What is it like to be a wizard in modern times?

Little friend Li Anan is a good boy.

Eat seriously, listen to adults chatting obediently, don't make noise, don't run around, and don't feel shy at all when your father cues you to recite an ancient poem. 》, received applause from Mr. Banci, an international friend.

Li Ping is a busy and unreliable father.

Halfway through the meal, I received a call from the police station. Immediately, I put my chopsticks on my son and stuffed it in Banxi, leaving behind his and his wife's contact numbers. Uncle Bansi stared wide-eyed.

"Ai——" Li Anan seemed to be used to it, and he didn't cry or make a fuss when he was left behind by his father. "I can only forgive him" was written on his puffy face. He took a napkin and wiped his mouth. Li Ping apologized to Banxi.

"Dad is too busy with work, I'm sorry, I'm going to trouble uncle."

"Ah...it's okay." It took Bansi a few seconds to realize that he was stuffed with a child, and he felt that his father's heart is so big now.

He has never brought up a child. It is true that the elders in his family are so excited to be born, but it is only necessary for him to participate in the production process.

"Are you full?" He imitated the scene he had seen before, and asked, "Go to my house and stay for a while, your father should be back soon."

Li Ping said that he would be able to come back in an hour at most. His wife was away on a business trip and there was no one at home, so he had to ask Banxi to look after the children for a while. Li Anan’s child was obedient and sensible. will mess up.

"I'm full." Li Anan patted his stomach, carried his small schoolbag on his back, and ran over to hold Banxi's clothes, "Uncle, let's go."

It is not the first time that he was entrusted by his father to look after his uncles and aunts. He is more familiar with the way than Banxi, who has never taken care of children. Take out your homework book and write one stroke at a time.

On the contrary, it was Banci who bothered him more, serving a drink for a while, and finding a small cake for a while, and was taught by the child with puffy faces, "Uncle, I'm not hungry, Uncle, I will play with you after I finish my homework", he is not mature at all. Like a first grade kid.

Onlookers Odile laughed at Banci.

Bansy was definitely not as sensible as Li Anan at this age. At that time, Bansy's mother had not passed away. Although he was a little wizard, he was fearless and fearless under the protection of his mother. He was proud and noisy, and disturbed the manor all day No peace.

Gee tut.

So Odile was put outside the door by Bansy with the wings, and asked her to go and play with the two white swans in the river.

Now the old grandmother who is noisy all day long and addicted to the Internet, how can she be qualified to say that she is a mature and stable grandson.

Then Bansy took a book and sat beside Li Anan, turned to the part he read last time, and continued to read.

This is a collection of legends and stories about Christmas. The author is a wizard in the wizarding council whose family has a relationship with the extreme north. It mentions many descriptions about Santa Claus, whether true or false, and explains them from the perspective of his own family. Analysis, considered one of the authoritative wizarding interpretations of Christmas.

However, this book is quite academic and boring, full of a lot of terminology and data, just as boring as the name "Crafts and Textual Research on the Evolution of the Christmas System from the Age of Gods to the Present".

When I read Bancy's book, an hour passed.

Li Ping, who had agreed to come back within an hour at most, was still nowhere to be seen. Li Anan finished his homework and packed his schoolbag, looked at the time, and sighed like a grown-up.

"Father was so busy that he forgot about me again." He said, holding the fruit juice in his hand and sipping it, he sighed and looked like a young adult.

"I'll contact him, you watch TV first." Bansy found the TV remote control from the coffee table drawer. Only Odile could watch the TV at home. He didn't even know how to tune the channel, so he simply threw it to Li Anan Going to study by myself, I went to the next room and called Li Ping.

If you don't come back on time and don't give a message, do you still want this son?

"...Sorry, the phone you dialed is off..."

Banxi hung up the phone and called Li Ping's wife again. This time the other party answered quickly, but now she was out of town and couldn't get away, and couldn't come back even if she wanted to.

Li Ping's mobile phone is rarely turned off, and if he can't get through, it means that there is something really wrong with his work. Considering the nature of his work, it is not easy to go into details, and there are too many accidents that may happen in a policeman's work.

"I'm really sorry, I've really troubled you." Li Ping's wife apologized and asked Banxi to help take care of the child for a while, "I'm now in contact with the elderly at home, can you give me the address, and they will come to pick you up later .”

Bancy reported the address to her, hung up the phone, turned around, and saw the child eavesdropping on the crack of the door.

"Your grandma will pick you up later." Bancy said, stroking the child's hair.

Soft and slightly curly, like a lamb's hair.

"Oh, that grandma is definitely going to scold dad again." Li Anan saw it through, he was not interested in the cartoons on TV, instead he came to watch half of the "Christmas Textual Research" that Banxi saw, the whole English made him His eyes turned around, and he pointed to a word and said excitedly: "I know this! It's Christmas! Is this book about Christmas?"

"Well, it's a Christmas story." Bansy made a seat for the child and sat down. Li Anan climbed directly on his lap more consciously than him, watching with relish even if he couldn't understand it.

There are illustrations after all.

"It's so ugly." The child ruthlessly complained about the rough and realistic style of the illustration.

Bancy turned the page, "Santa Claus's story, do you want to hear it?"

"want!"

So Bansy picked a less exciting one from the legends full of killing and fucking, deleted, edited and edited out the parts that are not suitable for children to listen to, and turned it into a bedtime fairy tale about poor and good children getting their dream gifts at Christmas.

"Wow——" Li Anan was very appreciative, and his voice was full of envy, "Will Santa Claus give me gifts too?"

He eagerly sought Bansy's advice, and hopped on Bansy's leg expectantly, "I was obedient and did my homework well, and I got double hundred in the exam."

Bancy rubbed his hair again, "Then you—"

What gift do you want?

He was halfway through talking when the doorbell rang.

"It must be grandma!" Li Anan jumped off immediately, and opened the door like a bird returning home, showing the lively and childishness of a child.

Bansy put down his book and followed a few steps behind, catching the kid who fell down after opening the door in time, and met the "grandmother" outside the door.

If the person outside the door is a grandma, then it must be Grandma Wolf, the kind who can scare children to tears.

At least Li Anan was so frightened that he hid behind Banxi, grabbing Banxi's clothes nervously and not daring to look at it.

"Hello, is this Mr. Rothbart?" the person outside the door asked in a low voice.

"It's me." Bancy looked at the guest's clothes and body shape, and sensed the energy characteristics, and he knew it in his heart, "Please come in and sit down."

"Thank you." The guest replied in a deep voice, bent slightly and walked into the door, bringing in a cool breeze.The light shone on him, and he was so tall that Bancy had to tilt his head up and down to see the guests' faces.

The guest took off his thick fur coat in the entrance, and shook off two unmelted snowflakes from the thick fur. His beard and red nose added a bit of affinity to him, and the brown eyes were still stained with the changing aurora. Afterimage.

"You can call me Rudolph." The guest said, put on slippers and sat down on the sofa, tall and strong like a hill.

Under the light, he didn't look so scary anymore, he was well-behaved and simple, showing a little calmness and alertness of a herbivore.

Li Anan sneaked a peek at him from behind Bancy, the cute kid looked so cute that Rudolph smiled brightly at him.Rudolph greeted him cordially, "How are you, kid."

The existence born in the beautiful fantasy of children is naturally full of affinity for children. Li Anan let go of Banxi's clothes and sat a little more relaxed, "Hi, hello."

Rudolph fumbled in his pocket and took out a red and fluffy Christmas stocking decorated with little snowmen.

"I'll give this to you." He handed the Christmas stocking to Li Anan, "In this way, Santa Claus will give you presents on Christmas night."

Li Anan's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"Of course." Rudolph rubbed his red nose, "Rudolph never lied."

Li Anan took the Christmas stocking with both hands, carefully put the Christmas stocking in the small schoolbag, and thanked Rudolph sweetly: "Thank you uncle."

Rudolph burst into laughter at his cuteness, and Bansy watched from the side, as if he could see the little tail behind his buttocks wagging happily back and forth.

There is no Christmas-related existence that doesn't like children. Even Campos, who punishes bad children, will look forward to not seeing the same child's name on the blacklist next year.

Yes, there is not only a list for Christmas, but also a blacklist and a whitelist, which record the bad kids and good kids of the past year respectively. Bad kids will get bad gifts that disappoint them, while good kids will get what they want. The gift you want.

Li Anan was thinking about the coming Christmas. Christmas day is Friday, and he will also perform and sing at the school's Christmas event, "It would be great if it was Christmas tomorrow."

"We can't make this wish." Rudolph's nose glowed red under the light, and he gently asked and answered the children. Bancy sat beside him and couldn't see him, completely forgetting the business of his visit. I also forgot the Christmas list in my arms.

He had come to Banshee to start work early.

It will take a few days for all the Christmas procedures to be completed, but they counted the list and calculated it again and again. After a meeting and discussion, it was agreed that the list should be given to the wizard first, otherwise it might be too late.

Shen City alone has more than 2000 million permanent residents. Even if not all children believe in the existence of Santa Claus, the workload is larger than the Christmas lists of many small countries.

Bancy knew what he was here for. After all, the Christmas reindeer would have nothing else to do when they came to the door—it couldn’t possibly be a gift for an overage child—so seeing Rudolph take out the list, he even raised his eyebrows. Didn't move.

Thankfully, the Santas know how to keep up with the times. Although it's hard to understand how technology is compatible with the mystery of Christmas, Bancy is relieved to see Rudolph take out a USB flash drive instead of a thick stack of parchment. .

Technology changes life. I really hope that the Wizarding Council can also understand this truth.