Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

I now go to the Malfoys more often than the Blacks, who have a depressing atmosphere. I've gradually gotten used to the Malfoys' environment.

If you want to relax, this is definitely the place to go.

Although there are all kinds of interesting things to discover in the Black family's house, sometimes they are too interesting and make people unable to calm down.

Since Bill was now working at the Blacks', I also scaled back on my plans to dig up those dangerous items at the Blacks' in order not to add to his already busy workload.

But…if Bill is very busy, he can just ask Sirius to help and not worry too much?

But the problem is that Sirius always goes to Bill to cry. In the past, when Bill was not around, he could still force himself to work hard, but since Bill started working at the Black family, he has learned to rely on Bill, so in order not to disturb Bill's work, I have to be a little careful about the timing. When Bill is too busy, he will write a solution and give it to Sirius to let him handle it himself, but Sirius obviously always wants to rely on Bill.

I often play with Draco and Harry. However, they are both very good at riding brooms, while I am just average. Although I like flying in the air, I would rather just fly leisurely when it comes to Quidditch. However, we all cleverly find the right way to play according to our strengths and weaknesses.

Now, I also meet up with kids my own age more often.

Although Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were followers of the Malfoy family, my chances of meeting them increased since I started visiting the Malfoy family.

Nowadays, I meet these two people the most. But to say "hanging out" doesn't seem quite right... Are they friends? Well, let's just say friends.

Well, the two of them were almost only interested in eating. Although they maintained the most basic etiquette, they ate at an alarming speed and the food disappeared quickly. They had no interest in anything other than eating, and I couldn't help but worry about their intelligence level. So I secretly tested their basic academic ability and found that they couldn't even remember the alphabet. It was a disaster. I told them that if they continued like this, even Muggle-born children would be smarter than them. In order to motivate them to study, I used some small tricks - of course, mainly their parents used food to lure them to study. However, even so, they still learned a lot, so I decided to think of a way.

I could foresee that if these two children continued like this, they would become a burden when Draco entered Hogwarts, so I decided to teach them myself. I asked Mr. Lucius for permission to teach them, and hinted that these two people had the potential to make money for him. After hearing this, Lucius generously gave me a huge sum of money, so much that I even wondered if it was appropriate to give so much money to the children. He not only gave me a large amount of currency from the wizarding world, but also gave me currency from the Muggle world, and told me that if there was any money left, I could use it as I pleased.

First, I went to a Muggle bookstore and bought a lot of cookbooks. Although Auntie An had some kitchen utensils at home, I bought a lot more equipment to be able to cook dishes from all over the world. If I couldn't buy them, I asked the twins to help me make them. I also prepared various seasonings and ingredients.

Then I bought enough chocolates of all kinds in the Muggle shop to make a small mountain.

After everything was ready, I invited Crabbe and Goyle to my house. I asked them to taste different chocolates one by one, and their eyes lit up after they finished eating. Indeed, different chocolates tasted different. They had not realized this before. I told them that since they could eat so much, why not taste the difference between each food carefully? And they should also record the taste so that they can clearly understand which one tastes better. However, to do this, they must first learn to write and have enough vocabulary to describe different tastes! Hearing this, they finally realized that not only did they not know the words to express their feelings, but they couldn't even write.

Anyway, I was relieved that they finally understood that illiteracy was a problem.

I gave them notebooks to record the characteristics of each chocolate, its flavor, and the manufacturer it was made in. They gradually realized how low their learning level was and how they couldn't even record these simple differences because they couldn't even remember the alphabet.

By the way, they ate all that mountain of chocolate in one day... they are such good eaters.

I told them that there are many delicious foods in the world, so why not cook them yourself? So I made a few dishes for them to taste based on the cookbooks I bought. I also let them read various cookbooks and told them that as long as they learn to read, they can make all the delicious food in the world by themselves. However, to measure the ingredients correctly, you also have to learn numbers. If you want to make more than the amount in the book, arithmetic is also essential, right? They saw that the book not only has words, but also is full of numbers, and understood that the accurate amount will directly affect the taste of the food. And if you want to adjust the taste according to your own taste, you have to record each change and analyze it to do better.

Next, I made several different portions and recipes for them to try. Although the ingredients were exactly the same, the finished product was slightly different. They were surprised to find that the same ingredients could produce such different tasting foods. Then I showed them the recipes that recorded the portions and the different recipes. I said, "See, if you don't remember the numbers, you won't know the difference in portions." They nodded in understanding. I encouraged them to use their big appetites and focus on developing delicious recipes, but I also reminded them that everyone's tastes are different and they need to be careful to adjust.

"You ask 'what's going on?' Because women have their own tastes. For example, there is a difference between those who like strong flavors and those who like light flavors. People who do outdoor physical work may like stronger flavors of food. Everyone has different preferences. So I suggest you analyze these differences. You like strong flavors, right?" I asked. They replied, "Well... at home, but we also like the light diet of the Malfoy family." So, I became more certain that these two people have the potential to achieve success in this field.

Later, I used the money Lucius gave me to organize a food tour in London. We went to several different types of restaurants: cheap and delicious restaurants for the masses, high-end restaurants that focus on the original taste of ingredients (suitable for children), restaurants that provide take-out services, and shops where women like to gather for tea. I invited Auntie Ann and Mr. Edgar to accompany me and took them to these places. Even for traditional British fish and chips, the fish species used in different shops make the taste very different. Every time they recorded the store information and the food they ate in detail in their notebooks, drew stick figures instead of photos, and wrote down their thoughts.

“'Cooking is so profound...'”

Their eyes were filled with amazement. Great, the plan worked!

After that, the two guys often came to my house to cook lunch. We would cook some foreign dishes, such as exotic dishes bought from the bookstore. Because it was lunch, we often cooked stir-fry dishes in a Chinese wok. They liked to eat large portions, so we cooked a lot of Chinese food. In addition, we cooked Japanese pork chops, fried shrimp and fried squid. We bought delicious sauces from the store that sold Japanese ingredients and tried to make some delicious things. I also made mayonnaise by hand and tartar sauce with Auntie Ann's homemade pickles. With the large amount of money Lucius gave us, we could buy high-quality ingredients and cook luxurious lunches.

We also do a lot of fried and grilled chicken, but we also do a lot of Japanese karaage. I’m constantly changing the spices and seasonings and experimenting. Sirius is easily put in a good mood by eating chicken, so we’re always working on new chicken dishes.

I asked the twins to help me build a stone oven in the yard so I could make pizza. With the oven, I also started to think about baking bread, using sourdough or homemade natural leavening, and tried all kinds of flour. We even made our own handmade pasta and made a lot of the indispensable tomato sauce and stored it in bottles. In addition, I bought them books on how to grow vegetables, planted them with them, and kept a growth diary. In the process, they also learned a lot of magic that helped with cooking.

Our daily life was: in the morning, I spent the day at the Malfoys' house with Harry, receiving instruction from a tutor hired specifically for Draco. Harry's tuition was paid by Sirius, who paid it to the Malfoys, while we and the Weasleys didn't pay a penny, we were just free riders. Generous people are so nice! "