Chapter 14 Make a fortune
“Is there anyone here?” the African-American boy pointed to the opposite side of Albert and asked.
“No one, sit down.” Albert smiled and said, “My name is Albert Anderson.”
"Li Jordan." The black boy showed his white teeth, looked at the books on the table in surprise, and said seriously, "I feel like you will be sorted into Ravenclaw. I heard that... most people who like reading will be sorted into Ravenclaw." Vinclaw.”
"As long as I don't go to Slytherin, I don't care about anything else." Albert took out a few chocolate-flavored candies from his pocket and asked, "Do you want some candy?"
“Thank you, it tastes good.” Li Qiaodan took one, opened the package and threw it into his mouth, “I like the chocolate flavor.”
“That’s good, you can take whatever you want to eat.” Albert put various flavors of hard candies on the table. Sharing food is an effective way to get closer.
This trick was something he had tried repeatedly in school before.
"I think we should go to Gryffindor. I heard it's the best there. Principal Dumbledore is from Gryffindor. You know, he is the greatest wizard in history." Li Jordan was very talkative, holding a Candy, and kept talking about it.
However, his chatter was quickly interrupted.
A pair of red-haired twins were knocking on the door.
"You don't mind squeezing in one more person!" One of the twins said shyly, "We're late, the other carriages are full of people, and the girls don't welcome us."
Before Albert could answer, the other twin said, "I'm George, George Weasley."
"If I were you, I would try to dry the water stains on my body." Li Qiaodan reminded kindly. "I'm Li Jordan."
"Albert Anderson." Albert closed the book, put it back into the box, and pointed to the seat next to Li Jordan.
“See you later George.” The other twin turned and left.
In fact, the other twin came back soon, bringing his own suitcase with him.
There is naturally room for four people in the compartment of the train. After all, it is originally a seat for six people.
It’s just that some students will be in the same cubicle with their friends, and even if there is free space, others are not welcome to come in. This was the reason why the belatedly arriving Weasley twins couldn't find their cubicles.
“This is Fred, my twin brother.” George introduced
“Even if you don’t say it, we can see it.” Li Qiaodan said. "I simply can't tell which one of you is who. Maybe you should give yourselves a mark so that you can tell them apart."
“Do you want some candy?” Albert asked again.
“Oh, thank you, mom doesn’t like us eating too much.” The twins each took one, opened the wrapper and stuffed it into their mouths.
“It tastes really good.”
"This is your owl, it's so beautiful." One of the twins wanted to reach out and touch it, but gave up after receiving a sharp look from Sheila. He didn't want to be pecked.
“It doesn’t like strangers very much.” Albert explained casually, “But you can try feeding it some nuts, maybe it will be willing to touch you.”
Li Qiaodan tried, but failed. Sheila ignored him at all and continued to rest with her eyes closed.
"How is the magical world?" Albert randomly found a topic, "You are all from the magical world."
“How do you know?” Li Qiaodan was surprised.
"Your clothes are obviously not up to standard." Albert pointed at the clothes of the three of them and said, "Ordinary people wouldn't dress like this. Obviously only wizards don't understand this, just like we don't understand magic. Just like the wizards in the world."
“Awesome.” Li Qiaodan gave a thumbs up and said, “By the way, there seems to be something in the window.”
Albert turned his head and saw an owl by the window, and quickly opened the window to let it in.
This is a gray owl that came in, shook its body, and rainwater splashed everywhere.
Sheila screamed in dissatisfaction, jumped on Albert's shoulders, and glared fiercely at the guy who came to take it uninvited, very dissatisfied that her nuts were stolen.
"Don't be angry, it's just a few nuts. I will buy them for you after eating." Albert looked at the owl flying away and touched Sheila's head to comfort her.
“I always feel that you don’t look like a Muggle-born wizard at all.” Li Jordan muttered in a low voice, “Muggle wizards don’t know this, can I take a look?”
"Please." Albert took Xila off his shoulders. He didn't like an owl standing on his shoulders. This little guy was still a bit heavy.
“What’s the news?”
“Minister of Magic Millicent Bagno announced that he will retire after 1990.” Li Jordan spread the newspaper on the table and said, “There are rumors that Principal Dumbledore is likely to become the next minister.”
"My dad said that if Principal Dumbledore had wanted to, he would have become the Minister of Magic a long time ago." Fred obviously didn't believe this.
"Who do you think has a better chance?" George asked, "Oh, the Daily Prophet actually held a betting event."
“I don’t know, but I’m a little interested in the bet above.” Abbott certainly knew who would become the next minister. “What should I do if I want to participate in the bet?”
Someone offers galleons, why not?
“Gambling is not a good idea, Albert.” Li Jordan said seriously.
"A small bet doesn't matter." Albert took out his wand, placed it vertically on the table, let the wand fall to one side freely, and explained casually, "Ollivander said my wand can bring me luck. So, I'm going to pick...well, Cornelius Fudge, and I'm going to pick him to be the next Minister for Magic, assuming the bet is believable."
The three people in the cubicle were immediately dumbfounded. What a show this was, it really showed off their faces.
“You really want to participate in the betting?” Fred swallowed, he thought this was ridiculous.
"I haven't decided yet. After all, I don't know much about the magic world." Albert didn't want his pocket money to go down the drain.
"No, the betting offered by the Daily Prophet is still very reliable, and many people have won the prize in the past. However, there are fifteen wizards who are favored. You really have to..." George pointed out, "Fudge's odds are 4 Times, he is not the most favored one."
"Of course, the most promising one usually doesn't succeed, and he is usually the unlucky guy who is thrown out to sacrifice, um, to attract attention." Albert took the newspaper, carefully studied the method of participating in the bet, and then He took out his quill from his suitcase, wrote his name on a piece of parchment, selected the contestants and the amount of the bet, then took out Galleons, counted out 25 Galleons and put them into his purse. .
Seeing Albert counting out 25 Galleons, the three of them couldn't help but swallow their saliva. This is a lot of money.
By the way, this guy is really rich, which makes the three of them extremely envious. When have they ever touched so many galleons? If only I had a galleung in my pocket, I could make them laugh for days.
Until Xuela grabbed the money bag and envelope and disappeared into the rain, none of the three of them came back to their senses.
(End of this chapter)