Hogwarts Wandering Wizard

Chapter 222 The old professor’s big house

Because the German air raid was too sudden, downtown London was severely hit overnight, and countless civilians were killed in their sleep.

In order to minimize losses, the government began to use high-load trains to send civilian children out of London first and send them to relatively safe families across the country for foster care.

Mrs. Pevensie went to buy four tickets early in the morning, got four nameplates, and sent the children to King's Cross Station to a steam train bound for Decort City.The four children will be fostered in the village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, England, and live in the home of an old professor.

Along the way, her mother constantly taught her four children, telling her eldest son Peter to take care of his younger siblings, telling Edmund to listen to his brother, telling her youngest daughter Lucy to keep her nameplate, and telling her second daughter Susan to be like a big sister. , help take care of younger siblings.

The whole family was immersed in the sadness of farewell. Only the third son, Edmond, looked disapproving. He even shook his sister Susan's hand and muttered dissatisfiedly that I would leave on my own.

With a whistle, the children left their mother's side with the crowd and rushed towards the train. While checking the tickets, the eldest son Peter looked up and happened to see a group of young soldiers walking by not far away. In a daze, he seemed I saw a young man who looked similar to me in age and appearance.

But the next moment, the ticket inspector's voice brought him back to his senses, and Peter climbed onto the train with his younger brothers and sisters.

The whistle sounded, and countless children stretched out of the car to say goodbye to their parents standing on the platform.

They didn't know where they would be sent. Such an unknown future made the children silent along the way. Even the most naughty and rebellious Edmund sat quietly in the train without saying a word. .

There were two children in the carriage. When they arrived at Guxi Station, they carried their luggage and got off the bus first. The Pevensie children came to the window and watched their companions who had never interacted with them along the way being raped by two strangers. The woman took it away as if picking out goods, feeling even more uneasy.

The train traveled for a while and finally arrived at the Pevensie family's destination, the temporary station at Castle Combe.

The station here is too simple and can only accommodate more than 20 people. Even the eldest son Peter, who has always pretended to be calm, couldn't help but murmur in his heart when he saw the desolate scene around him.

Will anyone really take them here?

The rhythmic roar of the car engine suddenly came from behind the temporary station. The children picked up their luggage and ran down the platform with all their strength. Lucy even raised her hand happily, wanting to give it to the person who came to pick them up. A warm first impression.

But the car only honked its horn a few times and then crossed across the tracks, leaving four wheel indentations.

The excitement that had just risen was like a balloon pierced by a needle. The children looked at the wilderness around them and fell silent again.

Edmund kicked the mud at his feet out of boredom. He had been in a very depressed mood since he left his mother.

"Professor should know we are coming!"

The second sister, Susan, looked at her younger brothers and sisters with their heads down, turned to look at Peter and asked.

"Did we get the labels wrong?"

Edmond picked up the tag that his mother had hung on his chest before leaving and read the words on it carefully.

"Drive~Drive~"

While the four children were still stunned, the sound of a carriage came from the forest path not far away. Accompanied by the sound of whips, a middle-aged woman wearing glasses drove a carriage and appeared at the temporary platform. He stopped the carriage in front of the four brothers and sisters.

The woman wears an English bowler hat and round glasses on the bridge of her nose. At first glance, she looks like an extremely serious woman.

Her expression was so serious that she glanced at the four brothers and sisters. It was not until half a minute later that the second sister Susan boldly asked her: "Are you Mrs. Macready?"

"I'm afraid so. Is this all you have, kids? Nothing else?"

Peter nodded cautiously and replied to the woman: "Yes, ma'am...it's just the four of us."

"not bad!"

Mrs. Macready praised it, although the four brothers and sisters didn't understand why it was so good.Her eyes moved to Lucy's face, and looking at the little girl's cute expression, Mrs. Macready also showed a slightly kinder smile: "Come on, children, the professor has been waiting for you for a long time. "

The four brothers and sisters quickly climbed into the carriage. After twenty minutes of jolting, they were driven to a huge manor by the carriage in the dusk.

The old professor with white hair and his maids stood at the door to greet them. Perhaps because he had not rested well from his nap just now, the old professor's face was still deeply tired, but he still received Pevensie warmly. Four sisters, and took them for a walk around the big house.

The house was really big, much bigger than it looked. In the words of the old professor, even though it was his house, he knew very little about all the rooms in the house.

The old professor's hair and chin were white, and he had a shaggy beard. He looked like an elderly man at first glance. After climbing a few floors, he was a little out of breath, but he still insisted on taking the children to visit. Check out their room.

When they first met the old professor, the children seemed to be very scared, but they soon fell in love with him. Lucy even supported him enthusiastically, but Edmund had a strange look on his face. It felt like I wanted to laugh but didn't dare, so I could only keep wiping my nose to cover up my embarrassment.

Both Peter and Susan gave Edmond a warning look, and the meaning in their eyes was very clear. If he really dared to laugh, they would definitely teach him a lesson.

Even in the countryside, the children's dinner was still sumptuous. After thanking the professor for his hospitality, the children returned to their rooms.

But soon, they ran into the room where the girls were, gathering together and chatting happily.

"We are quite lucky." Peter said: "It's great here. We can do whatever we like. This old gentleman won't care about us."

"I think he's a likeable old man," said Susan.

"Oh, that's enough!" Edmond's temper was bad: "Don't speak in such a tone!"

"What tone?" Susan replied to him, "Anyway, it's time for you to go to bed."

"Okay, Mom." Edmond showed a look of disgust as if he smelled a strange smell: "You always like to imitate Mom's tone. I can go to bed whenever I want, and you don't have to worry about it! If you want to go to bed, go to bed by yourself. Bar."

"Let's all go to bed, okay?" Lucy interceded. "If anyone hears us talking here, they'll have to scold us."

"Not at all," Peter said, "Didn't I say that no one will care about us in the old professor's house? Besides, they won't hear us. Go down from here to the dining room, and there is There are so many stairs and hallways and it takes about 10 minutes to walk.”

"What's the sound?" Lucy asked suddenly.The house was much larger than any she had ever lived in before, and the thought of the long hallways and rows of doors leading to empty rooms frightened her and gave her goosebumps. .

"It's just a bird chirping, you fool." Edmund sneered.

"This is the cry of an owl." Peter leaned out the window and took a few glances, and caught a bird flapping its wings across the fields and flying into the house: "This is the best place for all kinds of birds to inhabit. Place. I'm going to sleep. Hey, let's go exploring tomorrow. In a place like this, you may be able to find anything. On the way here, did you see those mountains? And those woods? Maybe there are Eagle, deer, vulture."

"Are there any badgers?" asked Lucy.

"And snakes!" said Edmund.

"There are foxes too!" said Susan.

The children returned to their beds with anticipation and closed their eyes.

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