The Daily Life of Wizards [British and American]

Chapter 39 The Eve of Diagon Alley's Opening Plan

For some in the Ministry of Magic, the approval of the '[-]-year Diagon Alley tenure' was easier than the 'Sirius Retrial' case.

'It's just the right to use it for a hundred years, it's not just sold, the ownership is still in the hands of the government'.

Most of the Ministry staff thought so.

And those Slytherin nobles who had borrowed money from Daniel Blake also didn't notice any problem, they all looked at each other and smiled.

Guessing their psychological activities, it should be roughly: "Little Black, a prodigal son, even said that he could buy Diagon Alley, but with such a large sum of money, it is only a hundred-year use right."In comparison, the 'perpetual ownership of Black's Grassland Ranch' mortgaged by him is obviously more valuable. This act of throwing watermelons and picking sesame seeds can be called a big joke in the wizarding world'.

Despite all the discordant factors, Daniel's Diagon Alley plan is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

In fact, long before this day, wizards had gradually realized some new changes in Diagon Alley.

For example, the streets are gradually becoming clean and tidy, and green cylindrical garbage bins appear on both sides of the street. All the shops seem to have started corresponding renovations at the same time, and there are also some closed doors that seem to be new shops. house……

Because change is subtle, when Daniel announced the arrival of the "Diagon Alley Opening Plan", people suddenly realized that the change had started so early.

Mrs. Weasley was dressed in style today.

For the 'housewife', she prefers an easy-to-move look to something too formal.

But today is different, today is not only the 'Diagon Alley Opening Project', but also the first day of 'Weasley Domestic Service' opening.

And her first big business was 'Diagon Alley Cleaning, Tidying, Planning' commissioned by Daniel.

Because of the important position of Diagon Alley in the wizarding world, Daniel worked hard, but only won a day and night of closed time (thanks to the fact that it is not the Hogwarts school season).

Mrs. Weasley, a very admirable woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, gritted her teeth and took over the job under such severe circumstances.

She led her own staff (remember the other five wizards who were hired? They found more unemployed wizards and joined this housekeeping company together), about 30 people, they were busy all day, He also stayed up all night to thoroughly clean Diagon Alley again and again.

(There is also a small episode like this in the middle:

A certain wizard who was accustomed to using magic looked at a floor tile in Diagon Alley and asked a serious question: "I have used it three times to clean it up, but this piece of oil can't be removed at all. What should I do?" '

Another wizard said: 'I know a spell, grease off, damn it, it didn't work, it still didn't work! '

The third wizard said heavily: "Probably...the only thing to do is to replace this floor tile." '

However, when Mrs. Weasley noticed them, she said angrily: 'Boys, are you being lazy? '

The three wizards quickly defended: No, madam.We are seriously discussing the problem of this oil stain, which cannot be removed at all, and it will greatly affect the overall aesthetics.

Mrs. Weasley looked down, looked up, and gave the three of them a deadpan contemptuous glance.

She lifted her skirt and knelt on the ground without any taboo (this posture is also unattractive for women), she poured the degreasing cleaner specially used in the wizarding world on the floor tiles, and wiped it vigorously with a rag stand up.

"Okay." She stood up, clapped her hands and said, "Doing housework is more than standing up and casting spells. Remember, don't be afraid of getting dirty, bend down, and move your hands when the spell doesn't work .

The three wizards were instantly awed by the fat lady, but they couldn't help feeling embarrassed when they were ridiculed.

So, they hurriedly scattered and walked away. )

When the first sunlight shone into Diagon Alley in the early morning, these wizards had exhausted their magic power and lay down on the ground with the last of their energy drained.

They were exhausted, but couldn't help showing a smile towards the sun.

Labor - getting paid - contentment and happiness.

This simplest logic is an eternal truth of life in people's lives.

But others could rest, but Mrs. Weasley had to support her heavy body from one end of the street to the other end of the street. Her serious and responsible appearance was simply amazing.

In addition, she has to put on her best and neatest clothes, and prepares to show her face at the "Diagon Alley Opening Project". On the one hand, she is promoting her housekeeping company, and on the other hand, she is also serving as a helper for "Good Mr. Daniel".

For the 'big day', Mr. Weasley had purposely worn a lace ribbon over his wizard's robes.

Moreover, for his wife's career, he is taking care of the children at home recently, and he is also doing housework.

In addition, because he felt sorry for his wife's hard work staying up all night, he came to Diagon Alley early in the morning with a prepared nutritious and loving breakfast to feed his wife.

"Honey, if you are too tired, take a break, the work is always endless." He can't help persuading his wife.

However, Molly Weasley replied very frankly: "It is true that the work is endless, but today is different."

She stood on tiptoe, kissed her husband, comforted him and said: "Only this time, Arthur. I must be worthy of the salary Mr. Daniel paid me, as well as the trust. Of course, money is optional, but other people's Trust should never be betrayed."

Arthur Weasley smiled helplessly. He looked at his capable wife distressedly but proudly, as if he had returned to the love period when he was in school, and his heart was beating almost out of his throat.

Ignoring the love between this old couple, Kreacher, the house elf of the Black family, is not idle either.

When the day just broke, it came to 'Diagon Alley which is being sorted' with a big bag in its arms.

It commanded proudly, "Spread this all over the street."

The wizards were used to the house-elf's tone of voice, and Daniel had explained to them that 'Kreacher's out of his mind', so they didn't care much about the bossy offense.

However, when opening the big bag, many wizards were shocked.

They shouted in unison: "Merlin, is this brocade? My God, such a big piece of brocade! How much does it cost!"

Kreacher raised his head triumphantly, and said proudly: "You can't buy it even if you have money. This is the collection of the master of the Dai Black family. Look at the workmanship, how beautiful it is! The gold wire The family crest of the Black family embroidered with silver thread is mighty and gorgeous. At that time, it was stitched out by hand. How can anyone know this kind of craftsmanship now? Moreover, it is also added with the effect of stabilizing emotions and helping wizards to circulate magic power. Function, it can be said that it is an extremely rare and rare magic item, although its shape does not fit the streets of Diagon Alley, it can be resolved with a few transformations."

Finally, it proudly concluded in a bullfrog-like voice: "Our Black family is the oldest and noblest family in the wizarding world!"

This time, the wizards rarely refuted its words.

In fact, everyone has always known that 'the Black family is the oldest and noblest family in the wizarding world', but everyone always felt that it was probably just what they claimed... But this time, when they first faced the real truth of an ancient family When they got to the bottom of it, they finally felt that that sentence was not a lie, it was really the truth.

It is true that money cannot buy everything; but some things can be reflected through money.

As a result, no wizard would ask stupidly any more questions like 'Why do we need to clean the floor tiles when we need to lay carpets?'.

Although they didn't show much on the surface, they couldn't help but feel a little awe of the "profound heritage, almost luxurious" Black family from the bottom of their hearts, similar to "nobles probably have their own particulars about what they do." psychology.

An hour before the opening at [-] o'clock in the morning, the exhausted employees of the domestic company finally got up from the floor and changed into the uniforms (silver and green) distributed by the Black family, because they will attend the elementary school later. Opening program organized by Mr. Black.

"It's the first time I've ever worn silver and green," said a Gryffindor wizard wryly.

But before that, there is one more important step.

The capable house-elf Kreacher has once again appeared out of nowhere.

It vigorously drove a group of magical animals that looked like dogs but had ears like antlers and collars around their necks to Diagon Alley.

It held a handful of reins in its hand, but those animals were as excited as the 'husky', and ran around, so that its small body was shaken and shaken, and finally, it was almost half floating in the air, Like a kite being flown.

Its angry face was deformed, and its big bat ears were almost turned out, revealing the white fur inside. It gritted its teeth and kept shouting in that ugly bullfrog voice: "You idiot deer!" Dog, don't run around, give me a serious job!! Damn dirty, brainless animal!"

Yes, this dog-like creature is called a deer dog.

In addition to being more lively like 'huskies', they have a very good ability, that is, 'perceiving danger'.

These animals have a peculiar sixth sense that allows them to always perceive maliciousness and danger, so they are used to detect unsafe things before important occasions.

Of course, they are difficult to raise and reproduce, and they are rare species, so that the price of renting them is also very expensive.

After the war, almost no wizard would be foolish enough to spend this money to rent them to work.

Most of the time, wizards prefer to fend for themselves, and a few detection enchantments will suffice.Only those ancient wizards would like to use this ancient method.

Because of the rarity, at first, everyone looked at this group of "legendary deer dogs" curiously and seriously to check the streets.

But poor Kreacher was pulled to the east and to the west all at once, his small body fluttered in the air like a flying kite, and accompanied by its very characteristic big curse sound, which immediately made the tired everyone feel happy again. He couldn't control the serious expression, instead he laughed from ear to ear.

But despite this, the Deerhounds are worth the money.

This group of cute little animals is very powerful. In just half an hour, they discovered several magic props that are not harmful, but do have some mischievous effects.

However, when the inspection was about to end, something went wrong again. They squatted collectively at the entrance of the "Jumping, Playing, Magical Joke Store", with wide curious eyes open and warning sounds constantly uttered from their mouths.

The little bald boss of the magic joke store could only stand helplessly at the door, because he was afraid of being bitten, he kept some distance away, he waved his hand, trying to drive them away: "Go... go... I am a prank product The store...doesn't need to be cleaned up, let's go...go! Damn Merlin...go!"

The onlookers couldn't stop laughing when they saw this scene.

The author has something to say: first of all, I have poured chicken soup into this chapter again; second, many of them are privately created by the author, don't go to the original work to find them, the textual research party ignores this;

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