Drinking black tea calmly at Hogwarts

Everyone came to the empty room on the top of the tower and began to arrange it under Zhang Xu's command.

After seeking Dumbledore's consent early in the morning, Zhang Xu sent back the structure and dimensions of the room. Now the furniture in the box is all custom-made according to the room.

First, he took out a carpet with a shrinking spell cast on it from the box, and after placing the carpet in an empty room, Zhang Xu lifted the shrinking spell on the carpet, and the carpet began to grow bigger, covering the entire room.

Then Zhang Xu took out a shrunken door to replace the original door of the room.

Then Zhang Xu cast a spell on several places on the carpet and the door, the carpet and the door flickered for a while and then went dark.

"George, Fred, say a few words aloud." Zhang Xu said to the twins.

"say what"

"How Loud"

The twins spoke a little louder than usual.

The next moment, the carpet under the twins' feet lit up, and then the twins disappeared.

Harry and the others on the side were a little stunned. Just as they were about to ask questions, the door of the room was opened, and the twins ran in hastily, but within two steps, there was another flash of light, and the two disappeared again.

This time the twins pushed open the door and walked in, talking in voices of different sizes, and running and walking until flashes of light were teleported out of the room again and again.

After several attempts, the twins reached the bottom line of sound and walking speed.

"Xu, it's amazing, how did this happen?" Fred asked.

"You can't Apparate at Hogwarts," said George.

Harry and the others also looked puzzled.

"This carpet and that door are a set of magic items, which can teleport people who are talking and running on the carpet to the outside of the door." Zhang Xu explained to everyone, "This is a small magic item awarded by Professor Dumbledore. privilege, after all, I can't be an administrator in the reading room all day."

Then, Zhang Xu directed everyone to start setting up the reading room.

Harry and Ron were responsible for placing the reduced bookshelves, tables and chairs in the marked places on the carpet, and the twins were responsible for enlarging the placed bookshelves, tables and chairs.

Hermione and Zhang Qiu were responsible for placing the chandeliers and some other furniture.

Zhang Xu is responsible for putting the books on the corresponding bookshelves.

Since the reading room has changed from the original dormitory to the top floor of a tower building with several hundred square meters, the books that Zhang Xu originally brought are not enough to store them.After contacting Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao sent a large number of books together with the furniture in the reading room.

The seven of Zhang Xu worked hard all morning before finishing the arrangement of the entire reading room.

In the circular reading room, the bookshelves form a three-story circle, and there are passages between the bookshelves for people to pass through.

In the middle of the circle surrounded by bookshelves, there are several rows of long tables and matching chairs for readers.

On the outermost wall next to the window, under each window is an elegant seat consisting of a coffee table and a pair of sofas, and the elegant seat is separated from the elegant seat by a screen.

Unlike other rooms in Hogwarts Castle that lacked windows, Zhang Xu asked Dumbledore to open more windows in the room early in the morning, making the whole room brighter.Now every window is decorated with Chinese-style carved wooden windows.Enchanted wooden windows prevent the entry of rain, mist and wind during inclement weather.

On the ceiling of the reading room, there are crystal palace lanterns floating one by one, and these crystal palace lanterns are responsible for providing lighting at night.

On the walls and some spare places, there are ink landscape paintings and flower stands with a pot of orchid-like plants.

Looking at the fruits of his labor all morning, Zhang Xu's friends were stunned.

The entire reading room is decorated in a modern Chinese style. On the basis of retaining the classic and elegant features of traditional Chinese style decoration, it incorporates the concise and bright features of modern decoration.

The tables and chairs are mahogany furniture with simple lines and Chinese charm. Each chair and sofa is equipped with a silk outer cushion.

The magic lacquer screens in the private seats can even isolate the sound from the opposite side.

The carpet with traditional Chinese patterns painted on the floor marks different areas of the reading room with different patterns.

At this moment, Zhang Xu just wants to shout 666 to the designer of this decoration style. Such a low-key, luxurious and connotative design can definitely stun all wizards and wizards in Hogwarts, just like the one around him now.

The same as the six friends.

Fortunately for Zhang Qiu, I have been to Zhang Xu's home several times in recent years, and I am mentally prepared for these decoration styles.

Harry and Hermione, who grew up in the Muggle world, had more or less seen Chinese-style decorations from books and TV, and it didn't take long for them to calm down.

The most surprising thing was that the three Weasley brothers, who had been living in the wizarding world, were stunned with such an expression on their faces.

Zhang Xu clapped his hands and said to everyone: "Everyone, come and rest for a while. Professor Dumbledore will come over later to see that there is no problem. The reading room will be open in the afternoon."

Zhang Xu took the other six people to an elegant seat with the best view outside the window.

This private seat was specially given to him by Zhang Xu, and he also cast a confusion spell. Without Zhang Xu's consent, others would not notice it.

Zhang Xu sat on the sofa at the seat closest to the window, Zhang Qiu sat next to Zhang Xu, and Hermione sat next to Zhang Qiu.

Harry and the other four boys huddled on the sofa opposite the coffee table.

Zhang Xu picked up the display card on the table, clicked on it a few times, a set of tea sets appeared on the table, a matcha cake on a plate appeared in front of each person, and a white tea cake appeared in the middle of the table. Plate Of Cookies.

"Everyone has been busy all morning, you are welcome." Zhang Xu waved his magic wand, and the teapot on the table automatically poured a cup of black tea for everyone, "The reading room is not as strict as the school library. Drink tea and eat snacks in these seats. Everyone can chat louder in these seats, and the screen behind is enchanted, and the sound from the seats will not affect other places."

Zhang Xu took out another piece of paper, wrote the invitation letter inviting Dumbledore to the reading room on it with a pen, and then tapped the paper with his wand, "Professor Dumbledore."

Then the piece of paper folded itself into a thousand paper cranes, and then flew away.

Zhang Xu took out five crystal balls and handed them to the three brothers Harry, Hermione, and Weasley, "This is a crystal ball that can check magic power for you as agreed."

The twin brothers happily took the crystal ball and thanked them repeatedly.

The three of Harry wanted to refuse, but they still accepted under Zhang Xu's insistence.

"Xiao Xu, how did you meet these few friends?" While everyone was having tea and snacks and chatting, Zhang Qiu, who only found out today that Zhang Xu has so many friends from the Lion Academy, asked Zhang Xu.

"Hermione met on the train." Zhang Xu said, "Harry and Ron met in the room before the sorting ceremony."

"As for the pair of Mr. Weasleys." Zhang Xu glared at the twins all morning angrily, "They got involved the day I got rid of Peeves."

At the beginning, Zhang Xu didn't want to specifically strengthen the "plot characters", but the development of the matter did not depend on his own will.

Zhang Qiu is a relative, so there is no way not to know him.

On the first day on the train, Hermione, who couldn't find a seat, got into Zhang Xu's compartment where only Zhang Xu was alone. Zhang Xu didn't recognize Hermione at first, but the two got to know each other after chatting for a while.

Zhang Xu frightened Ron and Harry before the sorting ceremony, and the two remembered Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu has a hobby of going to the library, which he brought from his previous life.He often saw Hermione in the library, and Hermione asked him a lot of magic questions on the train that day, and found that his knowledge was very rich, so Hermione often asked Zhang Xu for advice, and then the two became friends .

After meeting Zhang Xu several times in the library, Harry and Ron found that he was a top student no less than Hermione, so they asked him for homework.But Zhang Xu didn't answer directly, but just suggested which book they should read, and the two found that every time they followed Zhang Xu's suggestion, they could always find the answer to their homework in the book, so they kept asking for advice, and as time went by, everyone became friends.

Neville regarded Zhang Xu as a friend after Zhang Xu helped him find the lost toad on the boat that day, and Zhang Xu felt good about this late blooming wizard, so he made friends with him.

The twin brothers, after hearing that Zhang Xu had dealt with Peeves, took the initiative to ask Zhang Xu for advice on how to deal with Peeves.Naturally, it was impossible for Zhang Xu to tell them about the exorcism talisman, and he only pretended that it was used for a certain magic item.Then the twin brothers sold their prank items to Zhang Xu, and Zhang Xu suggested revisions after reading it, and then the three of them mixed together to study prank magic items and prank spells.The false fire spell that Zhang Xu used on them today was researched by the three of them together.Zhang Xu heard that one day the twin brothers played a big game and "ignited" the entire common room of the Lion Academy, which caused panic among the students. Later, the twin brothers were caught and trained by Professor McGonagall.

Just as Zhang Xu and Zhang Qiu finished talking about their friends, Dumbledore arrived.