Chapter 259 Less Detours for Twenty Years
Hogsmeade is really interesting.
Although the place is not big, the sparrow is small and well-equipped.
From the owl post office, to clothing chain stores, to candy and snack stores, to tea restaurants, to large magic equipment stores, to magic material stores... There are even barber shops and shops selling magical animal seeds, basically there are shops in demand .
When the goblins first rebelled in the seventeenth century, the headquarters was set up in this village.
Through the perspective of Ansu in the sky, Ted saw that the entire village occupies a large area.
At least two to three times that of Decarmond!
The distance between these buildings is not small, and it looks relatively sparse.
After all, the land here does not require money, just enclose it casually.
Most of the buildings are in the local style, with Scotland's iconic pointed roofs, slender chimneys, and stepped gables.
But there are some buildings that are extraordinarily weird, twisted and crooked, and the styles are very different, which is not serious at first glance!
There are also some dilapidated and abandoned buildings, quite a few, which should be abandoned by some wizards.
The birth rate of wizards is low. Sometimes there is no heir, so it is abandoned.
They don't need money for the land here, so no one bothered to demolish it.
Ted guessed that among the ruins were the Shrieking Shacks.
There are two taverns in the village, one is the Three Brooms tavern, which is said to be a century-old tavern.
The current proprietress of the tavern is a mature older sister who still has a charm—Ms. Rosmerta.
The proprietress stood behind the counter, and looked horizontally as mountains and peaks, with different heights and heights, which is the best thing about spring in the world.
The business is good!
And the business of another tavern is not bad, the Pig's Head Pub.
In the original book, the owner of this tavern is Dumbledore's younger brother, Aberforth.
It's just that the old man accidentally killed his sister in the early years of the battle between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, so he has never had any contact with him since then.
Oh, by the way, according to the content of the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", he should have a son who is silent, who was used by Grindelwald, and then died of illness. After all, silently generally don't live long.
However, the condition of the Pig's Head Bar is poor and the service attitude is very bad, but it still has a business that is not inferior to the three brooms. Of course, it is not because the old man Aberforth puts on a woman's clothes to pick up customers himself, but because the Pig's Head Bar is the "" Black market place"!
Remember the first year Hagrid drinking and playing cards with someone, and "won" a dragon egg?
Right here!
If it was an ordinary tavern, how could someone appear with a dragon egg?
This is actually a place where many wizards in the gray area exchange information and facilitate transactions.
This is why other attempts to open a tavern in the past century have been defeated by generations of beautiful proprietresses. Only Aberforth has made it, and it has been open for decades.
Aberforth's strength should not be weak, and he can hold the place, so a lot of people are gradually attracted here.
Even some of Ted’s experimental materials were purchased through other people’s orders here.
Different from Knockturn Alley, here is mainly a gray area, and the dark wizard's set is not acceptable.
As soon as we entered the village, the friends dispersed.
The twins head straight to Zonko's joke shop, mainly to copy... oh no! It is to learn from each other's ideas.
Then I made it myself and sold it to my classmates at a lower price.
No middleman to make the difference! Let the students save more money and benefit the masses~
Noble!
Jerry and Ron went straight to the Honeydukes candy store. When they mentioned the candy in the Honeydukes store just now, their saliva couldn't hold back, and it almost didn't drip onto the skirt of their clothes.
Neville went to Mrs. Puddife's teahouse. The hostess of the teahouse was a good friend of the grandma, and he had to go say hello.
Harry also said goodbye to Ted and Ted directly, and then ran away. Did not say where to go.
Ted and Hermione looked at each other, and said in unison: "Would you like to go to Wenrenju?"
Ted: I knew you wanted to go there!
Scholar's Habitat·Scholar's Supplies Store is the one that sells magic stationery in the village.
From various types of quill pens to various types of parchment, from magic ink, colorful ink to crystal balls, divination cups, ink correction fluid, photo developer... things are quite complicated.
Ted conducted an experiment recently, and there was a large pile of experimental records. The consumption of parchment paper has almost doubled, and it is indeed necessary to prepare more.
The two of them walked slowly to Wenrenju. The shop was decorated simply, but full of literati atmosphere. Various products can be seen in the latticed glass windows.
Pushing the door open, there are already two or three Hogwarts students picking out products.
They would nod or say hello when they saw Ted.
Hermione chose for a long time, and chose two quill pens made from the tail feathers of the same pheasant. They are very beautiful, and the black background and gold border look cool.
Ted took it with a smile: "Thank you~"
In return, Ted offered to buy Hermione a drink.
Although there are now seven or eight types of drinks in the Hogwarts kitchen, there is no butter beer after all.
So the two set out to revisit this delicious drink.
At the beginning, Ted planned to go to the Pig's Head Tavern. After coming out of the post office on Central Avenue, he turned into a small road next to the intersection.
A battered wooden sign protruding from a rusted iron bracket above the door, with a picture of a severed pig's head, blood seeping through the white cloth that wrapped it.
Pushing the door and entering, the scene suddenly went dark. Visibility is a bit low~
Originally, there were not many windows in the tavern on this floor, and they were still small. It seemed that the glass hadn't been wiped for a long time, with thick dust and extremely poor light transmission.
Even in broad daylight, a lot of candles are lit.
But candles also increase the shadow area, and the contrast between light and dark makes it the same as at night.
On the wall directly opposite the door, a huge wild boar head specimen is hideous, with messy hair and dirty appearance.
The floor under the feet is sticky and greasy. I'm afraid I don't know how long I haven't wiped the ground!
Isn't it just a matter of cleaning up, as for making it like this?
In addition, there is a smell of goat in the air, not to mention how unappetizing it is!
As a waiter working at the Leaky Cauldron, Ted almost couldn't resist pulling out his wand to clean it up!
Behind the bar, an old man with a long beard was slowly arranging the oak wine glasses, glanced at Ted and Ted at the door, and then ignored them.
The other seven or eight drinking guests were all covering up, either wearing hoods, hiding in the shadows, or even wearing masks.
forget it!
Ted: "It seems that you are not in the right place, let's go first."
Fortunately, I came here to identify the door, so I am not disappointed.
After a while, the two had arrived at Three Brooms, and there were more people here.
Maybe because the school is open on weekends, there are still many students in the school.
As soon as the two of Ted entered the door, there were four or five voices saying hello.
Ted even saw Jerry and Ron.
Jerry: "This way~"
The two walked over and sat down.
Ted responded to the greetings of the students one by one, and then said to the proprietress who walked gracefully, charmingly, with fashionable hair and facial features: "Two glasses of butterbeer, thank you!"
"Hehe, okay, handsome guy. You are really welcome~"
Hermione pursed her lips suddenly, and looked at the proprietress with a look of looking at the fire element of the fire.
Of course the proprietress didn't care about the little girl's attitude, she just smiled and went to pick up the beer.
"It's really beautiful!" Jerry said.
Ron nodded, his face was obsessed, and his eyes were straight.
Ted was smarter. He didn't even look at the proprietress again, but talked to Hermione about the beautiful quill.
This put Hermione in a very good mood.
Jerry stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Ron, with a smirk on his face: "Hey! Lavender is here!"
"Ah? What? No, no, I didn't see anything..." He immediately picked up his wine glass and looked at the beams, pretending to be looking at the scenery.
Ron quietly scanned for a week, and found that there was no sign of Lavender at all. He suddenly realized that he had been tricked, and he was going to strangle Jerry to death.
Jerry was also clever, and hurriedly called out in a low voice: "The lady boss is here, the lady boss is here!"
Ron withdrew his hand as soon as he heard it, and shrank obediently like a quail, but when he glanced at it, he was deceived again!
Just as he was about to start again, the proprietress, Ms. Rosmerta, had already walked over with two glasses of butter beer.
She twisted her slender waist and put down the butter beer, "I wish you a happy drink." Then she twisted away.
Well, it’s not easy for twigs to bear fruit!
The proprietress is also very good at showing her advantages.
Moreover, Ted could smell the various magical cosmetics he developed. It seems that the proprietress still pays attention to his own maintenance.
Ron was a little distracted, his soul had been twisted away by the flexible waist.
Ted: I didn't expect your kid to like big ones!
Young man, you have avoided twenty years of detours!
However, if he knew that this Ms. Rosmerta had already been the boss lady here when Sirius and the others were in school, how would he feel?
Then it’s not twenty years of detours, it’s forty years of overtaking in a straight line!
(end of this chapter)