Before the Christmas holidays, it snowed heavily at Hogwarts.
Heavy snowfall arrived unexpectedly, and the entire castle was covered with thick snow, turning it into a world of glass. Even the surface of the Black Lake was covered with thick ice, turning it into a ski resort for the little wizards.
The giant squid, which usually likes to float on the surface and spray water, had no choice but to dive under the water, lie on the ceiling of the Slytherin common room, and tap hard with its tentacles to signal for their help to break open the ice.
The little wizards of Slytherin were very scared when they saw the big squid, worried that it would break the glass of the ceiling and cause the black lake to flood the entire lounge.
Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students also have their own troubles. The snow scenery from the high tower is indeed beautiful, but it cannot be eaten.
They have to leave the warm lounge every day, endure the biting cold wind, walk from the eighth floor to the auditorium, and have to battle wits with the moving stairs every day.
After breakfast, the little chickens were frozen.
The Hufflepuff common room is different. It has plenty of sunshine and is very close to the kitchen. You can have hot meals without leaving home.
What are the advantages of a common room? ! (tactical fallback)
Hufflepuff House is usually low-key, but it is absolutely as comfortable as possible without any bells and whistles.
It doesn't matter whether it's a high tower with a good view, a good scenery, a black lake view room where you can watch fish... it's useless, it's close to the kitchen and you can beat all the colleges.
Therefore, when choosing a good college, just like choosing a university, the first thing to consider is the dormitory...that is where you will spend the most time in the next few years!
The sky was filled with heavy snow, which turned the ground into a vast expanse of white. It still refused to stop pouring down, which also caused problems for commuting.
The stone steps were piled with thick snow, and Filch had no time to clear it, and the road was soon flooded again.
The Weasley twins and Peeves placed traps under the snow, and they would slip if they stepped on them accidentally.
Many students fell into the trap, and even Professor Snape fell twice. Harry and Ron accidentally passed by and were identified by Snape as the trap setters, deducting seven points from Gryffindor.
It's not that Snape doesn't want to deduct more points, but because of his unremitting efforts, Gryffindor's house points have bottomed out, only eight points... leaving one point is to give Professor McGonagall face. After all, this is a school. Look down and see you when you look up.
As the semester comes to an end, professors are not lecturing as much.
Professor Flitwick showed everyone the duel championship trophy he won when he was young, and asked several young wizards to compete with him using the magic they learned this semester.
Although it was just a performance, the students also found it very interesting.
Professor McGonagall taught the little wizard how to make the snowmen move. She also made a bunch of snowmen and let them attack each other.
Without the "Stone Dunes", Mag could only enjoy the Snowmen.
No one wanted to attend Snape's class because he didn't even light the fireplace, and the classroom was as cold as a morgue. The students could only huddle around the cauldron and rely on the steaming hot soup to keep warm.
In Professor Sprout's herbal medicine class, she taught the students to pick a magical plant called hot pepper. After eating this kind of pepper, the whole body will be warm.
But the sequelae are also very obvious. The next day, you will have anal fissure, and your buttocks will be sore and painful, as if you have hemorrhoids.
With the last day of the semester, the decoration in the castle has also changed again:
The walls of the auditorium were covered with hanging ribbons of holly and mistletoe, and twelve towering Christmas trees were erected throughout the room, with small sparkling icicles and flickering candles hung on them.
All the students huddled in the warm lounge, waiting for the dinner to begin before taking the train home the next day.
Hermione took a list and searched for magic books in the library. This was a small pastime when she returned home during the holidays. After Rolf and the others helped her find the book, they were a little idle.
Rove suggested going to Black Lake for winter fishing.
As the saying goes, fishing without making a nest is equivalent to working in vain.
Luofu vigorously rubbed the prepared bait for making nests in a basin, adding a handful of snow water from time to time. Finally, he took out a bottle of potion with a strong fishy smell and poured it into the bait.
Neville carried the ice chisel he brought from the greenhouse and painstakingly dug a big hole in the ice. Rolf poured all the bait for making a nest into the lake.
Shirley and Hermione brought a pile of firewood from a distance and lit a bonfire on the thick ice to keep warm and grill fish.
After making the nest, Luofu took out four fishing rods and the bait made by the heartworm. After hanging the hook, he started casting the rods to fish.
The other three were all novices and could only learn from others. The last four of them sat around the big hole, warming themselves by the fire while fishing and... chatting.
"Shirley, come to my house for Christmas. You will be the only one in the castle." Hermione invited.
Among the four of them, only Shirley did not go back for the Christmas holiday and remained at Hogwarts.
"Hermione, please go again in the future, forget it this time." Shirley shook her head and declined: "I am not alone during the holidays. Professor McGonagall has a house in Hogsmeade Village, and she also invited me there. I’m a guest.”
Neville stared at the fishing rod, and Leif was hiding in his scarf. He didn't know if it was too cold, or if his ADHD had indeed been cured by Ralf, and he didn't like to move much at all.
Neville tossed and lifted the pole several times, but it was all empty. He scratched his hair and asked:
"Rolph, there's nothing wrong with my technique. Is it the problem with the fishing rod?"
Here comes the classic weird fishing rod... As a veteran, Luo Fu smiled and comforted: "A master has a rod, and a novice sets up a stall. Fishing requires patience."
Rolf continued to teach Neville his fishing experience. Although he had not caught a fish until now, he was so confident.
"Rolf, are you going back to Romania's Fire Dragon Sanctuary for your vacation?" Hermione asked curiously.
"I went to Albania, and my grandfather is still there." Rolf shook his head.
Newt has been in the Albanian forest for half a year, and Rove needs to go see what he's doing.
But this is also Newt's style. Rove heard from his grandma Tina that Newt went to the Brazilian rainforest just a week after they got married and stayed for more than half a year before returning.
"Then how should I send you your Christmas gift?" Shirley looked up and asked softly. "I remember you said that you didn't even receive the admission notice."
"You can send it to Fox, and then ask Fox to give it to me." Luofu was already prepared. He reminded: "By the way, be sure to write clearly that it is for me, otherwise Fox will think it is a gift for him."
"..."
"Oh, I'm hooked!" Luof suddenly felt the fishing rod sinking down, and he said excitedly: "This time it must be a big fish, it's struggling hard. Neville, get the stick ready!"
Rolf dragged him backwards hard, Shirley and Hermione grabbed the boy's clothes, and the three of them dragged him backwards together.
The fish was dragged to the surface, Hermione and Shirley fell backwards and fell into the snow, and Rolf fell on top of the two little girls.
But what was hooked was not a big fish, but a mermaid with long dark green hair, disheveled, and pebbles strung with a thick rope around his neck.
Neville hit him with his stick and knocked the mermaid unconscious.
Several people looked at each other in confusion. Luofu checked that the mermaid was still breathing, then quickly threw it back into the Black Lake and shouted:
"Run!"
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(Thanks to the big guys of "Human Splitting Horse", "April Misu" and "Huangyan Jiuyou" for their rewards.)
