Hogsmeade is really interesting.
Although this place is not big, it has all the internal organs even though it is small.
From owl post offices, to clothing chain stores, to candy and snack shops, to tea restaurants, to large magic equipment stores, to magic material stores... There are even barber shops and shops that sell magical animal seeds. Basically, there are shops that are in demand. .
When the goblins first rebelled in the seventeenth century, their headquarters was located in this village.
Ted saw from Ansu's perspective that the entire village covered a large area.
At least two to three times that of Decamond!
The distance between these buildings is not small and they look relatively sparse.
After all, there is no money for the land here, you can just circle it as you like.
Most buildings are in local style, with Scotland's iconic pointed roofs, slender chimneys and stepped gables.
But some buildings are particularly weird, twisted, and have different styles that don’t look serious at first glance!
There are also quite a few buildings that look dilapidated and abandoned. They should have been abandoned by some wizards.
The fertility rate of wizards is low. Sometimes there are no heirs, so they are abandoned.
They don't pay for land here, so no one bothers to demolish it.
Ted guessed there were Shrieking Shacks among the ruins.
There are two taverns in the village, one is the Three Broomsticks tavern, which is said to be a century-old restaurant.
The current tavern proprietress is a mature lady who still has charm - Ms. Rosmerta.
The proprietress stood behind the counter and saw mountains and peaks on both sides, with different heights and distances. The most beautiful thing about spring in the world is that it is better than the smoke and willows in the Imperial City - it is a beautiful scenery!
That business is getting better!
And the business of another pub is not bad, the Pig Head Bar.
In the original book, the owner of this pub is Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth.
However, this old man had no contact with him since he accidentally killed his sister during the early battle between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Oh, by the way, according to the content of the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", he should have had a son, an Obscurus, who was once exploited by Grindelwald, and later died of illness. After all, Obscurus usually doesn't live long.
The Pig's Head Bar is in poor condition and has a very bad service attitude, but it still has a business as good as Three Broomsticks. That's naturally not because old man Aberforth put on women's clothing to solicit customers in person, but because the Pig's Head Bar is the ""seller"" in this magical village. Black market trading place”!
Do you remember when Hagrid "won" a dragon egg while drinking and playing cards with others in the first grade?
It's here!
If it was an ordinary tavern, how could someone show up with a dragon egg?
This is actually a place where many wizards in gray areas exchange information and facilitate transactions.
This is why other people who tried to open a tavern in the past hundred years were defeated by generations of beautiful proprietresses. Only Aberforth succeeded, and it took decades after he opened it.
Aberforth's strength should not be weak and he could control the situation, so he gradually attracted a lot of people here.
Even some of Ted's experimental materials were purchased through other people's orders here.
Unlike Knockturn Alley, this place is mainly a gray area, and the dark wizard's methods will not work.
As soon as they entered the village, the friends dispersed.
The twins went straight to Zuko's Joke Shop, mainly to copy...ah, no! It’s about learning from each other’s ideas.
Then he made it himself and sold it to his classmates at a cheaper price.
No middlemen make the difference! Let students save more money and benefit the masses~
How noble!
Jerry and Ron went straight to the Honeydukes Candy Store. When they mentioned the candies in the Honeydukes store, they couldn't hold their saliva back and almost dripped onto their clothes.
Neville went to Mrs. Puddieffe's teahouse. The hostess of the teahouse was a good friend of the grandmother, and he had to go and say hello.
Harley also said goodbye directly to Ted and the other two, and then ran away. Didn't say where he went.
Ted and Hermione looked at each other and said in unison: "How about going to the Literary Residence?"
Ted: I knew you wanted to go there!
Literary Residence and Literary Supplies Store sells magic stationery in the village.
From various types of quills to various types of parchment, from magic ink, colorful ink to crystal balls, divination teacups, ink correction fluid, photo developer... the things are quite complicated.
Ted was conducting an experiment recently and had a large pile of experimental records. The consumption of parchment has almost doubled, so he really needs to prepare more.
The two of them took a leisurely walk to the literati residence. The store decoration was simple but full of literati atmosphere. A variety of merchandise can be seen in the lattice glass windows.
Pushing the door open, there were already two or three Hogwarts students selecting products.
They would nod or say hello when they saw Ted.
Hermione spent a long time choosing, and chose two quills made from the tail feathers of the same pheasant. They were very beautiful, and the black background and gold rim looked cool.
"One for you!" After Hermione paid the money, she handed Ted a slightly longer one.
Ted took it with a smile: "Thank you~"
In return, Ted offered to buy Hermione a drink.
Although there are now seven or eight types of drinks in the Hogwarts kitchen, there is no butterbeer after all.
So the pair decided to revisit the delicious drink.
At first, Ted planned to go to the Pig's Head Tavern. After coming out of the post office on Central Avenue, he turned into a side road, which was the intersection.
The tattered wooden sign sticking out, hanging on the rusty iron bracket on the door, had a severed pig's head painted on it, and blood stains penetrated the white cloth wrapping it.
Pushing the door open, the scene suddenly went dark. The visibility is a bit low~
Originally, there were not many windows in the tavern on this floor, and they were still small. It looked as if the glass had not been cleaned for a long time. It was thick with dust and had extremely poor light transmittance.
So many candles were lit in broad daylight.
But candles also increase the area of shadow, and the contrast between light and dark makes it the same as at night.
On the wall opposite the door, there is a huge wild boar head specimen that looks very ferocious, with messy hair and dirty appearance.
The floor under my feet was a little sticky and greasy. I’m afraid I haven’t wiped the floor in I don’t know how long!
Isn't it just a matter of cleaning up? As for how it ended up like this?
In addition, there is a goat smell in the air, not to mention how off-putting it is!
As a waiter working in the Leaky Cauldron, Ted almost couldn't help but pull out his wand and clean it up!
A bearded old man behind the bar slowly arranged the oak wine glasses, glanced at Ted and Ted at the door, and then ignored them.
There were about seven or eight other drinking guests, all of them covered up, either wearing hoods or hiding in the shadows, and some even wore masks. They didn't look serious!
forget it!
Ted: "It seems like we're in the wrong place. Let's go first."
Fortunately, I came here to identify myself, so I’m not really disappointed.
After a while, the two of them had arrived at Three Brooms, where there were more people.
Maybe it's because the school is open on weekends, so there are still many students from the school.
As soon as Ted and Ted entered the door, there were four or five voices saying hello.
Ted even saw Jerry and Ron.
Jerry: "This way~"
The two walked over and sat down.
Ted responded to the greetings of his classmates one by one, and then said to the proprietress, who walked gracefully and gracefully, had a stylish hairstyle, and had distinctive facial features: "Two glasses of butter beer, thank you!"
"Haha, okay, handsome boy. You are really popular~"
Hermione suddenly pursed her lips and looked at the landlady with a look that looked at the fire element of the land of fire.
Of course the boss lady didn't care about the little girl's attitude, she just smiled and went to get the beer.
"It's indeed beautiful!" Jerry said.
Ron nodded, with a look of obsession on his face and a straight look in his eyes.
Ted was smarter and didn't even look at the landlady again. Instead, he talked to Hermione about the beautiful quill.
This put Hermione in a very good mood.
Jerry waved his hand in front of Ron's eyes with a wicked smile: "Hey! Lavender is here!"
"Ah? What? No, no, I didn't see anything..." He immediately picked up the wine glass and looked at the rafters, pretending to look at the scenery.
Ron glanced around quietly and found that there was no sign of Lavender at all. He immediately realized that he had been tricked and went up to strangle Jerry to death.
Jerry was also smart and shouted in a low voice: "The boss's wife is here, the boss's wife is here!"
When Ron heard this, he immediately retracted his hand and shrank like a quail. As a result, he glanced and realized that he had been deceived again!
Just as he was about to start again, the proprietress Ms. Rosmerta had already walked over with two glasses of butter beer.
She twisted her slender waist and put the butterbeer down, "I wish you a happy drink." Then she twisted away again.
Well, it’s not easy for thin branches to bear fruit!
The boss lady is also very good at showing her advantages.
Moreover, Ted could smell the various magic cosmetics he had developed. It seemed that the boss lady still paid great attention to her own care.
Ron was a little distracted, his soul had been twisted away by that flexible waist.
Ted: I didn’t expect your kid to like big ones!
Young man, you have avoided twenty years of detours!
However, how would he feel if he knew that this Ms. Rosmerta had been the boss lady here when Sirius and the others were in school?
That’s not twenty years of detours, it’s forty years of straight-line overtaking!
(End of chapter)
