Chapter 424 Bagman and Crouch

With the concerted efforts of everyone, breakfast was prepared. Everyone took their plates and found a place to sit down, eating various types of breakfast made by themselves.

"Qiu, can I give Fei Xu a taste of your cooking?"

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Maomao immediately found the Chinese little witch Qiu Zhang. In his opinion, Qiu Zhang and Sister Yue are from the same place, so they should be equally good at cooking, right?

"No problem at all!"

Qiu Zhang excitedly handed over the fried eggs and pumpkin porridge he made.

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It’s actually not steamed buns or wontons…

Maomao was a little disappointed, but then he thought about it, maybe the ingredients here couldn't make these things. He remembered Professor McGonagall said that ingredients for Chinese food were more difficult to buy.

So he still retained a trace of expectation and took the food from Qiu Zhang's hand.

miamiamiamia…

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Feishu took a sip of porridge first, and then tasted a piece of fried egg...

Might as well do it himself!

disappointment!

"What you cook is very ordinary..." The disappointed Maomao was no longer in the mood to take care of Qiu Zhang's mood, and said truthfully: "Feishu thought you would be as good at cooking as Sister Jiuyue... …”

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Feishu shook his head in disappointment and walked away from Qiu Zhang.

The girls who had been paying attention here nervously and Harry all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fish, come and try the grilled fish I made."

Daphne, who was very confident in her cooking skills, immediately took the opportunity to rush forward, much to the annoyance of the other girls who couldn't react. However, there were still a few girls who were good at cooking and crowded over with food they had prepared.

Hermione stabbed the fried eggs on the plate hard with the fork in her hand. Harry next to her was worried that Hermione would poke a few holes in the plate in her hand.

But soon, Harry no longer worried, because Fish rushed over with a piece of grilled fish on his fork.

"Hermione, come and try it. Daphne's grilled fish is really delicious."

(ΦωΦ)つΨ

Fish directly handed the fork to Hermione's mouth, "Ah~~~"

Hermione gave Daphne a proud look, then opened her mouth and ate the grilled fish on Fish's fork.

Now it was Daphne's turn to poke at the plate.

The overt and covert fighting centered around cats did not affect Professor McGonagall and Mr. Weasley. They ate the breakfast prepared by the children contentedly and occasionally chatted with acquaintances passing by.

"Haha!" Mr. Weasley suddenly jumped up, smiled and waved to the distance: "The most important person at the moment! Ludo!"

Everyone was attracted by his voice and looked in the direction where he was waving.

I saw a man wearing a Quidditch robe with a wasp pattern on the chest and a big belly, jumping and striding towards this side.

"Ah ho!" Ludo Bagman shouted happily, waving his hand as well, "Arthur, old man... Oh! And Professor McGonagall, long time no see!"

He responded breathlessly, and as he got closer he saw Professor McGonagall next to Mr. Weasley.

"Hello, Ludo, thank you for the ticket." Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded at him.

"Hahaha, this is nothing."

Bagman grinned widely and waved his hands.

Since there were too many children at the scene, Mr. Weasley gave up the idea of ​​letting Bagman know all his children. He just pushed Percy in front of him and introduced: "This is my third son Percy. I just joined the Ministry of Magic and am now working in the Department of International Magical Cooperation.”

"Oh, Crouch's department..." Bagman curled his lips, "It's not easy to be his subordinate."

As he said that, he reached out his hand carelessly and patted Percy on the shoulder: "If you are not happy at old Barty's place, I can find a way to transfer you to my department. It just so happened that someone disappeared from our place a few days ago. If you get one, you can take her place.”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I am very satisfied with my current position."

Percy frowned and declined Bagman's invitation. Percy was dissatisfied with the way the other party managed the department, his rudeness to his superiors, and his careless attitude towards his subordinates after they disappeared.

Only because his father knew him well and helped them get the tickets, Percy didn't show his dissatisfaction.

Bagman didn't care after being rejected. He just said it casually. In fact, he couldn't affect the personnel transfer of the International Magical Cooperation Department.

"Want to place a bet on the game, Arthur?"

Bagman asked eagerly, jingling the pockets of his yellow and black robe.

This is the main purpose of his coming here. This is also Ludo Bagman's biggest hobby besides Quidditch. He has suffered a lot because of this hobby, but he still enjoys it.

"Ludo! There are children here!"

However, Bagman ignored that there was Professor McGonagall next to her. She scolded him so sternly that Bagman, who was still trying to persuade Mr. Weasley, immediately shut his mouth.

"Minerva, what are they planning to do?"

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Fish came closer with bright eyes. Past experience told him that as long as it was forbidden by Professor McGonagall, it would most likely be something interesting.

"Ah! Are you Professor McGonagall's child?" Bagman approached Fish with a smile on his face, "Hello, I am Ludo Bagman, and I was also a student of the professor."

"Yeah, my name is Fish McGonagall," Cat nodded casually, and continued to ask: "You haven't answered Fish's question yet! What were you talking about just now?"

(ω)

Bagman got excited when he mentioned his hobby.

But he didn't get excited for long, because Professor McGonagall's knife-like eyes next to him could quickly calm him down.

"Ahahaha... Actually, it's nothing," Bagman laughed dryly and replied: "I just talked to Arthur about the games we adults play."

"Adult games..."

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Fish tilted his head and looked back and forth between him and Mr. Weasley with a strange look on his face.

"Are you going to have a baby with Arthur? But you are both men?"

As soon as this was said, Bagman and Mr. Weasley, who was innocently affected, turned green instantly.

"It's not that kind of game!" Bagman yelled with a red face, "I just want to bet with Arthur and let him guess who will win the final!"

"So it's just a bet... That's meaningless..."

Usually at school, when everyone plays cards and chess, they occasionally bet on something. Of course, they usually bet on helping to wash socks or hitting the head.

Fish thought Bagman was talking about something similar, so he immediately lost interest.

After that, Bagman stopped talking about the bet and turned to talk to Mr. Weasley about the missing Bertha Jorkins.

After a while, Percy's boss Barty Crouch, who they had talked about before, also appeared here. Percy seemed a little excited. In his words, he seemed to admire Mr. Crouch very much.

It's just a pity that the other party seemed to forget Percy's name and called him "Wetherby".

Percy retreated awkwardly and sat aside with a little loss. The twins sat beside him on the left and right and whispered to comfort him.

"You know what?" Ron whispered in Harry's ear: "Every time I see George and Fred get together with Percy in a friendly manner, I have the illusion that I haven't woken up yet."

Harry ignored Ron. He was thinking about how to talk to Qiu Zhang. It would be even better if he could taste the food made by the other party like Fish...

He is not like Fish, who would dislike the taste of Qiu Zhang's food.

However, until the end of breakfast, Harry did not find a chance to talk to Qiu Zhang, because she, like other girls, has been circling around Fish.

Ginny did not go up to join in the fun, but it's a pity...

Harry can't see other girls at all now.

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In the original book, it is actually unreasonable for Crouch to call Percy "Wetherby". He directly calls Mr. Weasley Arthur. Obviously, the relationship between the two is not to say how close, at least familiar, and the Weasley family is still very famous among pure-blood families. After all, they are pure-blood traitors.

Percy also has the iconic red hair of the Weasley family. Before, it could be said that Crouch didn't know that he was Arthur's child, but it was obviously the Weasley family who came to watch the game. It was outrageous that Crouch could still say that he was wrong.

The book describes Crouch as "a very serious person, his hair is not messy, and he can speak about 150 languages." It is hard to believe that such a person would make such a mistake.

In addition, I just found out that flying carpets are banned in England... It was written before that Professor McGonagall wanted to take the Grangers on a flying carpet... But it doesn't matter, at most they can just ride it abroad.

It's just that "carpets are defined as Muggle handicrafts in the Register of Prohibited Magical Items" so they are banned... Don't wizards use carpets? And later when describing the Quidditch field, it also mentioned that "the stairs are covered with purple-red carpets"...

Maybe it's not allowed to use magic carpets? But compared to carpets, clocks, cars and other things have a shorter history, right? But there are also magic versions, such as the Knight Bus... Isn't this a violation?

If it is set that the company of Flying Broomstick is the one who is causing trouble, it would be more reasonable.

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Thanks to Mr Ruya, Shiqi Ranjue, Tianzheng No.7, Kurorororo, and Shenfeng Wuyu for their rewards.