I have to say that the Weasleys are a very easy-going group of people.
Mr. Weasley has a wealth of experience in dealing with Muggles. After Ivan and Hermione introduced him, he eased the anxiety of both parents, except for the occasional obsession with Muggle items and surprises. Other than that, the others are basically impeccable.
As for Mrs. Weasley, the first thing she did when she got out of the fireplace was to give the children a big hug. Even Ivan didn't leave behind, and the time was even longer than Harry. She thanked Ivan for his help. Harry, he was a little embarrassed to say that.
As for the children of the Weasley family, the elder Percy greeted Ivan and Hermione with extremely formal etiquette. The meticulous look reminded Ivan of certain nobles.
Behind the exemplary Percy are Fred and George, a pair of very funny twins who are hard to dislike, except for the occasional thought of mischief.
As for Ron, Harry's best friend, freckled and clumsy-looking, who got along with Harry from the beginning, he yelled that he planned to drive a speeding car to save Harry a week ago, causing Hermione on the side was strongly dissatisfied.
By the way, there is also Ginny, who has been by Mrs. Weasley's side all the time. She is the same age as Ivan, a beautiful little girl with red hair, but she is too shy, she didn't say a word, and kept staring at him with a flushed face. looked at Harry.
After a brief introduction, the group prepared to go to the Wizarding Bank Gringotts to withdraw money.
This is the first time Ivan has seen goblins. They are not much more beautiful than house-elves, but shrewd and cunning lights flashed in their eyes from time to time, which made Aiwen realize that they are completely different from house-elves. kind of creature.
They walked up a long flight of white stone steps into a tall marble hall.
There were a hundred or so goblins sitting on high stools behind a long counter, some weighing coins with copper scales, some examining precious stones with eyeglasses, and registering hastily in the large ledger; The doors lead to different places, and many goblins guide people in and out of these doors.
Guided by a goblin named Griphook, Harry and the Weasley family were going to withdraw money from their safe, while Ivan and Hermione needed to exchange pounds for wizards' common currency in the hall.
The Grangers exchanged ten pounds, and Mr. Mason exchanged a large bag of Galleons for him under Ivan's hard work, which far exceeded the total value of the items listed on the school shopping list.
About fifteen minutes later, Harry and the Weasleys emerged from the vault.
The group parted on the marble steps outside Gringotts, Percy murmured about buying a new quill, Fred and George saw their Hogwarts friend Lee Jordan, and as for Mr Weasley, He insisted on taking the Masons and Grangers to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink.
Ivan looked at Harry. He seemed to have something to say to Ron and Hermione alone. After thinking about it, Ivan decided to go shopping for school robes and wands with Mrs. Weasley and Ginny.
"Gather at Lihen Bookstore in an hour and buy textbooks for you." Mrs. Weasley explained and left with Ginny and Ivan.
"Also, don't go to Knockturn Alley!" she shouted at the twin brother's back.
"Mrs. Weasley, where should we go to buy wands, you know it's my first time in Diagon Alley." Ivan said awkwardly.
"Honey, we're going to Ollivander's, you and Ginny both need a new wand." Mrs. Weasley turned to look at Ivan with a smile, "But we have to hurry up, we still need a new wand." With so much to buy and Gilderoy Lockhart's book signing today, we can't be late."
"Ghidroy Lockhart?!" Ivan frowned, "I saw books that needed him on the school's book list, and I don't know what the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor thinks. The prices of those books Not cheap."
"Yeah, maybe your new teacher is an admirer of Lockhart. After all, he is so great, but buying five sets of Lockhart's books at once is indeed too expensive." Mrs. Weasley looked a little worried, " Sorry, Ginny, I think you'll need to buy second-hand for a lot of stuff this year."
"It's okay, Mom!" Ginny seemed to have known about this for a long time, she couldn't see how frustrated she was, she winked at Ivan, and whispered, "My mother is very fascinated by Lockhart, she adores him .”
"Don't talk nonsense, Ginny!"
Mrs. Weasley blushed, "Sometimes, you have to admit that a great wizard like him is indeed very attractive."
Is it especially attractive to middle-aged and elderly women? Aiwen put his hands on his forehead. He doesn't have any good feelings for Lockhart, a big liar. Anyway, he will be exposed sooner or later. He doesn't want to continue chatting on this topic.
In fact, it was Ginny who surprised him even more.
This little girl is no longer as shy as she was when I first met her. As long as Harry is not in front of her eyes, she immediately returns to her normal state, a very talkative and energetic little girl.
Along the way, she told Ai Wen a lot about things in her home.
It can be seen that, unlike Ron, Ginny really doesn't care about using the second-hand items dumped by her brothers, except for one thing, which is to use second-hand school uniforms, which makes her very frustrated.
While chatting, the three of them came to a small and dilapidated shop.
The gold lettering on the door has peeled off, and it reads: Ollivander: Wandcrafted since 382 BC.
A wand stood alone on a faded purple upholstery in a dusty window.
As they entered the shop there was a tinkling of bells from somewhere at the back of the shop. Ai Wen looked around, the shop was very small, there was nothing but a bench in front of the counter.
Not far away, there are thousands of long and narrow cardboard boxes stacked almost to the ceiling.
There are all kinds of wands inside. For some reason, Ai Wen suddenly felt hairy in his heart. The dust and silence here seem to make people feel that mysterious magic is hidden.
Mrs. Weasley led them to wait on the bench, and after a while, a soft voice came from the shop.