Chapter 120: Christmas Date
On Christmas Day.
Ethan woke up and came to the living room to see the same pile of gifts.
This is Ethan’s home in Surrey. The wizard’s hut in Godric’s Hollow has set up a fidelity charm, and the owl outside can’t be found at all.
All gifts can only be sent here, and the little wizards in Hogwarts also know this address.
It was almost three nights ago when Ethan came back.
The main thing is to buy gifts for Christmas, such as various candies and books. If you have a good relationship, you have to give the cover of the wizard’s mailbox and the parchment inside. Ethan doesn’t need to do it himself, because Diagon Alley has already started selling it.
A total of five bottles of magic enhancement potion were also sent out, one of which was added later and rushed to the emergency.
They were given to Cassandra, Hermione, Qiu Zhang, Penelope, and Fleur respectively. Ethan felt that it was not enough, so he placed an order for five more bottles on the day of picking up the goods to see if there are any targets that need to be given next year.
On that day, the owl post office alone shipped more than 100 gifts, costing more than 30 gold galleons. This was after the discount due to the large number of gifts. The gifts of Fleur, Gabrielle, and Nicole and his wife were the most expensive.
The post office has hidden cross-border services. Pure-blood families don’t need to care about any laws to make money.
Gather all the goods that need to be shipped across borders on that day, and then use the door key to smuggle them over, and then let the local owls deliver them. The speed is much faster, but the postage is quite high.
This year, Ethan was not in a hurry to unpack. He had breakfast with his parents first.
No matter how busy they are every year, they are at home on Christmas Day.
But Philemon had a gloomy face throughout the whole process, and he was still thinking about his car.
Yesterday, when Nitia asked Ethan if he needed a few more cars, Philemon 063’s eyes lost their luster. Fortunately, Ethan refused, otherwise he might not be able to eat breakfast today.
After breakfast, he came to the living room and opened the gifts randomly.
Most of them are candies and chocolates, and books and alchemy tools occupy a small part.
Among them, the most valuable gift is the gift from Hagrid, a local tyrant, which is four fangs of the Chimaera beast.
It’s just that in terms of quantity, this year is more than last year, and it is estimated to be over 200.
Last year, dozens of gifts were given out, and more than 100 were received.
This year, more than 100 gifts were given out. Ethan, who gave Christmas gifts last year, has records, and this year Ethan has returned gifts, but today received more than 200.
What about next year?
It’s not an easy task to buy gifts every year, and it can be more every year, right!
I really don’t know how Dumbledore spent Christmas. With so many little fans, old friends, and students who remember him, the number of gifts must have filled the principal’s office.
By the time Ethan finished opening the gifts and sorting them out, the morning had passed.
After lunch, Ethan went directly to the courtyard and took out the McLaren-F1 that had been transformed by Ethan from the box.
Yesterday, Ethan contacted Penelope and the others through the wizard mailbox, and they will go to the meeting together on Christmas afternoon.Go shopping in Diagon Alley.
The reason was that when Qiu Zhang was shopping in Diagon Alley two days ago, he heard the clerk say that there would be an event on Christmas Day, and it was not just their store.
After learning the news, Qiu Zhang told Hermione and the others about it.
Yesterday, at the joint request of the host and the girls, Ethan had to agree to accompany them to Diagon Alley.
“It doesn’t look any different!”
When Ethan took out the McLaren-F1, Philemon also came here.
The silver-white paint, the sharp and unique headlight shape, the smooth and dynamic body lines, the low-lying body and the wide wheels complement each other, everything is so perfect, but it’s a pity that it’s not his.
“Come in and take a look and you’ll know!”
Ethan said as he opened the car door.
Ethan didn’t change much about the appearance, that is, he used alchemy to replace some materials in the shell, carved some magic patterns, and magic patterns. The real change was the internal space, as well as various functions and power.
“I want to see what you have done to my car…”
Philimon, who had just entered and was about to sit in the seat to observe, was speechless. It looked fine from the outside, but as soon as he entered the car door, he found that the seat was actually two meters away from him.
Although there are still three seats, the middle is the driver’s seat and the two sides are the co-pilots.
But the space behind the two-meter-wide aisle is larger than his own living room, and it has been turned into a leisure area.
After looking around, Philemon stepped out with only one idea.
Fortunately, the wizarding world and the Muggle world are separate, otherwise if wizards join the ocean shipping industry, I am afraid that I will go bankrupt in minutes.
After saying hello to his father, Ethan drove directly to heaven and pressed the invisible button.
The moment Ethan stepped on the accelerator, the McLaren-F1 made a sonic boom.
Under normal circumstances, the McLaren-F1 can accelerate to 100 kilometers in 3.2 seconds, but after Ethan’s modification, the magic burst, the fastest 3.2 seconds to break through Mach 1, the maximum speed is Mach 1.8, directly blasting this year’s new light wheel-2001 into slag, and next year’s rocket crossbow is not even qualified to eat dust.
Compared with the current high-end fighters, it is still a bit inferior. After all, they have already broken through Mach 3. The key is that the magic source is not up to standard. If the magic stone is installed, the fighter will eat exhaust behind the buttocks in minutes.
As for Arthur Weasley’s modified car, basically no parts have been changed, and some magic patterns and magic patterns have been added. The hardware of the car can’t withstand Ethan’s speed, and the output power is insufficient. The speed is almost over 100 kilometers.
In just over ten minutes, Ethan drove from Surrey to the door of Penello’s house in Plymouth according to the address, parked on the road, and after disguising himself as a normal sports car, he unlocked the invisible mode.
I took out the wizard address book and sent a message to Penelope. A few minutes later, I saw her walking out with a suitcase (ahbh).
After leaving with Ethan today, she didn’t plan to come back during this holiday. Anyway, she didn’t have many days to rest.
Behind her was a middle-aged woman who was a little fat, and a half-sizedson, a little girl of six or seven years old.
Ethan got out of the car directly and handed the small gifts he had prepared in advance to the three people.
Penelope’s mother was quite enthusiastic and wanted to invite Ethan to sit in, but unfortunately Ethan was in a hurry and had to refuse.
Her brother kept trying to run to the car. Anyone who was interested in cars knew that this year’s new McLaren-F1-XP4.
Unfortunately, he was ruthlessly suppressed by Penelope. Even if it had not been modified, it was not something her brother should touch. With her family’s situation, she could not afford it in this lifetime.
Penelope’s sister was amused by Ethan and laughed, calling him brother all the time.
After saying goodbye to her family, Penelope opened the car door quite skillfully and took the gift in.
Although she had never taken a ride in this car, she had come in many times when Ethan modified it.
“The potion you gave me is really useful. My magic power has increased a lot.”
Penelope was very excited after getting in the car. The increase in magic power means the improvement of strength. She will be able to get better grades in the N.E., W.T.S exams in the next school year.
“The raw materials for this bottle of potion require more than a thousand gold galleons. How are you going to repay me?” (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
“I gave you my whole self. How about this?”
“Okay!”
While chatting, they soon arrived at the manor of the Wally family.
Cassandra and Penelope were not far apart, and finally returned to London to pick up Qiu Zhang and Hermione.
But Qiu Zhang’s father was still staring at her like a thief, and told her to come back early tonight, but her mother didn’t say much.
The group still entered from the Leaky Cauldron. There was not much business here today. There were just a few drunks sitting in the corner talking loudly.
Coming to the backyard, knocking on the bricks on the wall skillfully, the moment I entered Diagon Alley, the flow of people today was indeed more than usual.
“Ethan, look, the business is still so good on Christmas.”
Hermione pointed to a small shop next to it.
It is right here at the entrance of the Leaky Cauldron to Diagon Alley. The location is quite good. It is the shop that Ethan and the Walley family cooperated with.
When Hermione came to buy Christmas gifts a few days ago, there was a queue here. I didn’t expect that it was Christmas, and the gifts were given away, and there was still a queue to buy.
“Maybe someone felt it was very convenient after using it, so they came to buy it again.”
For Christmas gifts, you certainly can’t expect to give much parchment.
The cover costs ten gold galleons, and a piece of parchment costs two gold galleons, which is not cheap.
Ethan originally planned to set the price at half of this, but was persuaded by Amos. It is an exclusive business and whether it is parchment or cover, it can be used for several years if you take good care of it. If you want to make money, you have to sell it at a high price, and you can only buy it at home. []
When Ethan gave a gift, he also gave a cover with ten sheets of parchment. Others probably gave about the same amount, or even less, like five sheets.
In actual use, five sheets are not enough to communicate with friends, let alone family, so you definitely have to buy more.
Ethan also saw an interviewer nearbyRita Skeeter, who was in the house, had listened to Ethan’s words these days and attracted a lot of traffic.
“That’s true!”
Hermione nodded in understanding. They didn’t have this worry. When they were in school, Ethan had given several books to each of them.
Then Ethan was dragged by them to stroll around Diagon Alley, especially after entering Mrs. Primpianer’s Beauty and Potion Shop, the women were very excited and kept shuttling between bottles and jars.
Sure enough, women, regardless of age, couldn’t resist these things, and then went to the Tofan Clothing Store and Quidditch Boutique.
“Ethan, I want to eat that!”
When passing by Florin’s Cold Drink Shop, Cassandra pulled Ethan.
Although the first time she saw Ethan was at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore, they actually met here.
Ethan looked at Cassandra in confusion. Although the snow stopped today, was it sure to eat cold drinks in this weather?
Cassandra nodded affirmatively, and Ethan walked over. He had to queue up to buy it.
[Thanks to the big guys Chengnan Rishi and Yizhixuechuchu for their monthly tickets. Thank you both! ]
