Chapter 39: How to feed Mrs. Norris correctly (please collect, please
Chapter 39 How to feed Mrs. Norris correctly (please collect and recommend)
What Cedric and Cho talked about in the Great Hall, Kyle didn't know, but he returned to the Hufflepuff common room smiling.
Kyle was reading a book at the time, when a bulging bag fell from the sky and landed on the open pages of the book in his hand.
“What the hell?”
Kyle was startled, turned his head and glanced at Cedric, who was showing his big teeth, and said in disgust: "What's wrong with you? Did you pick up the money? Why are you smiling so obscenely?"
“This is much faster than picking up money.”
Cedric squeezed into Kyle's sofa and said excitedly: "Guess how much the maps we sold in Ravenclaw cost in total...
52 Sickles, 52 for each person! "
Although Cedric used a question, he had no intention of waiting for Kyle to answer and said to himself:
“A few pieces of five-knot parchment and a few spells can actually make so much money…”
"etc."
Kyle became more and more confused as he listened. He could only interrupt Cedric, who seemed to have drunk fake wine, and wondered: "52 Sickles, shouldn't there be only 40? And what's going on with the parchment?"
"Is such that…"
Cedric explained: "I went to Ravenclaw Tower at noon and revised the route according to their needs. After seeing it, Qiu thought that the price could be raised appropriately, so it ended up like this. too much.
As for why you need to use parchment paper...this is actually a little trick of the copy spell.
For things like notes and maps, removing the most complicated part of the parchment and just copying the content will make it easier to cast the spell, and the duration of the copy will be much longer. "
After listening to this, Kyle also understood why there were 12 more Sickles. As the quality of the map improved, the price would naturally increase.
But the parchment was a bit redundant. In Kyle's opinion, those maps would be useless in a month at most. Cedric's move was really unnecessary.
Fortunately, the parchment is not that expensive, and the total cost is less than two cents, which is nothing compared to the final profit.
Not to mention that Cedric paid for it at his own expense, which is the most important thing.
Kyle put away his Naxico and asked casually: "By the way, what's your impression of Qiu?"
“Autumn?” Cedric thought for a while and said, “I think she is a very smart little witch, very upright, and has a good personality. She should be a good friend.”
“No more??” Kyle frowned.
“Hmm… big, generous?” Cedric asked tentatively.
“Forget it, stop talking about it.”
Kyle rubbed his forehead. Although it was indeed a bit early now, he never expected that Cedric's first impression of Qiu was that he was a very upright person...
Who the **** calls girls upright?
That’s it, I’m tired.
Kyle closed the book, stood up and walked towards the common room passage.
“Are you going out?” asked Cedric.
Kyle replied: "I'm going to feed the cat."
"good."
Cedric responded and stopped paying attention. He lowered his head and counted his own Sickles. While counting, he muttered in a low voice: "Haha, I didn't expect that I could actually earn pocket money. This feels great. I must write this news to my father."
Kyle, who had just entered the wooden passage, heard this and silently sympathized with the staff of the Ministry of Magic for a second.
It seems that Mr. Digory has new content to show off. I just hope they can get used to it as soon as possible.
…
Leaving the Hufflepuff common room, Kyle deliberately made a lot of noise in the corridor.
He is a man of his word. Since he promised to bring dried fish to Mrs. Norris, he cannot break his promise. Another point is the failure of the "Professor Mewge Feeding Plan".
Although Kyle had tried very hard to convince himself, and he knew very well that this matter was impossible to accomplish in the first place, after all he had been looking forward to it for so long, he still felt that his ideas were not clear.
No matter what, he has decided to feed the cat today, and it will be useless even if Dumbledore comes.
Although Mrs. Norris is not a tabby, at least they are both cats, and they look almost the same, so they can barely be regarded as equals.
Amidst Kyle's continued noise, within three minutes Mrs. Norris came over, and with her Filch.
“Aha, I caught you, the little wizard making noise in the corridor.” Filch tilted his head and looked at Kyle with evil intentions: “I’m going to put you in solitary confinement!”
"Sorry Mr. Filch, I think you may have remembered it wrong." Kyle said calmly: "Article 22 of the school rules clearly states that making loud noises in the corridors during non-curfew hours will result in a verbal warning, which can be accumulated three times. will be imprisoned."
“I know, I don’t need you to remind me!”
Filch looked furious and said sullenly: "Are you good at memorizing school rules? No matter how good you are at memorizing school rules, what's the use? You're not breaking the law knowingly!"
I'll be watching you. You'd better never make a mistake, or I'll catch you. "
"It won't happen one day." Kyle said with a smile: "Besides, Mr. Filch, the reason why I did this was just to find Mrs. Norris.
You know, Hogwarts is so big, it's not easy to find a cat, so this is the fastest way. "
"What do you want to do!" Filch's eyes instantly became alert: "I'm warning you, it's best not to use your mind on my cat, or I will make you pay the price even if I die!"
"You are overthinking, I just want to thank it." Kyle explained: "My roommate had an accident this morning, and it was the school hospital that he took me to. This is my thank you gift."
As he spoke, Kyle also took out the bag of dried fish and took one out of it and tried to feed it to Mrs. Norris.
It's a pity that Mrs. Norris didn't even look at it.
Filch sneered from the side: "Don't waste your efforts, it only eats the food I feed."
"Then you can feed it." Kyle handed the bag in his hand to Filch and said, "Don't worry, it's just a simple dried fish. You can go to the professor to check it out."
"No need, we don't need this!" Filch said coldly.
"Don't refuse in a hurry, this is a thank you gift from a little wizard." Kyle said casually: "And the dried barracuda is a high-end product, a bag costs ten galleons, and it is priceless and has no market. The best cat food in the magical world, I got it with great difficulty."
Filch hesitated.
If it was ordinary dried fish, he would definitely not dare to risk it for Mrs. Lorris, but if it was long-bearded barracuda...
Kyle was right, this kind of dried fish was indeed the top cat food. Filch once thought of giving Mrs. Norris such a gift at Christmas.
But he couldn't buy it.
It's not that he has no money. Although the salary of the janitor is not high, Filch lives in Hogwarts, with free food and accommodation. He doesn't need any expenses at ordinary times, and he has some savings over the years.
The problem is, whether it’s Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade, this kind of dried fish is always out of stock, and you can’t buy it even if you have money.
Filch smelled the dried fish in his hand carefully, and after making sure there was no peculiar smell, he looked up at Kyle and said, "You'd better not lie to me."
"Poisoning the janitor's cat is no small matter." Kyle said calmly: "I'm only in the first grade, and I don't want to be expelled so early."
Filch thought for a while, and it seemed that this was really the case. If something goes wrong with Mrs. Norris, Kyle will definitely not be able to run away.
“You go away, just pretend I don’t see you this time.”
"Thanks."
Kyle walked straight forward, and when passing Mrs. Norris, he threw the dried fish he had been holding in his hand over.
“By the way, I’ll leave this to you too.”
This time, Mrs. Norris did not refuse. After seeing Filch’s slight nod, she stood up and caught the dried fish and ate it in two or three bites.
(End of this chapter)