[Comprehensive HP colleagues] That year

Article 7 of Black's family rules: No matter men, women or children, you must never make a fool of yourself in front of outsiders.

No matter how adults practice this family rule, children only know that it means that unless your etiquette teacher says you have passed the etiquette test, you will never be taken out by your parents to meet outsiders.

Sirius was approved by Arcturus on his seventh birthday, so he appeared at the New Year's ball held by Malfoy's house more than a month later.

Sirius was able to go out to play, which made Regulus and Shaklin very envious, and Sirius was also very excited.But he always kept in mind his mother's advice before leaving the house: Never make a fool of himself, and the etiquette must be decent, otherwise he will look good when he returns home.

He thought he was doing well, at least the adults praised him superficially, saying that it was very rare for him to have such an elegant manner at such a young age.

There are no children under the age of ten on site.Although the adults told the big brothers to spend more time with him, it seemed that the teenage children were impatient to take care of him, a little boy.Children's minds are the most sensitive, and Sirius could feel their impatience with him, so he didn't want to make trouble for himself.

He was a little discouraged, walked under a tree depressedly, and kicked the stones under his feet boredly.At this moment, he heard the conversation of five teenage children not far away, all of whom he knew: Lucius Malfoy, Faith Crabbe, Roderick Goyle, Ah Mikus Caro, Evan Rozier, the adults introduced him one by one at the beginning of the banquet.Sirius had a good memory and remembered everything in one go.

"Amycus, don't be angry, it's his loss that old man Slughorn didn't choose you." The one who spoke was Lucius Malfoy, who Sirius is most familiar with, because every time Cousin Narcissa comes Grimaud dropped by on the 12th, talking about her brother Lucius.

"Lucius is right. I thought the party was composed of elites, but look at who else the old man invited, Mudblood Smith! You don't have to go to this kind of party. Look at me, I'm not invited. I don’t regret the invitation at all, you should learn from me and relax a bit.” This was Roderick Goyle, who was one year older than Malfoy.

"If you want me to say, the most commendable thing about that party is the food prepared by the old man. Everything is exquisite and delicious. The old man is indeed the most appetizing person. Evan brought me back a few last time, really I can’t say anything about the appearance and taste.” This was Feath Crabbe, who was the same age as Malfoy, a huge boy with a sloppy face, and he and Goyle stood beside Malfoy, almost like his bodyguards.As he spoke, he kept stuffing the cakes on the table into his mouth, one bite at a time. Sirius was stunned by this scene, he had never seen such an edible person!

Evan Rozier, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "After you like me and Lucius, I will bring you some more. We have to get paid for spending so long at that party."

The older brothers were talking in a conversation that Sirius couldn't quite understand, and while they were talking, Crabbe among them suddenly squatted down, clutching his stomach.

"Hey, didn't you eat too much again, making your stomach ache?" Gore asked, dumbfounded.

Crabbe nodded slightly shyly, and continued to hold his stomach, with an increasingly painful expression on his face.

"Hey, let's talk first, I'll take Faith to the bathroom." Gore said helplessly.

Shortly after Goyle and Calaboo left, Amycus Carrow was also called away by his father, saying that he was going to prepare some performance.So only Lucius Malfoy and Evan Rozier were left on the scene.

As soon as Carlo left, Evan Rozier immediately changed his disdainful expression: "Just like them, they are either idiots or idiots, and they still want to attend the party? Slughorn is really blind to invite them eyes."

Lucius also chuckled: "Some people just can't figure out how many catties they have, and they say that the grapes are sour when they can't eat grapes. But having said that, Slughorn has indeed invited more mudbloods recently. , this is not a good sign."

"The old man really doesn't have any pure-blood consciousness, but who knows that he can meet some dignitaries at his party, so we have to endure it. When we get in touch with those people, we don't have to rely on Slughorn. But speaking of pure-blood consciousness, Lucius, I think I know who that 'mysterious man' is." Evan suddenly said excitedly.

"What? You know? Who is it?" Lucius asked in surprise.

"I found my father's student diary. When my father was studying at Hogwarts, there was a student in Slytherin whose initials were TR. He and my father should have a good relationship. My father's diary Inside is a letter from him, which exchanged views on the protection of pure blood. The writing and views are really similar to that 'mysterious man'. And I found out from my aunt and uncle that it was between my father and When that TR was in school, the legendary Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was once opened, although the official said that the murderer was a Gryffindor, oh, it was Ogg's assistant, the big stupid guy who lived on the edge of the Forbidden Forest (1) , but many Slytherins suspect that TR did it, because..."

Evan's voice suddenly dropped, and he covered his mouth with his hands. After a while, Sirius saw the shocked look in Lucius' eyes.

"What you said is true?" Lucius' voice trembled with excitement, "If it's true, wouldn't Slytherin be revived?"

"I think so too. Although I'm not [-]% sure yet, if it's true, I will definitely follow him. Lucius, I'm telling you this so that you can also find a way to find out with your parents. But don't tell Narcissa about it, lest she go and tell her sister. I'm making a bet with Bella to see who can find the 'You-Know-Who' first."

Sirius still wanted to listen, but at this moment, Goyle and Crabbe came back, and Lucius and Evan immediately stopped their previous conversation.They then chatted and laughed happily with their companions, and there was no sign of looking down on them at all.

Sirius, who was hiding behind the tree, looked at these people with a gloomy expression, and for the first time doubted the demeanor of the so-called pure blood family.

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Dinner time at 12 Grimmauld Place the next day.When Sirius swallowed the last piece of potato, he heard his mother announce in public: "Sirius, you performed well at the banquet yesterday. As a reward, I will take you to Diagon Alley tomorrow."

Sirius' eyes lit up. For the first time in his life, he felt what it means to be "flattered". The unhappiness of hearing Malfoy and their conversation at the banquet was immediately thrown into the sky.Receiving the envious and longing eyes of Regulus and Shaklin, he was in a great mood, decided to help his younger siblings, and asked his mother to take Regulus and Shaklin with him.

Walburga thought for a while and said: "Xia Kelin can go, and her manners are almost the same, but Rael can't, he just started to learn, etiquette is far from home, the seventh rule of the family, you know."

Xia Kelin was very happy, but Regulus was wilted when he heard this.Seeing his younger brother's listless look, Sirius said impulsively: "Mother, I will watch him, I will never make him look bad, I promise! Just because I performed so well this time, please agree. "

As soon as the last sentence was uttered, the dining table immediately fell silent.Sirius immediately realized that he had gone too far.Maybe it happened when he was very young, but ever since he started learning etiquette with Arcturus, Walburga never allowed him to make such coquettish behaviors.Hey, why are you so carried away!His heart tightened, thinking that the benefits this time might be in vain.He regretted wanting to hammer himself to death.

Walburga was also stunned. Since Sirius was reprimanded for being extremely unmanly with himself when he was a child, he has never behaved like this again.In Walburga's view, Sirius is the eldest son, the hope of revitalizing the family, and she does not allow him to be weak like ordinary children.But now, seeing Sirius clutching the table knife tightly, drooping his head in frustration, not daring to look at himself, she suddenly softened her heart.

"Okay, the three of you can go together. But it's only for this one time, and the next one is not an example." Walburga said, his expression was neither angry nor happy, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.But these words were enough for Sirius to breathe a sigh of relief.

Walburga did not have the leisure to go shopping with the children. She put them in the ice cream shop in Diagon Alley, and after giving each of the three children 5 Galleons, she went to buy clothes by herself, and made an appointment with two Come back and join them in an hour.As soon as Walburga left, Sirius took his cousin and younger brother straight to the "Bouncing and Playing Magic Joke Shop" with great interest. He had already inquired about it, and it was the most interesting shop in Diagon Alley.Sirius and Regulus stayed there for a long time, but Xia Kelin couldn't help but leave first and went to Lihen Bookstore. After meeting up, they went to the owl shop and Quidditch boutique. Seeing that the time was up, they hurried Go back to the ice cream shop and stand there waiting for Walburga.

"哐", a boy in shabby clothes suddenly ran towards the ice cream shop, and Sirius just moved a step at this moment, the two of them bumped into each other in such a gorgeous way, Sirius lost his footing and fell to the ground.The boy hurriedly helped Sirius up and apologized repeatedly. Sirius waved his hand to express that he didn't mind, but the boy waved his hand to wipe off the dust on Sirius' exquisite robe, but the more he patted it, the dirtier it became. Sirius couldn't help frowning, thinking that your clothes It's fine if it's worn out, do you want my clothes to be as dirty as yours?

"Okay, stop shooting, the more you shoot, the dirtier it will be!" Sirius said unhappily.The boy was even more at a loss.

At this moment, Xia Kelin who was traveling with him suddenly kicked Sirius hard for no reason, causing tears to burst out of his eyes due to the pain.

Then Xia Kelin went to apologize to the boy. Sirius didn't understand why Xia Kelin did this. The boy should apologize!

At this moment, Walburga arrived, and Sirius looked at his mother, not missing the undisguised disgust and contempt in her eyes when she looked at the boy.

"Okay, boys, it's time for us to go." Walburga dragged the three children outside without saying a word, as if the boy was some kind of disgusting source of infection.

Afterwards, Walburga talked to his two sons and warned them not to talk to these poor ghosts in the future.

But Xia Kelin started a cold war with Sirius without warning.

This cold war lasted for more than a week, Sirius and Regulus didn't understand what kind of anger Shaklin was getting.

Finally, on the tenth day of the Cold War, Xia Kelin couldn't bear it any longer. She slapped a book on Sirius's face and said in a bad tone, "Look at this and you should know where you are wrong."

Sirius picked up the book and found that it was one of the books Xia Kelin bought in Diagon Alley a few days ago.What Xia Kelin highlights in it is a fable adapted from "Jumping Pot".The old wizard in the story is a nobleman, he is helpful and loved by the villagers, but his son is hard-hearted.Before his death, the old wizard left his son a pot and told him to use it to help the villagers, but the son was very disdainful of those inferior people and ignored his father's instructions before he died.His bad attitude made the villagers afraid of him, and no one asked him for help.The son was very satisfied at first, but later he was chased by Tiao Tiao Guo crazily.As a last resort, he began to help the villagers, and finally realized that the life of the villagers was not easy, and became a good person.The villagers also changed from being afraid of him and speaking ill of him behind his back to truly respecting him.

After reading the book with his brother, Regulus curled his lips: "This story is too big to adapt."

The adaptation is great!

The story of "The Hopping Pot" is a bedside fairy tale for little wizards, but in the version described by Walburga, in order to protect an innocent wizard, the Hopping Pot kills a group of people with torches and rakes. The Muggles swallowed it whole, head and foot, and forced the few remaining villagers to promise never to interfere with wizards' magic again.

Regulus asked Sirius, "Is it because Xia Kelin felt that you behaved like her previous son that day, so she was angry with you?"

Sirius' eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded slightly.

Regulus said anxiously: "Don't listen to Xia Kelin talking nonsense, what kind of broken book she bought, distorting the facts like this."

"How do you know that it was Xia Kelin who bought the book, not Mom, who distorted the facts?" Sirius asked.

Regulus widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "How can you doubt what Mom said?!"

"My mother may not be right. My mother said that the Malfoy family is very pure-blooded, but I saw at the previous party that Lucius Malfoy was warm to others and bad-mouthed them behind his back." Sirius said.

Regulus was silent for a while, then frowned and said, "I think you are prejudiced against Malfoy. Anyway, Mom must be right."

"You are really mother's good baby." Sirius said a little irritably, "It's fine if you don't believe in Xia Kelin, but I believe it anyway, and I'll make up with her now."

Regulus watched his brother walk away, stomped his feet angrily, and thought to himself, sooner or later you will know that your mother is right.

This was the first quarrel between the Black brothers.

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(1) The "big guy who lives on the edge of the Forbidden Forest" refers to Hagrid. This article assumes that he has not yet become an official groundskeeper.

The author has something to say: Not all transformations are against the nature of Si Lis, this time Shakelin’s transformation, um, was very successful