International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 167 The Dursleys' Guest
The night of the year-end banquet was the best night of Harry's life, winning the Quidditch Cup for the first time and the Hogwarts House Cup.Two happy things coincided.And these two happiness brought more happiness to Harry.The time he got, the time of happiness like a dream, he will never, never forget this night.

At the same time, the Dursleys also had a very memorable night.

The time was pushed to an evening a week ago.The three members of the Dursley family were enjoying dinner at the dining table. For them, today was extremely happy, not only that the annoying nephew was not in the house, but also because Uncle Vernon might negotiate the biggest deal in his life.

When he proudly talked about it at the dining table, Petunia stood up in surprise and gave him a kiss. Dali also stopped eating and showed a naive smile: His pocket money will be lost again. Doubled, and this time he might be able to switch to a bike—a new model from Specialized that he has been coveting for a long time.

Uncle Vernon cleared his throat seriously: "That Mason, do you remember Petunia? The builder I told you about before, he plans to come to our house for dinner with his wife, that's not the point—although He is also a very important guest. What is important is that he said that a boss behind him also wants to come here. Mason's company was acquired by a new group that emerged recently. This group has a lot of money and has made a lot of big moves .”

Uncle Vernon had a bit of salad dressing hanging on his beard, and he trembled with his laughter, "The opportunity is right in front of my eyes, they are engaged in construction and mining, and they need a lot of drilling machines, and that guy is still It can be said that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to not be in our house! God, God is so kind to me! It must be the compensation for my 11 years of misery."

Speaking of his nephew, Vernon was very angry: he lived in his house for free every day, and put them in a dangerous situation. What's more, his so-called "magic" made his family very angry. Disgraceful—it hurt him worse than killing him.

Decent is a very interesting word.It can be said that the word "decent" is the sharp weapon used by the bourgeoisie to harvest the so-called "middle class" families.In order to be decent, a middle-class family needs to buy a grand house, an expensive car that may leak oil or fail to brake, give children some useless cram schools, buy a lot of luxury goods full of IQ tax, and spend the money they earn The money is handed back through the "decent" channel.

How can there be any middle-class family in the world?They are all working people with different occupations.

Unfortunately, Uncle Vernon's awareness is not enough, he fell into the trap called decency.He was now eloquently arranging the details of the dinner party, and a small gesture of the big boss made Vernon below him restless - of course, he enjoyed it.

Vernon talked about it for a week, and for a whole week, he kept talking about it.

Coincidentally, the Masons came on the same day as the Hogwarts year-end dinner.The day before yesterday, a well-dressed old butler came to the door in person and gave them a greeting card, which made Vernon's bones lighten a little bit, and his voice was a little louder when he was talking about the weather with his neighbors.

That morning, Uncle Vernon said the words one and a half times: "I think we should go through the evening's schedule again. At eight o'clock in the evening, everyone should be in their places. At this time, Petunia, you should-- ?”

"In the drawing room," said Aunt Petunia skillfully, "waiting to welcome them graciously."

"Very well, very well. Dudley?"

"I'm waiting to open the door for them." Dudley put on a disgustingly contrived smile, and squeezed his throat like the voice of a castrated pig: "May I hold the clothes for you, my lord?" Sir and dear Mr and Mrs Mason?"

"They'll love him!" said Aunt Petunia, ecstatically without self-awareness.

"Great!" Uncle Vernon was also very happy, "I'll take them to the living room, bring them to this location, and then introduce you" Vernon turned to Petunia, "then I'll pour them some hot drinks. Wait until [-]:[-] carve--"

"I announce dinner," said Aunt Petunia.

"Dudley, at this point you're going to say—"

"May I show you to the restaurant, Mrs. Mason?" said Dudley, extending his Michelin-style arm to the lady in the void.

"Okay! Keep your spirits up, dinner is almost ready, right? Now all we have to do is wait. We should say something nice at the table. Petunia, do you have any suggestions?"

"How about golf? I heard that Mason plays golf well. Mrs. Mason is just boasting about the clothes. As for the mysterious guest, I can only adapt to the circumstances."

"You can ask his family, he should like to talk about it." Vernon had an idea and found a brilliant idea.

They talked happily.

"After dinner, Petunia, you take Mrs. Mason to the living room for coffee, and I will bring the topic to the drilling machine. If all goes well, I can sign the contract before the evening news. We will be choosing a new car by this time tomorrow. type."

"There is also the location of the new home." Penny added with a smile.

"Yes, that's right. Now we're going to change into our dresses, Petunia, get the dishes ready."

At 07:30 in the evening, the Dursleys' house looked like it had been redecorated: every corner was spotless, and the kitchen had been polished to a shine.There was a giant panna cotta flower laced with icing violets on top of the fridge, and a hunk of roast sizzled in the oven.

"Come on, eat something to fill your stomach first, so as not to be rude at the table." Aunt Petunia, who was wearing a light orange cocktail dress, took out several small cream cakes.

Vernon and Dudley each ate a small cake to keep something in their stomachs.At this point the two of them had changed into their best dresses and even had bow ties!

The Masons came regularly, and the mysterious guest who came with the Masons.Vernon was overwhelmed by him the first moment he saw him.

The mysterious guest was very handsome, with black hair and a pair of dark gray eyes, tall and tall, wearing a suit that seemed to be worth a house, and the watch in his hand Vernon dared not look at it after just one glance: This watch alone is more expensive than all his net worth.

"Vernon!" Mason took the first step and shook hands with Vernon. "Please allow me to introduce you. This is my boss, Sirius Black, the owner of Meroda Group."

Vernon froze for a moment: Why is the name of this group so strange?marauders?Predator?What the hell name?But he is also an old society person, his face has not changed a bit, he invited the three of them into the house with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)