Hogwarts: The Savior's Strong Cousin

There was naturally nothing much to say when they got home. The relationships among the family had improved a lot, except for Vernon's occasional complaints that the family's phone bill had increased a lot recently - but when Harry took out a handful of Galleons to exchange for pounds, Vernon tactfully shut up.

Once a person has money, his whole temperament becomes different.

After taking out the "salary" left over from the year end, Dudley discovered that he was still a fairly wealthy man.

According to what Dobby said during casual conversation, Dumbledore offered him a salary of 10 Galleons per week - this was extremely rare in the entire house-elf world.

You have to know that as "slaves" in a wizarding family, house-elves do not have any salary at all. Ten gold Galleons can be converted into pounds at an exchange rate of 1:5, which is about fifty pounds. In the UK in 1991, the minimum wage was 2.45 pounds, assuming a 40-hour work week.

The exchange rate of Galleons, Sickles and Knuts is 1:17:493. Most of the consumption in the wizarding world, except for large-ticket items such as wands and broomsticks, is basically rotated back and forth between Sickles and Knuts. In other words, Dudley, who has been the "Hogwarts chef" for six months, already has a savings of 4800 pounds - his income is 20 Galleons per week.

But thinking again of the huge pile of gold Galleons in Harry's own vault, Dudley lowered his head in shame.

It’s my dad’s fault!

He and Hermione roughly estimated that there were about 0.7 to Galleons in Harry's vault. If all of them were exchanged for pounds, Harry would become a wealthy man in Surrey. You know, in the UK at that time, hundreds of thousands of pounds could buy a semi-detached villa with three rooms in West London, and a bus ride would only cost about pounds. As long as Harry didn't squander the money like a prodigal, he could live a carefree life just by living on the interest.

Of course, not counting the consumption in the wizarding world.

Vernon and Petunia stared with their eyes wide open, they could never have imagined that the two children would bring back such a large amount of money after going to school - in that era, there was no mobile payment method except credit cards. Dudley carried a huge cash box into the house, and the couple thought that Dudley had robbed a bank after school.

"Anyway, Harry, you're a credit to them...it would be great if Lily could see that."

At dinner, Penny drank two glasses of brandy and couldn't help but reveal her true feelings.

Vernon's face was also moved. He roughly knew about the existence of the magical world, but before Dudley became a wizard, he always thought it was some kind of "witchcraft", a trick used for pranks and other things - of course, after witnessing so many miracles, although Vernon still hated magic, he couldn't hate his own son as well, right?

"Relax, Harry's income after graduation will be around £10,000 per year. The cost of the wizarding world is not as high as you think."

Dudley slumped down in the chair, took Vernon's cigarette box, and lit up a cigarette.

Vernon's eyes widened. His grown-up son had learned to smoke?

"It's really not good. The smell of raw tobacco mixed with shredded tobacco is too strong."

Under the shocked looks of Vernon and Petunia, Dudley curled his lips, put out the cigarette he had just taken a puff of, picked up the bottle of wine on the table, and gulped down two gulps.

"Harry? How...how did he become a bad person? Can minors still drink alcohol in Hogwarts?"

The fork in Penny's hand suddenly fell onto the plate.

"Who dares to control my cousin with his physique?"

Harry grunted, tucking into the bacon on his plate.

After eating too much Chinese food, you still have to return to Western food.

Vernon and Petunia glanced at Dudley at the same time, then shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

That’s right, how can a normal child be as tall as a telephone pole at this age?

"The child is grown up and it's hard to control him."

Vernon picked up the bottle and found that Dudley had drunk it in just two or three gulps. He couldn't help but sigh.

He now felt that compared to his older son, Harry was really a good and well-behaved nephew.

"By the way, Dad, I've already called the store. Your Jaguar sports car may be delivered tomorrow morning. Don't forget it."

Vernon suddenly felt that his son was indeed his own son.

Not to mention Vernon, who was so excited that he even wanted to perform a backflip for everyone with his big belly, Petunia first frowned and scolded Dudley in a neutral tone, blaming him for buying a car for Vernon so early, a luxury sports car that there was no other one like it in Privet Drive - then, she immediately told Dudley about the situation at home. The floor of the house had been creaking recently.

"Mom, these are all yours. I still have money on me."

"Besides, I'm just a minor, where can I spend money?"

Patting the cash box, Dudley sent the smiling Petunia away.

"Ah... How can I spend so much? I have to save it... You two guys are going to get married in the future..."

Muttering to herself, Penny carried the heavy cash box and disappeared out the door outside the kitchen.

"Cousin, where did you get so much money?"

Harry asked tremblingly as he watched his uncle and aunt lose their composure.

"Oh, a little simple business - you know, there are always lots of ingredients left over in the Hogwarts kitchens."

Dudley chuckled and revealed to Harry his way of making money.

Generally speaking, the ingredients purchased by the Hogwarts kitchen are all in large quantities, and the purchase price is so cheap that all the farmers' markets in the UK can go bankrupt immediately. Although there are many students, everyone's stomach is limited. Even if they have the same sumptuous meals as when they first entered school every day, there will always be a lot of surplus. These ingredients from the magical world, like fresh vegetables from the Muggle world, will spoil quickly, and generally, these things have to be thrown away.

As the only human being in the kitchen, Dudley could naturally use the excess ingredients at will.

"The house elves don't mind making a little extra money. I'll have them make some midnight snacks for the students. You know, teenagers who haven't gone to bed yet at this hour all have big bellies."

"I provided the recipes and ideas, and the elves did the hard work, so if we put all this money together and buy a car, what's the big deal?"

Dudley smiled cunningly, and Harry's eyes widened and his jaw couldn't close for a long time.

My cousin is truly a fox in tiger's clothing!

It was because of his great military achievements and Dumbledore's protection that he was not suspected by others. Otherwise, would the school directors allow such a thing of taking advantage of others?

Holding his forehead, Harry finally had a new understanding of his cousin's mind.