[hp] warm as jade

The weather in November is very cold, and the whole castle is dyed white. Scarves of various colors are jumping in the castle, representing snakes, lions, badgers, and eagle yards.While taking off her scarf, Rong Jiu complained to Harry and the others: "Slytherin's scarf looks too cold, I still like the red color of Gryffindor."

They were sitting in Hagrid's warm cabin at the moment.This is Rong Jiu's second visit. Although Hagrid still doesn't want to see Slytherin, he still likes this little Slytherin witch.He said gruffly, "The Sorting Hat must have been confused to put you in Slytherin."

Rong Jiu narrowed her eyes and smiled at him: "Actually, Slytherin is pretty good, at least everyone is friendly to me."

Ron curled his lips, and the expressions on the faces of the other two were also obviously not agreeable. Although Hagrid's face was blocked by a beard, no amount of beards could stop that snort.

Rong Jiu said helplessly: "Please, it's my academy after all."

Hagrid said, "That's why I think it's unreasonable!"

Rong Jiu shook his head: "Existence is reasonable." Then he changed the subject, and waved the bag in his hand at everyone, "I brought delicious food today!"

The last time she came here, she noticed that Hagrid actually had a pot here, (Hagrid: "That's my bowl!"), so her heart came alive. Some ingredients were prepared in this way, and Draco helped a lot.

After getting Hagrid's permission, she headed to the back of the hut to get busy, leaving room for the others.Before she left, she left a small bag of grainy stuff, and asked Hagrid to brew it in the big copper pot for Harry and the others to drink.

"What is this?" Hagrid asked at the top of his throat while pouring the boiling water into it.

"Tea!"

Ron looked at the pile of yellow-white granular things with horror on his face: "Did she bring the owl's droppings?!"

"Ron!" Hermione shot him a reproachful look.

Ron shrugged awkwardly: "Just pretend I didn't say it."

Hermione turned her head and asked Harry, "The Quidditch match will be in two days. Why didn't you go to practice today?"

Harry replied listlessly, "Fred and George are in detention again, so they can't train today."

Hermione glared at Ron again, as if Ron had instigated all the Weasley twins' mistakes.As a result, Ron didn't reply, but instead poked in Hagrid's direction: "Hey, what's this smell?"

"I just gave you, uh, owl droppings." Hagrid took four small jar-like cups, divided each of them, and took a big sip by himself. "Hey, it's delicious! What's this?"

The latter sentence was what he asked out loud.

"Tea!"

"The tea is already so high-end now?" Ron once again looked terrified, "Isn't this the kind of high-end stuff with a few Galleons?"

Harry took a sip of it, and felt an indescribable aroma warmly slipping into his body from his throat, and his whole body suddenly became more energetic.He glanced at Ron: "Maybe it's Malfoy's."

Hermione burst out laughing, Ron's expressions were too rich, mixed with entanglement, dislike and reluctance, and there were new products from time to time.In the end, he grinned and took a big gulp: "If you don't drink, you don't drink!"

Hagrid shook his head, took another sip, and then his glass ran out, so he poured himself another: "What a lovely girl, why did you end up in Slytherin!"

"She seems to like it quite a bit." Hermione has been paying attention to Rong Jiu since that incident.At least at the dinner table, she and the rest of Slytherin are very friendly; and in the classroom, she, Malfoy, and Parkinson are also a reliable trio; even in the library, you can see the figure of the three .Rong Jiu always had a comfortable smile, and the people around her responded with kindness and even closeness. Obviously, she was very popular in Slytherin.

"I don't understand how anyone can coexist peacefully with people like Malfoy with eyes on the top of their heads." Ron muttered.When they first met, he was stabbed by Draco's attitude, and the words interrupted by Rong Jiu were obviously not good.

Harry thought of his cousin Dudley.Compared to him, Draco looked much cuter.So he said, "He's not a bad guy." Seeing Ron's eyes, he quickly added, "It's just that his personality is a bit weak."

Hagrid interjected, "Malfoy? Which Malfoy?"

Ron quickly replied, "His father is Lucius Malfoy."

"Jo has a good relationship with that kind of person?" Hagrid disapproved, "The Malfoy family are not such good people!"

"Hagrid, what do you know?" Harry asked curiously.

"Oh, actually, um, Malfoy, I mean that Malfoy's father, he was—was a follower of You-Know-Who." Hagrid lowered his voice, then cleared his throat, "We all know, After the Mysterious Man fell, Malfoy was the first to return here, and he claimed to be controlled by the Mysterious Man."

"They believed it?" Hermione asked in disbelief.

"At that time, people were panic-stricken, and many people didn't know if the people around them were safe. There was a spell—it was an unforgivable spell, of course, the Imperius Curse, and there were many other methods that could control people, and there were indeed many. People are like that," said Hagrid.

Harry suddenly asked, "What about Snape?"

Hagrid's eyes obviously dodged a little: "Oh, at that time, I didn't know either. But Dumbledore trusted him, and he did do something."

This answer obviously made Harry very dissatisfied, and when he was about to ask something more, Rong Jiu jumped back.

"Hey, what is this? It smells so good!" The eyes of several people fell on the fragrant dish in Rong Jiu's hands.

Rong Jiu asked Hagrid to bring out four plates, one of them picked some, attached a spoon, and then stuffed all the plates into Hagrid's hands: "Taste it."

Hermione scooped up a piece first: "Onions? Carrots? What kind of meat is this? Lamb?"

"Well, mutton." Rong Jiu smiled like a little fox, "I got it from Todraco, and he even got some soy sauce, otherwise it wouldn't be so delicious. This is called... this is my hometown Vegetables." She thought for a long time but didn't know how to express "scallion burst" in English.

Hagrid exclaimed, "It's delicious!"

Harry and Ron also wolfed it down, and Ron sighed regretfully after it was over, "Oh, why did you go to Slytherin?"

The smile on Rong Jiu's face faded a little: "I think Slytherin is pretty good."

"But there have been many dark wizards in it!" Ron shook his head, "Including Malfoy's father."

Rong Jiu sighed: "Draco is also very nice, but he is a little proud of himself, he is just spoiled."

Harry couldn't help but interjected, "But he doesn't like us."

"He didn't, Harry." Rong Jiu said, "Last flight lesson, he thought you would be expelled, and he didn't even eat dinner. He just didn't know how to make friends."

"But you're fine." Ron answered sourly.

"Maybe it's because we are all Slytherins." Rong Jiu suddenly felt a little tired, she glanced at the four scarves on the shelf at the door, the green was a bit dazzling.

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When she returned to the Slytherin lounge at night, Rong Jiu was too tired to speak, after all, the atmosphere in the afternoon was actually a bit awkward, or she was a bit embarrassed.Waiting until the evening to go to Professor Snape to complete after-school tutoring was even more exhausting physically and mentally.

Draco and Pansy were playing wizard chess again, and when they saw her, they looked at her sympathetically.

"Have some tea." Pansy thoughtfully handed over a cup, which was the tartary buckwheat she brought from her hometown and distributed to Draco and Pansy.

Rong Jiu took it silently and asked, "What are you doing this afternoon?"

Draco rolled his eyes at her: "Didn't you go on a date with the great Harry Potter, and Pansy and I had to write a History of Magic paper."

Pan Xi giggled, and Rong Jiu flung a pillow over there weakly: "Obviously you two are dating, in order to fulfill you, I feel wronged and went to find someone else."

"Your mouth!" Pan Xi said angrily, which made both Draco and Rong Jiu shiver.Draco shivered and threw a piece of parchment to Rong Jiu: "Your."

"Wow... this is the history of magic homework!" Rong Jiu's eyes widened in surprise, "Did you finish it for me?"

Draco and Pansy glanced at each other: "Well, as a thank you for that hometown dish."