.

"Don't scare it, Scabbers is not in good condition to begin with."

Aaron shrugged, then patted Abe's faucet, and it calmed down.

"By the way, you forgot about this thing." Aaron handed Ron the mouse tonic, "It may be of some use to your mouse."

"How much is this?"

"The witch gave it to me." Hermione said excitedly, "You were not here just now, Aaron cut the price of Crookshanks by 40%, and asked the witch to give him a bottle of mouse tonic."

"It could have been lower. "Aaron felt a little regretful. He was confident that he could bargain down the price from five Galleons to less than two Galleons, but the witch was too tactful, so he couldn't continue bargaining.

Arriving at the Leaky Cauldron, Arthur Weasley was sitting at the bar reading a copy of the Daily Prophet.

He smiled when he saw Harry, "Harry, you're back?"

"Mr. Weasley." Aaron stretched out his right hand, "Nice to see you."

"Me too."

Harry looked at the newspaper in Arthur's hand, "Has Sirius not been caught yet?"

"No, the Ministry has mobilized most of its forces, but there has been no progress so far."

"How much is the bonus for catching him?" Ron asked with interest, "Is it enough for us to travel again?"

"Don't even mention one time, ten times is enough." Arthur also remembered the joy of traveling in Egypt, but his face darkened as soon as he finished speaking, "Ron Weasley, I warn you, put away your unrealistic ideas, Black can't be caught by a thirteen-year-old wizard."

"We have Aaron. "Ron said immediately.

Aaron silently took a step back. He would not get involved in such things!

Sirius Black was not an ordinary wanted criminal. He could still laugh loudly on the spot after killing thirteen people. This was a mental disorder. He could successfully escape from Azkaban after twelve years. This was a strong will.

The combination of these two things is pure madness. Aaron always kept a distance from such people.

Seeing Aaron take a step back, Ron said nothing and put a newspaper on the table.

"I have something to show you."

The three of them came over and looked at a black and white photo in the newspaper. The Weasley family was wearing local clothes and talking and laughing in front of several pyramids.

"Egypt is a magical place with many ancient things.

Mummies, ancient tombs. ”

"I am really envious. ” Hermione said, "The history of wizards in ancient Egypt is worth exploring. ”

"Aaron, where did you go during the summer vacation?" Ron asked, "Did you go traveling too?"

"Ah...this must be kept secret. "Aaron laughed.

Is he traveling? That's an adventure, risking his life.

At this time, Mrs. Weasley came in with Fred, George, Percy and Ginny, carrying large and small bags.

Seeing Aaron and the others, they all greeted them warmly. Mrs. Weasley even asked Harry several questions, fearing that he would leave something behind when he got on the train tomorrow.

It was just that Percy's way of greeting made them feel a little flattered. He shook hands solemnly and spoke in a very polite tone, as if he had rehearsed it deliberately.

However, his two twin brothers, George and Fred, imitated his way of greeting, but added seven points of wit and three points of humor to the imitation, which made him look unhappy.

Percy was elected as the president of the male student union, with a silver badge pinned on his chest, which was wiped quite clean.

"The second male student union president in the family." Mrs. Weasley looked at Percy proudly, and then cast an unsatisfied look on George and Fred, "Why weren't you two elected as prefects?"

"Why should we be prefects? "Fred said speechlessly.

"That will make life lose a lot of fun." George added.

"You should set a good example for your sister."

"Ginny has other brothers to set an example for her." Percy said proudly, "I'll go upstairs to change clothes first, and come down to eat later."

Seeing him leave, George and Fred's faces were relieved.

"Aaron, what do you think of the prefect?" George asked.

"Uh... Naylor is a responsible prefect, at least the Slytherin people are quite convinced of him."

"I'm not asking you this." Fred smiled, "Do you want to be a prefect?"

"No." Aaron shook his head decisively, "Being a prefect is too tiring, and there is no salary. Compared with my own affairs, the obligations of the prefect are simply a burden."

The two looked at each other and cast a look of approval at Aaron.

"That's great."

"Next time mother complains, we will use this reason."

Aaron:......