"Mom, I think we can take care of ourselves." Dudley frowned and looked at his parents.
Vernon's work has improved greatly recently. The Groning Company arranged for him to go to Germany on a business trip to negotiate a large order. As long as he can successfully sign the contract this time, he will be promoted to sales director, but the time will be a bit long. It is expected to take It looks like it's been three months.
Logically speaking, only Vernon is on a business trip, and Petunia can just take care of Dudley and the others at home. However... Vernon is a Petunia. As long as he doesn't see Petunia when he comes home every day, he is guaranteed to be groggy the next day. Without energy, work efficiency will plummet...
So Penny had to go with him. Fortunately, the cost could be reimbursed by the company.
"My dear, you are still a child." Penny said with a serious face.
As soon as he heard this, Dudley rolled his eyes inwardly.
Have you ever seen a 10-year-old kid win the middle school boxing championship?
This is the championship that Dudley won recently. Well, it is different from the junior high school level last year. This is the high school level...
'Harry and I are both ten years old. At this age, in other worlds, we would be able to receive our own initial elves and travel around the world. '
Dudley thought in his mind.
"I can cook and do my own laundry, I mean we can take care of ourselves."
Dudley argued.
"Dudley, we are not going for a day or two, but for a whole three months. I will not let my child stay at home alone." Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Petunia selectively ignored Harry again.
"I won't let you be alone with this freak either."
Vernon also emphasized that the word 'freak' naturally referred to Harry. Of course, he said this in front of Petunia: "Who knows if this freak will turn you into like him."
'I wish I could become a wizard...even in my wildest dreams. '
"Then I won't go to Aunt Maggie's, no way!"
Dudley said firmly and forcefully, emphasizing the first word he learned at birth, 'never'.
Maggie Dursley is Vernon's sister and Dudley's aunt. The Dursley family relies on her help to improve their lives. Dudley was very grateful to this aunt, but it was absolutely impossible for him to live with Aunt Maggie for three months.
It's not that Aunt Maggie doesn't like Dudley, on the contrary, she likes Dudley very much. Every time they meet, she will give Dudley's round face a good slap.
It's just that their living habits are very different...
Maggie has twelve bulldogs. This is not the key. The key is that she loves and values these bulldogs more than people.
That is to say, if you want to live with her, you first have to endure eating and sleeping with these twelve bulldogs, and secondly, you have to endure that there may be dog saliva in the bowl you eat at any time...
Dudley liked dogs very much, but he didn't like eating dog saliva.
Seeing Dudley's firm attitude, Vernon and Petunia looked at each other.
They also knew that letting Dudley and Maggie live would cause problems.
'How about taking Dudley with you to Germany? '
'But the cost and Dudley's studies...'
The two communicated with their eyes.
Seeing that his parents had softened their attitude, Dudley quickly suggested: "I can wait for you at Mrs. Figg's next door with Harry."
It was impossible for him to go to Germany. There was no point in not knowing the language. It was better to continue to stay with Harry and collect wool.
Mrs. Figg, whose full name is Arabella Figg, is a little old lady who likes to wear knitted hoods. She is kind-hearted and seems to be very energetic. She lives two streets away from the Dursleys... I mean two streets. The street is actually not much different from next door.
When the Dursleys went out or were on vacation, they would entrust her with the responsibility of taking care of Harry.
Perhaps because they often take care of Harry for free, the Dursleys have a good relationship with Mrs. Figg.
"Dudley, we are going to go for a full three months, during which we cannot come back..." Petunia tried to persuade Dudley, but Dudley's attitude was very firm.
If he didn't go to Mrs. Figg's house and didn't let him stay at home by himself, he could only go to Aunt Maggie's house.
How could Dudley eat?
Dudley the Food Keeper never compromises.
After arguing for a while, Dudley still refused to let go. Vernon and Petunia had no choice but to entrust Mrs. Figg to take care of them.
Harry, who was a little sad at the thought of not being able to live in his own cabin for three months, felt much better instantly when he heard that he could live with his cousin Dudley.
As if he noticed Harry's joyful mood, Vernon leaned down with difficulty, pointed at Harry and said, "I'm warning you, kid. Even if we're not here, don't even think about hurting Dudley. Don't try to hurt my family. Just let me know that you know the consequences..."
As he spoke, he raised his arm that was thicker than Harry's waist in a demonstrative manner.
Harry didn't know why, but he nodded obediently.
Maybe Harry couldn't remember that when he was still very young, some magical phenomena happened either because of his magic power or other stimulation. Dudley's physique at that time was not as strong as it is now, so he suffered a lot. A little injured.
Vernon may not have been a good uncle, but he was definitely a good husband and father.
The decoration of Mrs. Figg's house is very old-fashioned. The overall size of the house is not much different from the Dursley's, but the style is completely different. The environment is slightly dark and the furniture is very simple. Apart from the burning fireplace, there is only a simple sofa, a table and a few chairs in the living room.
There are no electronic products, not even the radios that the elderly like to use.
Old antique...
This is what Dursley said about Mrs. Figg.
There was a pungent cat smell in the air from time to time. It was pungent to some extent, but at least Dudley didn't find it pungent.
Vernon didn't like the smell, so he didn't come in. Everything was communicated between Petunia and Mrs. Figg.
Mrs. Figg readily agreed to help take care of Dudley and Harry.
Before leaving, Petunia gave Mrs. Figg some money.
If Harry were alone, he could still have the audacity to entrust Mrs. Figg to take care of her for free, since he didn't eat much anyway. It wouldn't work if we added Dudley, who would probably eat more in a day than Mrs. Figg does in a week.
Three months... Dursley couldn't do such a thing no matter how thick-skinned he was.
Besides, the reputation of the Dursleys is quite good in these streets, uh... only among ordinary people.
After Petunia and Vernon left, Dudley started to look around Mrs. Figg's house with ease, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hugged a passing kitten with extremely agility.
In the desperate eyes of the kitten, Dudley buried his big fleshy face on Yin Qian's belly and took several deep breaths.
Then he let out a moan full of pleasure with a satisfied look on his face.
"Ah~~Xue'er is so good to suck."
Judging from his actions, it was obvious that this was not the first time Dudley had done this.
