Chapter 70: Experts Use a Pole, While Novices Set up Stalls

Before the Christmas holiday, Hogwarts had a heavy snowfall.

The entire castle was covered with thick snow, turning it into a glass world. Even the surface of the Black Lake was covered with thick ice, becoming a ski resort for the little wizards.

On weekdays, the giant squid, which likes to float on the water and spray water, had to dive into the water, lie on the ceiling of the Slytherin common room, and knock hard with its tentacles, signaling them to help break the ice.

The little wizards of Slytherin were very scared when they saw the giant squid, worrying that it would break the glass on the ceiling and cause the Black Lake to flood the entire lounge.

The students of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw also have their own troubles. The snow scenery on the top of the tower is indeed very beautiful, but it can't be eaten as a meal.

Every day, they have to leave the warm lounge, endure the biting cold wind, walk from the eighth floor to the auditorium, and fight wits and courage with the moving stairs every day.

Eating breakfast, the chicks are frozen.

The Hufflepuff common room is different. It is sunny and close to the kitchen, so you can eat hot meals without leaving your home.

What is the superiority of the common room? ! (Tactical retreat)

Hufflepuff College looks inconspicuous and ordinary on weekdays, but it actually has the most comfortable common room among the four colleges.

What Gryffindor Tower has a good view and scenery, what Slytherin Black Lake Lake View Room can watch fish... It's useless, being close to the kitchen is the truth.

Therefore, a good college, just like choosing a university, the first thing to consider is the dormitory... That's where you will spend the most time in the next few years!

The heavy snow turned the earth into a white expanse, and it still refused to stop pouring, which also caused problems for commuting.

The stone steps were covered with thick snow, and Filch had no time to clean it up, and the road was soon flooded again.

The Weasley twins and Peeves placed traps under the snow, and they would slip if they stepped on them accidentally.

Many students were tricked, even Professor Snape fell twice. Harry and Ron accidentally passed by and were identified as trap setters by Snape, who deducted seven points from Gryffindor.

It's not that Snape didn't want to deduct more points, but with his unremitting efforts, Gryffindor's house points have bottomed out, only eight points... Leaving one point is to give Professor McGonagall face, after all, they are in the same school, and they will meet each other when they look up.

As the semester draws to a close, the professors don't give lectures much.

Professor Flitwick showed everyone the duel championship trophy he won when he was young, and asked several young wizards to compete with him with the magic they learned this semester.

Although it was just a performance, the students also found it very interesting.

Professor McGonagall taught the young wizards how to make the snowman move, and she also made a bunch of snowmen and let them attack each other.

Without the "stone pier", McGonagall could only use the snowman to get excited.

No one wanted to attend Snape's class because he didn't even light a fireplace. The classroom was as cold as a morgue. Students could only squeeze around the crucible and keep warm with hot soup.

In Professor Sprout's herbology class, she taught students to pick a magical plant called Fiery Pepper. After eating this pepper, the whole body will be warm.

But the sequelae are also obvious. The next day, you will become a person with anal fissures, and your butt will be burning and painful, as if you have hemorrhoids.

With the last day of the semester, the decorations in the castle have also changed again:

The walls of the hall are covered with hanging flower ribbons composed of holly and mistletoe, and twelve towering Christmas trees are erected in various parts of the room, with sparkling small icicles and flickering candles hanging on the trees.

All students are nestled in the warm lounge, waiting for the dinner to start, and then take the train home the next day.

Hermione took a list and searched for magic books in the library. This was her little pastime when she went home during the holidays. After Rolf and others helped her find the books, they were also a little bored.

Rolf suggested going to Black Lake for winter fishing.

As the saying goes, fishing without baiting is a waste of time.

Rolf rubbed the prepared bait in a basin, added a handful of snow water from time to time, and finally took out a bottle of strong smelling potion and poured it into the bait.

Neville carried the ice pick brought from the greenhouse and laboriously chiseled a big hole in the ice surface. Rolf poured all the bait into the lake.

Shirley and Hermione brought a pile of firewood from a distance and lit a bonfire on the thick ice surface, which could be used for heating and roasting fish.

After the baiting was finished, Rolf took out four fishing rods and the bait made by the sad worm. After hanging the hook, he started to cast the rod and fish.

The other three were novices and could only follow suit. In the end, the four of them sat around the big hole, roasting the fire while fishing, and chatting.

"Shirley, come to my house on Christmas. You are the only one in the castle." Hermione invited.

Among the four of them, only Shirley did not go back for the Christmas holiday and remained in Hogwarts.

"Hermione, let's go later, forget about this time." Shirley shook her head and declined: "Don't worry about me, Professor McGonagall has a house in Hogsmeade Village, it's very close anyway, I can go to her house as a guest."

Neville stared at the fishing rod, and Leif hid in his scarf. He didn't know if it was too cold or his ADHD was indeed cured by Rolf, and he didn't like to move much recently.

Neville cast and raised the rod several times, but the rod was empty. He scratched his hair and asked:

"Rolf, my technique is also fine, is it the problem of the fishing rod?"

Here it comes, the classic weird fishing rod...Rolf, as an old hand, smiled and comforted: "Experts have one rod, and novices set up stalls. Fishing requires patience."

Rolf continued to teach Neville his fishing experience. Although he had not caught a fish until now, he was so confident.

"Rolf, are you going back to Romania's Fire Dragon Sanctuary for your vacation?" Hermione asked curiously.

"I went to Albania, and my grandfather is still there." Rolf shook his head.

Newt had been in the Albanian forest for half a year, and it was time for Rove to see what he was doing.

But this is also Newt's style. Rove heard from his grandma Tina that Newt went to the Brazilian rainforest just a week after they got married and stayed for more than half a year before returning.

"Then how should I send you your Christmas gift?" Shirley looked up and asked softly. "I remember you said that you didn't even receive the admission notice."

"You can send it to Fox, and then ask Fox to give it to me." Luofu was already prepared. He reminded: "By the way, be sure to write clearly that it is for me, otherwise Fox will think it is a gift for him."

"..."

"Oh, I'm hooked!" Luof suddenly felt the fishing rod sinking, and he said excitedly: "It must be a big fish this time, and it's struggling hard. Neville, get the stick ready!"

Rolf dragged him backwards, Shirley and Hermione grabbed the corners of the boy's clothes, and the three of them dragged him backwards together.

The fish was dragged to the surface, Hermione and Shirley fell backwards and fell into the snow, and Rolf fell on top of the two little girls.

But the one who was hooked was not a big fish, but a mermaid with long, disheveled dark green hair, and a pebble strung with a thick rope around his neck.

Neville hit him with his stick and knocked the mermaid unconscious.

Several people looked at each other. Luofu checked that the mermaid was still breathing, then quickly threw it back into the black lake and shouted:

"Run!"

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(Thanks to the big guys of "Human Splitting Horse", "April Misu" and "Huang Yan Jiuyou" for their rewards.)