Chapter 177 Dinner Time
At seven o'clock, it's time for dinner.
The two tables creaked under the weight of the delicious dishes prepared by Mrs. Weasley.
Jian Yu finally felt happy.
Compared with the food at Hogwarts, this is like heaven and earth!
At least the fishy smell of the meat was gone, which made her unable to resist eating one more piece of steak.
Percy's mind seemed to no longer be on food; perhaps his mind was already filled with standardized quality management.
"Eat more, Jade."
Mrs. Weasley lovingly scooped another piece of pie onto her plate, which was already piled high with food.
"I'm so sorry, we don't have enough rooms, so you and Ginny can only squeeze in -"
Their conversation brought Percy back to his mind. After a long chat, he had already unilaterally accepted Jian Yu as his close friend.
What's more, she is a mutual friend of him and Penelope!
In one afternoon, he even revealed when he planned to propose to Penelope!
Not enough room to sleep? His room can definitely be vacated!
"It doesn't matter, Mom." He said seriously, "My room can be vacated for Ginny to live in. I will live in the study on the second floor, and let Jade sleep in Ginny's room. Anyway, my Crucible Report and Standardization Initiative Documents-"
Ginny covered his mouth tightly on the spot, and she looked like she was going to eat someone.
Her mood was one of despair.
Are all the Weasley boys, from Percy to Ron, wooden?
Especially Percy, with such an EQ of selling girls for fame, how did he get a girlfriend?
Fortunately, Mr. Weasley rescued Percy who was almost suffocated in time.
"How's your Crucible report going?"
Percy's eyes lit up and he immediately started talking:
"Jade has supported me a lot, and I already have an idea. Starting today, as long as I don't sleep, I can finish it ahead of schedule next Tuesday."
"I think Mr. Crouch will be very satisfied with the efficiency, especially since there are so many things going on recently and our department is busy preparing for the World Cup."
"We are not getting the support we need from the Department of Magical Games and Sports. Ludo Bagman..."
After Mr. Weasley expressed his fondness for Ludo Bagman, Head of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports, Percy responded with disapproval:
"Okay, but he's no match for Mr. Crouch - he didn't even send anyone to look for his people. Bertha Jorkins has been missing in Albania for more than a month! If it happened in our department, Mr. Crouch would definitely investigate..."
They complained for a while about Bertha's bad memory.
"Ludo got me some really good tickets, but for some reason... there are an unusually large number of people going to the game at Hogwarts this year."
"He said that many people are clamoring to include Quidditch in the game. I really don't understand it. Isn't it Quidditch that we watch?"
Although Mr. Weasley was puzzled by this, he continued:
"So I didn't get many tickets, only five. Luckily I asked someone to keep five tickets for me, but I had to pay for them."
Now Jian Yu's extra tickets finally found a use.
She wanted to return the extra tickets, but was refused and told that they could be given to people in need.
But her friends all apparently already had tickets, and the only people left were those who were not interested.
So she only gave away one ticket, which was for Hermione.
The Weasleys, young and old, stared in amazement as she pulled seven or eight tickets from her pocket.
"This...this..." Mr. Weasley stared at the five tickets she stuffed into his hand, "How is this possible?"
He quickly reached into his wallet and tried to give her the gold galleons.
"No, you're too polite." Jian Yu had a plan in mind, intending to solve the problem of her partner's choice between taking the civil service exam and starting a business. "I think you may also know that Fred and George, we are working on a project together."
"If it works, we can say that we will make a fortune every day. I'm afraid that retailers all over the UK will have to buy goods from our store."
"These tickets are just a small amount of money, an advance dividend from our partners."
Mr. Weasley was so shocked that he dropped his wallet.
And Mrs. Weasley's spatula plopped into the pot.
"The two of them? The Magic Trick Shop? All over the UK?" she asked incredulously. "How is it possible? There are more owls flying from Hogwarts to complain than all the others combined - if they don't mend their ways, they will definitely be sent to the Improper Use of Magic Office in the end -"
"Oh - Mum -" Fred and George complained in unison, "Do you really want to see your sons arrested and imprisoned?"
Fred wiped away the non-existent tears and choked up:
"We never thought that our mother would want to meet us in Azkaban."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Weasley roared, "Don't let me hear you make a sound!"
"Oh, ma'am, I think you've wronged them." Jian Yu continued to comfort her, "In fact, the two brands that are still competitive in the joke shop, Zuko and Jumping and Playing, have begun to go downhill. You know, their products have not been updated for too long--"
"But we are different. Our products, such as fake magic wands, have fully demonstrated their competitiveness in school. They have crushed the joke products on the market. According to calculations, if we can successfully open a store, we can completely seize the market in this industry."
Mrs. Weasley stared.
"Fred and George are extremely talented in developing joke products and have great business sense. We have chosen a good store location—"
Mrs. Weasley's shocked eyes darted between the twins, as if she were recognizing her twin sons for the first time.
"Is this... is this true?" She felt dazed. "This is the first time I've heard of this. Someone actually praised them... Merlin..."
She threw down the spatula, sat down on the chair, and wiped her eyes:
"All the news coming from school is bad news...bad OWL grades...students and professors are flooding the Burrow with complaints...getting into trouble in every possible way..."
"I thought they couldn't graduate... In this situation... Who would want them to work? I'm afraid they won't be able to support themselves—"
George tapped his fork on the plate in dissatisfaction:
"Mom, we said, this is our dream since we were little."
"Shut up!" Mrs. Weasley roared again, "Don't make me whip you in front of Jade--!"
Mr. Weasley put his arm around her shoulders and spoke soothing words to her.
After a while, she recovered, wiped her face, and smiled at Jian Yu:
"Thank you, dear. You look so thin, I have to add two more dishes for you——"
She touched Jian Yu's cheek with her warm big hand and ran into the kitchen.
Soon, Jian Yu's plate was almost stacked up to her head.
She experienced the feeling of food lodged in her throat for the first time in England.
She choked and rolled her eyes.
Fortunately, Fred and George saved her from their mother's roar of "Don't snatch food from little girls".
She avoided the fate of being starved to death.
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