As October arrived, Hogwarts Castle was shrouded in strong winds and heavy rain.
The heavy rain that lasted for several days caused the surrounding temperature to drop sharply. The cold air spread under the rain curtain and quietly penetrated into the castle.
After Albert realized that he had a cold, he immediately went to the school hospital and got a cup of refreshing potion from the head nurse Madam Pomfrey. After drinking this potion, the effect was immediate. However, the bad thing is that people who drink this potion will have smoke coming out of their ears for several hours.
For this reason, the twin brothers even gloated over it.
As a result, they had only been dancing for a few days when their ears started to smoke. However, this seemed to be a funny thing for the Weasley twins, and they even deliberately made the sound of a train whistle, which made everyone laugh.
Outside the window, it's still raining.
The Gryffindor common room was brightly lit, with a roaring fire in the fireplace, warm and cozy. At this moment, Albert was sitting by a window with his roommates doing homework.
"Do you think the garlic sprouts will be rotten by the rain? This rain has lasted for several days." George looked up at the dark rain outside the window, looking depressed.
"Be careful. If I were you, I would pay attention to my homework," Albert warned. "Don't ruin the paper you're almost done with."
"Ah!" George found a drop of ink on his parchment and couldn't help screaming, "It's over. My homework."
"Stop howling. It's your fault for distracting me while I'm doing my homework." Angelina was in a bad temper. She caught a cold from the Quidditch training a while ago. Even after drinking Madam Pomfrey's stimulant, her head was still a little dizzy and she couldn't concentrate on her homework.
"Should we go check it out? I'm a little worried that the garlic will get soaked and rot." Fred suggested anxiously.
With the weather so bad, they couldn't even check on the sprouting garlic.
Albert couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and thought to himself: "This is the difference between planting outside and planting in a pot!"
"If you're worried about Garlic, go check it out, but don't come to me," Lee Jordan said gruffly. Smoke was still coming out of his ears, and the unfortunate fellow had just drunk Madam Pomfrey's refreshing potion.
This class of freshmen was almost wiped out by the flu.
"It's no use going out to check. There's nothing we can do." George was also depressed. He finally waited for the garlic to sprout, but there was a heavy rain that lasted for several days, and the newly sprouted garlic sprouts were all soaked in water.
They just grow garlic, is it really that difficult
For some reason, the common room suddenly became lively and people were talking excitedly about something.
"What happened?" Angelina asked Albert.
"How should I know?" Albert stared at the chrysanthemum he had conjured up with a bit of depression, and put it in the vase next to him. The blooming chrysanthemums in the vase were all the results of Albert's practice of summoning.
"Notice to Hogsmeade." Lee Jordan pointed to a notice on the old notice board and said, "End of October, before Halloween."
"Yes, but that's for the third years," Angelina corrected. She looked a little anxious, the buzz of conversation in the lounge affecting her concentration.
"Actually, I'm looking forward to Halloween this year." Albert has been to Hogsmeade and is not interested in the only wizard village in the UK. "I heard from senior students that the Halloween at Hogwarts is very good. There will be bats flying everywhere in the castle, pumpkin lanterns and pumpkin delicacies, and there will be a banquet to celebrate Halloween in the evening."
In the novel, after Harry Potter came to Hogwarts, something strange would happen every Halloween:
In the first year, a troll broke into the castle; in the second year, Filch's cat was petrified; in the third year, the wanted criminal Black tried to break into the Gryffindor common room; in the fourth year, the school welcomed other contestants of the Triwizard Tournament; in the fifth year...
Alia raised her eyebrows and asked, "I don't think Halloween is particularly fun."
"Don't you think it would be more fun if we all celebrate Halloween together?" Albert explained, "Games are more fun when we play together, and festivals are more lively when we celebrate together."
"That makes sense." Li Jordan agreed.
"Last time, when I went to see Hagrid, I found that each pumpkin in the vegetable garden in his backyard was half a person's height." Albert continued, "Those pumpkins should be prepared for Halloween."
There was no doubt that Hagrid had used the Swelling Charm on the pumpkin.
In fact, Albert thought the twins could use the Swelling Charm on the garlic they grew, since they didn't eat that stuff anyway.
Well, if Fred and George could use the Swelling Charm.
Unfortunately, compared to Halloween, everyone seemed to be more interested in Hogsmeade village. They also heard the second-year students complaining about why only third-year students could go to Hogsmeade.
However, Albert and his roommates were not as enthusiastic about Hogsmeade as others. After all, they had just been to Hogsmeade not long ago, and it didn't have much mystery for them. Besides, it was useless to go there without money.
When the rain gradually subsided, the twins immediately went to check on Garlic with umbrellas, and also took Albert, who was practicing summoning, with them.
The current situation is not optimistic. All the garlic sprouts have rotted after being soaked in water for too long.
The expressions on their faces were as gloomy as the dark clouds in the sky.
There was no way out. I had to wait a long time for the garlic sprouts to sprout, but everything was ruined by a heavy rain.
The twins, who had put so much effort into this, suddenly became depressed.
"What the hell are you doing?" Hagrid's exasperated voice came from the rain.
When the three of them looked in the direction where the sound came from, they saw Hagrid rushing towards them without even an umbrella, his body soaked by the rain.
He originally thought that several people were planning to enter the woods, so he hurried over, his nose almost crooked with anger.
Albert briefly explained the situation, and Hagrid was stunned. He pointed at the twins in disbelief and said, "You are growing garlic here?"
When Hagrid saw the overturned earthbags and rotten garlic, he believed it.
"Ahem, actually, they just want to use garlic to try to make a... amulet, which requires a lot of garlic!" Albert explained quickly.
"That's definitely the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Hagrid looked at the three of them speechlessly, then he patted Fred and George on the shoulders and said, "It's just garlic. Don't be depressed. I can give you some more. I'll plant them next to my vegetable garden this time."
"No, Hagrid." Albert interrupted, "This time we plan to transplant the garlic into pots and then move the pots back to the dormitory. We don't have to worry about heavy rain. The only trouble is that we need to move them out to compete with the sun every once in a while."