The potion class was still going on, and Snape was instructing everyone to make a potion that could treat scabies. After explaining the preparation method of the potion for treating scabies, he divided the class into groups of two and asked everyone to start making the potion for treating scabies.
Albert was naturally assigned to the same group with Li Jordan since they sat at the same table.
"Let's read the steps a few times before we start to prepare the potion for treating scabies to avoid making mistakes in the preparation steps." Albert reminded, "As long as the steps are correct, the finished product will not be too different from what is in the book."
The most feared thing when making medicine is adding herbs randomly and stirring them.
Albert opened "Magical Pharmacy and Potions" and memorized the configuration of the potion for treating scabies, completely ignoring Snape who was walking behind him with a black cloak.
After Snape left, Albert took out the necessary herbs from his medicine box: a few venomous snake fangs, a pongo onion, some bundled dried nettles, a can of horned slugs, and a few porcupine quills.
"You are responsible for boiling the horned slugs. This thing needs to be boiled for at least 33 to 45 minutes." Albert handed his tweezers to Lee Jordan.
"Okay, leave it to me." Lee Jordan had no objection. He took the tweezers handed to him by Albert and picked out the disgusting horned slug from the jar.
By the way, this stuff costs 1 Galleon per can in the pharmacy.
"Remember to clean it first. You don't need to put too much water in the crucible. Be careful not to let it boil over," Albert added.
Then he began to grind the venomous snake tusks into a mortar and pestle. The book required grinding the venomous snake tusks into a fine powder, which was a laborious task.
Compared to Albert's hands-on ability, the other students are a bit scumbag.
Of course, this may be related to Albert's upgrading his potion making to level 1.
Snape was still wandering around the classroom, watching students weighing dried nettles and grinding venomous snake fangs. Almost all the students were criticized, except Albert and George.
After all, Snape couldn't find anything to criticize, except that their progress was a little slower than others.
"Next, weigh the dried nettles." Albert looked at Snape's receding back and reminded him in a low voice, "Pay attention to the weight, don't weigh it wrong."
"Ok." Lee Jordan was in a good mood because Snape did not come to trouble them.
Albert was struggling to slice pongo onions into thin slices.
Half an hour later, Lee Jordan called out, "The horned slugs are overcooked."
Albert immediately went over and pricked the horned slug with a glass tube. After making sure it was thoroughly cooked, he poured out the water in the crucible, leaving only the cooked horned slug.
After the materials are prepared, the only thing left is to prepare the potion for treating scabies.
First add the venomous snake fang powder into the crucible, slowly stir it to mix it thoroughly with the water, and the potion in the crucible will gradually turn dark blue.
"Is it dark blue?" Li Jordan leaned his head closer, wanting to see the color of the potion in the crucible.
"It's dark blue." Albert quickly put the thinly sliced Pongo onions into the crucible and continued heating it for about ten seconds. The potion gradually changed from dark blue to red as recorded in the book.
Once the color stops changing, the next step is to slowly sprinkle in the dried nettles and stir the potion until the color changes to pink.
"Continue to add a small spoonful of Flobberworm slime, and then continue to stir until the potion turns green." Albert muttered the steps while operating. "Next, add a large spoonful of stewed horned slugs and stir until the potion turns blue-green."
After completing the previous step, Albert removed the crucible from the fire.
If the potion is not removed from the fire and the porcupine quills are added directly, it will cause the potion to fail. Snape has specifically reminded everyone of this.
Albert took the two porcupine quills handed to him by Lee Jordan, slowly put them into the crucible, and then began to stir clockwise three times, causing the originally blue-green potion to gradually turn blue.
Finally, wave your wand over the cauldron to complete the potion.
"Did it succeed?" Li Qiaodan asked nervously.
"What do you think?" Albert took a spoonful, put it into the crystal bottle, and handed it to Lee Jordan next to him so that he could see the color of the potion clearly.
"Success." Li Jordan looked at the potion for treating scabies in the potion bottle excitedly. The color of the potion was basically consistent with the description in "Magical Potions and Liquids".
"Yes, it worked. It was not easy." Albert put out the fire. However, he still had doubts about the effectiveness of the potion for treating scabies.
While bottling the potion and writing his name on it, Albert suddenly smelled a disgusting odor. He turned his head and saw bubbles coming out of Fred and George's crucible. The potion in the crucible was a disgusting brown color.
"Wait, take the crucible away from the fire before adding the porcupine quills." Albert stopped George from making a suicidal decision that could have burned through the crucible.
However, this still couldn't save their scabies potion.
"Weasley, tell me, what are you doing?" Snape walked behind the twins expressionlessly.
"A cure for scabies," George muttered.
Snape asked indifferently, "What color is the potion for curing scabies in the book when it is finished?"
"blue."
"I dare say that if I drink this potion of yours, I will poison myself instead of curing my scabies." Snape waved his wand and cleared the potion in the crucible.
"Anderson, where's your potion?"
"Here it is, sir." Lee Jordan quickly handed over the blue potion for treating scabies, and when Snape wasn't noticing, he proudly shook his index finger at the twins.
"Just barely pass." Snape picked up the glass bottle, glanced at the potion for treating scabies inside and said.
"What do you mean by barely passing?"
After class, Li Jordan said to the twins angrily, "What's this? In fact, the potion for treating scabies made by humans is not acceptable? And... why do we have to write a 2-foot-long paper after we successfully made the potion for treating scabies?"
"Keep your voice down if you want to get yourself into trouble," Fred said, pointing at Snape who was walking towards them.
"Ahem." Albert cleared his throat and said to Lee Jordan, "Perhaps Professor Snape thinks we are very talented in potions and wants to cultivate us well."
Albert deliberately lowered his voice to a level that Snape could hear.
"Look, no one else has this kind of treatment, right?"
"I hope your paper on the potion for curing scabies doesn't disappoint me, Mr. Anderson." Snape turned his head and stared at Lee Jordan. "As for you, you don't have to write a paper."
"What does he mean?" Lee Jordan murmured as he watched Snape's receding back.
"What do you mean? Of course you don't deserve special care." Fred couldn't help laughing after Snape left. He raised his hand and patted Albert on the shoulder and said, "It seems that Professor Snape really intends to give you special care. Maybe he wants to invite you to join the Potions Club!"
"Then I can only refuse. After all, I have joined the Transfiguration Club." Albert said seriously.
The next moment, the three of them laughed even louder.
Of course they could guess that Snape was unhappy with Albert, but he had no good way to deal with him, so he could only resort to this last resort and give Albert the so-called special care.
After all, few students like to do homework, especially extra homework.