"Albert is such a jerk, going off on his own to travel and leaving everything to us."
Fred, George and Lee Jordan have been feeling quite complicated lately. Ever since their Defense Against the Dark Arts props became famous in the Auror circle, they soon received large orders from the Ministry of Magic.
In fact, not only did the store receive large orders from the Ministry of Magic and a large number of owl mail orders every day, it also had to deal with wizards who came to the store to buy Defense Against the Dark Arts props, causing the Defense Against the Dark Arts props to be sold out.
Even with Lupin's help, the three of them were busy as hell every day, leading a life of both pain and happiness.
The three of them became unbalanced when they thought of Albert, who was traveling somewhere after his marriage.
There's nothing I can do. Everyone is working hard to make money, but that bastard is just slacking off. How can I not be angry and not drag him to work with me
“Didn’t Albert say that someone would come to help us soon?”
Lee Jordan was checking a shipment that was to be delivered to the Ministry of Magic today.
"It's been a few days, and no one has come."
The three of them had thought about hiring help, but they were still worried.
There are quite a few people who are jealous of them making big money recently. There are even bastards who went to the Ministry of Magic to sue them for monopoly. Fake dark magic defense props have popped up like leeks.
However, many counterfeits were suppressed by the Office of Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Equipment, and their father Arthur saved them a lot of trouble.
As for the people who went to the Ministry of Magic to protest and exposed the shady dealings in the newspapers
All useless.
Because Scrimgeour's request was simple: bring out qualified Defense Against the Dark Arts items.
If you dare to deceive people with counterfeit Defense Against the Dark Arts props, you will be fined and put in jail.
Just as they were complaining and checking the accounts, the shop bell rang.
The three of them looked outside the door and saw Sana, wearing summer clothes, walk into the store and greet them with a smile.
"Could it be..."
"You are..."
"Albert said..."
"helper?"
All three looked at Shanna expectantly, hoping to get the response they wanted to hear.
"Can't you just say it all at once?" Sana looked around the store and found that many of the cabinets were empty and there were packages piled up everywhere on the floor.
"Yes, Albert told me that you guys are very busy lately, so he asked me to come and help you take care of some small chores and help you through this busiest period." Sana felt a little funny as she looked at the three people with eager eyes.
"Great, I can finally get rid of this annoying job." Lee Jordan was in a good mood and decisively handed over the tasks at hand to Shanna.
To be honest, his math was average, and the miscellaneous chores in the store were driving him crazy.
“Is this my job?”
"Yes, this is your job." Lee Jordan handed the owl order to Shanna again. "You need to sort out the owl mail order and help verify the mailing quantity every evening. And that's your position."
As he spoke, he pointed to the cashier's position at the front desk.
"This is the price list of the store's merchandise. You also have the task of settling the day's sales every day. Those annoying things always give me a headache." Lee Jordan was very happy that he could finally hand over these tedious and delicate tasks to others.
"There are so many owl orders every day?" Sana looked at the report in her hand and was very surprised at the high sales volume and profits of the Defense Against the Dark Arts items.
"Yeah, the sales are amazing, and we're really in a state of panic." Fred couldn't help but complain, "Sometimes I almost thought we were running a Defense Against the Dark Arts prop store."
"No one feels safe right now." Sana nodded to show her understanding. She could feel the uneasy atmosphere when she came to Diagon Alley.
"The most important thing is that our defense equipment is guaranteed and approved by the Aurors, so we won't buy inferior products." George looked at the stacked packages and couldn't help but sighed, "This is actually all thanks to Albert."
"I dare say that guy actually expected this from the beginning, so he forced us to do hard labor."
"That guy just likes to order people around," Shanna said with a smile, "But you did earn some Galleons, so it should be a win-win situation."
"That's true, but... well, it's just a bit unbalanced." Fred was a little depressed, "We are busy working and making money, while that guy is on a leisurely vacation."
"Who made that guy so smart?" Sana really admired Albert's ability.
Who would have thought that Albert would, with the support of the Ministry of Magic, cause the sales of Defense Against the Dark Arts items to soar.
"He obviously likes to be lazy, and he always says that he should leave the work to the right person." Lee Jordan couldn't help but complain.
"I heard that the Galleons used by the Ministry of Magic to purchase Defense Against the Dark Arts items were actually obtained by fining Death Eaters," George said suddenly.
"Fine the Death Eaters? Are you sure?" Shanna looked up, suspecting that she had heard it wrong. Fining Death Eaters was a new thing.
"It is said that Scrimgeour wants to kill all the Death Eaters." George wanted to laugh when he talked about it.
"How come I don't know that?" Fred asked in confusion.
"Stop laughing and continue." Lee Jordan was very interested in such gossip.
"Later, it seemed that because Lucius Malfoy was a well-known pure-blood, they fined his family 50,000 Galleons and gave him a chance of life imprisonment." George was particularly happy to see the Malfoy family in trouble.
The Malfoy family is rich, so rich that they can use money to buy life imprisonment.
"Where did you hear that?"
"Diggory told me this last time." George said with a smile, "This matter should not be a secret in the Ministry of Magic. I have to say, our new minister always brings surprises to people."
"The Ministry of Magic actually allowed this to happen." Shanna was very surprised and frowned. "I think this is like a blatant robbery. How come no one has any objection?"
"Probably because all employees of the Ministry of Magic benefit from this." George guessed why Scrimgeour dared to do this. "Everyone hates the Death Eaters and wants to kill them all. Who would care that this is unreasonable?"
"Benefit?"
"As far as I know, our new minister used the fine to buy Defense Against the Dark Arts items for all employees of the Ministry of Magic." George said, pointing to the pile of packages next to him.
"In short, Scrimgeour bribed the entire Ministry of Magic?" Sana was also stunned by Scrimgeour's outrageous actions.
"Yes, it's probably about using the Death Eaters' Galleons to fight the Death Eaters. Now everyone hates those Death Eaters, and no one thinks there's a problem with that."
"I suspect this was Albert's idea for Skrein," Fred said gloatingly, "otherwise, who else could come up with such a bad idea?"
"It's exactly what Albert would do." Lee Jordan nodded in agreement, "That guy likes win-win situations. He has no idea how many times he has won this time!"
Most of the Galleons fined from Malfoy and his gang went into their pockets by purchasing Defense Against the Dark Arts items.
"But do they really need these things? I mean..."
"You have no idea how bad they are at Defense Against the Dark Arts. Many Ministry employees can't even cast a Shield Charm properly," George explained.
"Are the wizards in the Ministry of Magic really so bad that they can't even use an Shield Charm?" Shanna was skeptical. Aren't wizards who can work in the Ministry of Magic supposed to have good grades? How could they be so bad
"That's because we are lucky enough to have met Albert who is willing to teach us." After helping to count today's mail, Fred turned around and asked, "Is it okay for you to have seafood noodles for dinner?"
"What noodles?" Sana didn't react for a moment.
"Tonight's dinner." George explained, "I'll ask the house elves to prepare an extra portion later."
"The house elves were also hired by Albert to help take care of our lives," Lee Jordan explained. "By the way, Dobby's cooking skills are excellent, as you'll see later."
"It's nearly six o'clock, and I bet Diggory's late again today," Fred said suddenly, "How about we get the other mail out first?"
"Who said I was late?"
"One minute and thirty-seven seconds," George said, shaking his pocket watch.
"Then your pocket watch must be faster." Diggory didn't care. His eyes fell on the packages in the corner of the store and he began to call on other Ministry of Magic employees to help with the inspection.
"Fifty in all."
After they put the package into the traceless stretch bag, they took George to Gringotts and settled the payment on the spot.
This is why Albert is willing to give the Ministry of Magic a 20% discount.
Although it seemed that they earned less Galleons, they actually did not suffer any loss, because they set the price themselves, and no one else would know even if it was a bit high. Moreover, they could earn a good reputation for themselves.
“It’s really enviable!”
"What envy? You have two followers."
"No, don't say that." Diggory made a shushing gesture. "One of them is here to pay, and the other is here to check the quality of the Defense Against the Dark Arts props. I'm just an errand boy."
"We were originally planning to have Diggory come to the store to help out," Fred shrugged, "but he ended up going to work as my father's assistant."
"But now that Shanna is here, we don't need you anymore."
"That's really sad." Diggory took a letter out of his pocket and handed it to Fred. "This is the Ministry of Magic's request for Defense Against the Dark Arts items. If you can..."
"We can't. We're too busy right now, and we don't think we have the ability to do it." Fred interrupted, "I'll pass the letter to Albert, but you know he's traveling after his wedding, and no one knows where he's gone, so we can only wait a little longer. We'll write back to you as soon as we have the result."
"Okay, then I'll be leaving first. Please deliver the next batch as soon as possible!" Digory was a little helpless, but he also knew that it would be best not to disturb Albert's post-wedding trip now.
"We can't hurry up. There are too many things to do every day. We are almost exhausted." Fred looked at Digory's departing back and couldn't help complaining.
"Oh, I almost forgot something. How are your potions?" Lee Jordan turned around and asked. "Can you make a vitality tonic?"
"Oh, that's no problem. I got an E (good) in my Potions certificate." Shanna asked in confusion. "Do you need me to brew a vitality tonic?"
"Yes, we need that stuff to stay energetic. Working every day is too tiring. The three of us are all average in potency. We used to use the stock left by Albert, but it ran out two days ago." Lee Jordan said, looking at Fred, "I remember Albert left the formula for the vitality tonic."
"Wait a mininute."
Fred walked inside and quickly returned with a notebook.
"How about it?"
"It should be fine if we follow the recipe." Shanna flipped through the recipe of the vitality tonic and asked curiously, "Is this Albert's improved version?"
"right."
Just then, George's voice came from outside.
"Help me move all the parcels out." George called the postman over, and a large group of owls followed him.
Several people proofread while letting the owl take the package away, and they were busy until it started to darken.
Shanna finally understood why Albert asked her to help.
They really can't handle it all on their own.
Even she herself was exhausted, and now she still had a lot of things to do.
"Let's eat first," George suggested.
"Did Albert tell you about your salary?"
"Well, he said that he would deduct it from his share so that you wouldn't complain. He said that such busy work wouldn't last for a few years, so you should stick to it and make the money first." Sana looked around and found that this place looked a bit like the activity room of the Wizard Card Club. There was even music playing next to it.
"Let's get used to each other for a few days." George hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you think it's suitable, you can consider staying in the store. The salary will definitely satisfy you."
He felt it was inappropriate to let Albert pay Shanna's salary, and then they wouldn't have the opportunity to complain about the guy being lazy.
"Yes, we can't let Albert use his own Galleons to pay your salary, otherwise how can we complain about him in the future." Fred agreed with George's suggestion.
"We must not let that guy succeed, otherwise he will throw everything to us in the future!" Lee Jordan also agreed with Fred and George's decision.
"We'll talk about this later. I'm just here to help out." Shanna didn't agree immediately and changed the subject, "What's the current situation between you and Angelina?"
"She wants to play ball." Fred was helpless. Although he also supported Angelina playing ball, but...
"Take your time. You can't be too hasty when chasing a girl." Shanna said with a smile, "Angelina actually likes you very much. However, she won't give up Quidditch easily, so you may have to wait for a while."
"I can wait, but I'm afraid..." Fred didn't finish his sentence.
After graduating from school, many couples become busy with their own things and their feelings gradually fade.
"Your welfare here is really good!" Sana looked at the Italian seafood noodles that were served and quickly changed the subject.
She knew what Fred was worried about.
"Yes, we have supper after working overtime at night. If it weren't for these delicious foods, we doubt we would be able to make it." George took over the topic very considerately, "There will also be Italian vegetable soup later. It tastes very delicious. You can't miss it."
Just then, a ball of silver light passed through the wooden door and landed on the dining table, accompanied by Sirius's voice.