"Haha, old Tom, Ted is back again!"
Ted pushed open the door with the shadow of Hu Hansan and smiled at Old Tom who was sorting the cups at the counter.
"You kid!" Old Tom knew that today was a holiday at Hogwarts, and he also thought about whether Ted would come back to live there. I didn't expect that he would actually come back.
"What? Are you addicted to living in cubicles?" Old Tom joked, the wrinkles on his face spreading.
Ted said with an arrogant look on his face: "No, give me a first-class apartment this time. We will be rich! Stay here forever!"
"Yo~" Old Tom looked Ted up and down. He had learned a lot in the past year.
But even though he looks taller and has a lot of hair, he doesn't look like he's rich.
Besides, you can make money even if you go to school, so what kind of person are you?
"Okay, for the sake of old friendship, you'll get a 20% discount if you stay here." Old Tom took off a key from a bunch of keys and threw it to Ted, "You know where it is, go on your own."
Ted took the key, went up to the second floor, and placed his luggage in a large sunny room. I went downstairs, said hello to Old Tom, and went to the backyard.
He took out his wand and tapped it on the bricks on the wall, and Diagon Alley appeared. Well, no one is as bad as a book friend, who moves trash cans and builds walls.
Ted went to Gringotts first, he had to change some money.
A bald, white-haired old goblin used a magnifying glass and a scale to carefully examine the piece of gold that Ted took out.
He didn't quite believe that Ted could come up with such a small piece of gold. After all, Ted's outfit already told others that he was not very wealthy.
Goblins are creatures that are most used to seeing what others do.
However, after careful inspection several times, it was indeed real gold and of extremely high purity.
In the end, Ted exchanged 1 ounce (28.3 grams) of gold for 64 galleons!
A wave of fat!
This is just the gold that Ted used alchemy to transform brass into gold this month, and not all of it, he also has three slightly smaller gold nuggets in his hand!
(The previous content has been changed to 100 grams per month. I apologize. When I wrote it before, I was not very rigorous. Nearly 40 kilograms of gold per month is too much. I admit that I did not understand it. I am sorry to the math teacher.)
From alchemy alone, Ted's current monthly income is at least around 220 Galleons!
Alchemy, the eternal god~
But after all, in the original book, Dumbledore was able to offer the unemployed house elf Dobby a salary of 10 Galleons a week, and 40 Galleons a month.
The salary of middle- and upper-level officials in the Ministry of Magic can reach about 250 galleons (about 12,500 soft girl coins in 1991).
No matter what, at least Ted's daily life is no longer a problem. There is even enough money left to conduct some magic research.
Ted thought for a while and exchanged 20 Galleons for 100 pounds.
The goblin doing business was startled: "Are you sure you want to exchange pounds?"
You know, convert pounds to galleons, goblins often do. After all, many young wizards from mixed-blood or Muggle families have to redeem.
However, there are not many gold galleons exchanged for pounds, and you may not even encounter it once a year!
"Yes, £100, thank you. I'm in a hurry."
Old Goblin: I've never heard such a request! Testify to me, he asked me to change it!
Gold is exchanged for galleons, galleons for pounds, there are two harvests here and there!
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After leaving Gringotts, Ted came to Mr. Giggs' pharmacy.
He still plans to work in Diagon Alley during the holidays.
Before last year's Christmas vacation, Ted and his first-year students signed a contract with the Ministry of Magic. It was a magical contract. After signing, a "trace" was placed on the wand, which could sense when someone was using magic nearby.
This is a means to restrict Muggle family wizards from using magic in the Muggle world. A means to prevent exposure to the magical world.
Now if Ted wants to use magic at will during his vacation, he can only stay in Diagon Alley. There are wizards everywhere here, and the Ministry of Magic can't determine who is using magic, so it's not illegal.
Those little wizards who come from wizarding families don't have to worry about this, because they can blame it on their parents. But like Hermione, she can't use magic during the holidays.
Although Ted still has to stay in Diagon Alley, he no longer needs to work multiple part-time jobs.
This time I will only work in Mr. Glass's pharmacy, and spend the rest of my time studying magic on my own.
"Hi Mr. Giggs, long time no see." Ted pushed open the door and saw Mr. Giggs busy handling a lot of different medicinal materials.
June to August is the peak season for the production of various medicinal materials. Various pharmacies and potion workshops will purchase large quantities of medicinal materials, and then process them to use them as sales reserves for the next year, or for their own use.
After this period of time, many medicinal materials cannot be harvested and used until next year. So there are a lot of goods to stock up on, and the types are very diverse.
When Ted was working part-time last year, he had to learn about seven or eight new medicinal materials every day. After returning home, I have to memorize information such as the properties, effects, contraindications, and treatment methods of the medicine.
Mr. Giggs didn't expect Ted to be of much help at first, but he didn't expect that he turned out to be a "little genius"!
To be honest, if it weren't for the "Memory Palace" and the [Restore Energy (Green)] card, Ted would never have been able to survive that period of time.
Mr. Giggs looked up and saw Ted entering the door, and immediately smiled: "Oh, boy, are you on holiday? I hope your school career is wonderful enough. By the way, I remember you said in your letter that you were assigned to Ravenclaw. Lao, right? That’s great, we Ravenclaws are the smartest!”
Yes, Mr. Giggs is also a Ravenclaw graduate.
Ted walked over directly, skillfully rolled up his sleeves, put on dragon leather gloves, and began to sort the herbs and perform simple packaging-after that, he had to perform several steps of processing.
Ted adjusted the scale to ensure that the weight of each medicinal ingredient was consistent, then wrapped it in oil paper and set it aside.
"The school year has been a dream for me. Except for Professor Snape, everything else has been perfect." He joked with a playful smile.
"Oh, Snape! Yes, my God~" Mr. Giggs shrugged, "That guy always has a gloomy look on his face. I can't even imagine what he's like as a professor!"
Mr. Giggs is several years younger than James Potter, Sirius, and Snape, and has witnessed the struggle between these school figures.
"But I have to say that his level of potions is beyond doubt. I even think that in some aspects, he is very likely to surpass Professor Slughorn - oh, that is our potions professor, the previous one Head of Slytherin," Mr. Giggs explained.
If Ted was just a kid about to enter the magical world last year when he was working, now he is already an alumnus of Mr. Giggs. And it’s from a college!
The relationship was even more different, and there were more topics.
Ted complained to him about the outdated potion textbooks. The potions taught by the professor had no practical value and were not systematic in learning.
Mr. Giggs complained endlessly, saying that his father studied this textbook when he was in school. It seems that his son may also have to study this textbook.
"I'm not saying that "Magic Potions and Potions" written by Arseny Giger is indeed a good book, but this book was first published decades ago! If nothing else, it's just the two-time star It has no records of new medicinal materials that appear after the intersection!”
Mr. Giggs fiddled with a fresh bouquet of Ningshen Flower in his hand, "Unfortunately, no one in the magic world has written a new book now. It is too difficult. Just like this Ningshen Flower, which was discovered 12 years ago, it has been published one after another Six important functions have been discovered.”
"Anyone who is halfway through writing and discovers that what he has written is out of date and cannot keep up with changes will collapse."
This situation is equivalent to a graduate student studying astronomy who has been studying a star for several years, but halfway through writing the paper, the star exploded! It collapsed on the spot!
The herbal medicines have been processed for nearly two hours, and the initial subcontracting was only completed at noon. The next step still needs to be preliminary processing and packaging. Then new medicinal materials may be delivered in a few days.
Mr. Giggs looked at the time: "Don't leave at noon. Let's have dinner together. I'll treat you."
He looked at Ted: "It seems that you don't want to stay in the Muggle world during the holidays? How about continuing to help me? You know how busy we are now. Sometimes I don't even have time to have dinner, and many commonly used potions are sold out. There’s no time to cook it.”
Ted was naturally willing. He also wanted to take advantage of the vacation to learn more about herbal medicine and potions with Mr. Giggs.
Although Mr. Giggs’ level is certainly not as good as Snape’s, Mr. Giggs is willing to teach!
After lunch and some busy work in the afternoon, Ted took his leave.
He first went back to the orphanage, met his grandma, and after chatting for a long time, he left 100 pounds.
"Mommy, I am doing very well in school, and I still have the opportunity to work and study. This is some money I have saved, and I hope it can help the orphanage."
Naturally, grandma was unwilling to ask for it, "The money you received in the Christmas mail is already quite a lot. You are still young and there are still a lot of things you need to spend money on!"
Ted smiled and said, "Mommy, you forgot, I can also sing! I don't plan to stay during this holiday, I will continue to work and sing. Just accept it..."
Thanks to book friend "44422" for the 1500 point reward.
Thanks to the book friend "Worelt City" for the 2346 points reward.
Thanks to the book friend "I wish you a safe life" for the 500 reward.
Thanks to the book friend "Seekers of All Worlds" for the 100 reward.
Thank you everyone~
(End of chapter)
