Chapter 4078 4080 [Herbal Medicine Class]
After breakfast, everyone went to Greenhouse No. 1 for herbal medicine class.
"Good morning, Lily~", "Good morning, Severus~"
Xiang Nan and Lily greeted each other after meeting.
"I sent a letter to my parents, and they wrote back to me. I'm very happy that I can be assigned to Gryffindor." Lily said to Xiang Nan with a smile.
"That's good." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded, handing the map of Hogwarts Castle he drew to Lily.
It records in detail the locations of each classroom, professor's office, and principal's office, as well as the locations of more than 140 flights of stairs, more than 200 doors, and more than 300 oil paintings. It can be said that with it, at least you will not get lost in the castle.
Lily was also very happy to receive Xiang Nan's gift.
She almost got lost when she got up early this morning and went to the restaurant to eat. Because Hogwarts is not only huge, but the stairs often change directions, making it easy for new students to be fooled.
Thanks to the fact that they met the enthusiastic Nearly Headless Nick who showed them the way, otherwise they would probably have been hungry, so she was very satisfied with the map.
“Thank you, Severus.” Lily said sincerely.
"You're welcome." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
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At this time, a short, fat witch with flowing gray hair walked in, wearing a hat full of patches, and her body was covered with mud.
“Good morning, classmates. I am Pomona Sprout, the professor of your herbal medicine class!” she said with a smile.
“Good morning, Professor Sprout!” the students said in unison.
Professor Sprout then called on the names and got to know the new students present. Then he pointed to a cactus-like plant covered with sharp thorns and said, "The herb we are going to teach today is thorn grass." , now who can tell me about the characteristics of thorn grass?"
The students looked at each other, only Xiang Nan and Lili raised their hands. After seeing Lily also raise her hand, Xiang Nan put her hand down again.
“Lily.” Professor Sprout said by name, “Tell me about it.”
“The spikes of thorn grass are slightly toxic and can cause coma and vomiting, so they can be used to make sleeping pills and emetics.” Lily replied immediately.
"Very good, five points from Gryffindor." Professor Sprout nodded with satisfaction, "The spikes of thorn grass are indeed very effective, but they are also dangerous. Why, can anyone tell me?"
Lily raised her hand again.
“Because when the thorns of the thorn grass are pulled out, the thorn grass will resist with all its strength. If it is accidentally stung by the sharp thorns, it will cause dizziness and vomiting.” She answered again.
“Very comprehensive, five more points from Gryffindor.” Professor Sprout smiled, “Okay, the main content of our class today is for each person to pull out at least ten thorn grass spikes.
Everyone put on their dragon skin gloves. You must take care of yourselves. Today is the second day of school. If you don’t want to get dizzy and vomiting, take all defensive measures. Start pulling out below! "
Speaking, Professor Sprout began to demonstrate. She put on dragon leather gloves, which could effectively protect her hands, and then stepped forward to grab the thorns of the thorn grass.
Fortunately, she was wearing dragon leather gloves, so her hand was not punctured. But Thorngrass's violent reaction still shocked the students. Immediately, Professor Sprout successfully pulled out a sharp thorn, placed it on the plate, and then smiled, "Okay, one for each person, let's start now."
With an order, the students each put on dragon leather gloves, took a thorn grass, and prepared to pull out the thorns.
Although Professor Sprout pulled out the thorn smoothly, when it was their turn, the students immediately knew that it would not be easy.
It turns out that the spikes of the thorn grass are very strong, and they need to use a lot of force to pull the spikes off the plant. The force is no less than lifting a nail with bare hands. Therefore, if you pull out two sticks, your arm will feel sore, and if you pull five sticks, you will be exhausted and sweating.
But for Xiang Nan, it is very easy to pull out the thorns of thorn grass. He has more than a thousand years of skill, and one arm has the strength of ten thousand kilograms. Not to mention just pulling out thorns, even if he fights with giants, he will not lose to them.
So in the blink of an eye, he had already pulled out ten spikes, which surprised Professor Sprout.
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At this moment, Peter Pedillo suddenly screamed, foamed at the mouth, fainted and fell to the ground, startling everyone.
“He pulled out the thorns and his palms were sweaty, so he took off his gloves to wipe the sweat, but forgot to put the gloves back on.” Sirius explained with a smile, quite gloating.
"Poor Peter." Professor Sprout shook his head, "Remember, I emphasize again, you must take precautions. Severus, since you have completed your homework, send him to the school doctor's office."
Xiang Nan nodded, came to Peter, helped him up, and was about to take him to the school doctor's office. At this moment, he felt his pulse.
Then he was stunned, and then slapped Peter on the back.
“What are you doing?” Remus Lupine asked angrily.
James Potter and Sirius Black also looked sullen.
No matter how unspectacular Peter Pettigrew is, no matter how stupid he is, he is still a Gryffindor and cannot be bullied by other houses.
Lily Evans, Professor Sprout and other students were also shocked and didn’t understand why Xiang Nan hit Peter for no reason.
At this moment, Peter spit out a mouthful of mucus with a slightly fishy smell, and then he regained consciousness and opened his eyes.
"Professor, he is fine." Xiang Nan said immediately.
Peter Pedilu also stood up on his own, and after whispering "thank you" to Xiang Nan, he returned to his classmates with a face of shame and continued to put on his dragon leather gloves to pull out the spikes.
Everyone suddenly realized. It turns out that Xiang Nan did not beat Peter, but used a magical method to help him heal his wounds and eliminate poison.
“Very good, ten points to Ravenclaw.” Professor Sprout said in admiration.
Although she is very good at herbal medicine, she is not very good at medicine. So if something happens to a student in Herbology class, she will still need the help of Madam Pomfrey, the physician.
And many herbs in the magical world are dangerous, such as thorn grass, devil's net, mandrake, balboa tuber, fang geranium, Chinese biting cabbage, etc.
Some of them can sting, some can pester, some can bite, some have poisonous slurry, some can kill people with their screams... And students often have accidents of all sizes due to carelessness. Each time he was taken to the school hospital.
Although she will not be deducted from her salary, it is undoubtedly what she would like to see most if the students can be safe and recover as soon as possible.
So Xiang Nan helped her cure Peter Pedilu, which she admired very much.