The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 68 Daily Life 2
In the evening, Ada was working on her History of Magic homework at her desk. The professors at Hogwarts always assigned a lot of tasks to the students, especially during holidays.

Whether it is the short Halloween holiday, or the slightly longer Christmas or Easter holidays, students will receive a lot of homework, not to mention the two-month summer vacation.

Before Ada came to the Burrow, the twins pulled their hair while doing their homework. When Ada came here, they were like two hungry chicks, eagerly waiting for Ada, so that they could finally be freed from the heavy schoolwork and no longer waste their lives.

It's just that Ada has to go out to work during the day, so her homework is not as much as the twins. Fred and George don't dare to disturb Ada at night, for fear that they will have nothing to learn from and will have to pull her hair all over again.

While Ada was doing her homework, Ginny was sitting at the table. She was reading Ada's first-grade textbook. Far from finding it boring, Ginny was reading it with great interest.

The textbooks were all bought by Ada at a second-hand store at the beginning of the school year. Some of them were old, but there were no missing pages or blurry places. Moreover, Ada used the books very carefully, so these textbooks were well preserved.

Ada has a habit of taking notes in her books. She writes down what the professors say in class or what she thinks of. This habit enriches the content of Ada's books, which are all the accumulation of "academic masters". These notes can also help Ginny better understand the knowledge in the textbooks.

"What did you do at home during the day?" Ada asked casually while recalling the Goblin War.

Ginny, who was flipping through a book, replied, "My brothers were playing Quidditch in the morning. They didn't play with me, so I could only watch from the side."

She sounded a little lost. The Weasley boys had never taken her to play Quidditch, a sport she loved. There were Quidditch posters of the Holyhead Harpies on the walls of her room.

"It doesn't matter if they don't bring me. I can play secretly by myself. I've been riding their brooms secretly since I was six years old." Ginny whispered, "And no one has noticed."

Ada looked at Ginny in surprise. Stealing the flying broom showed Ginny's determination, and not being discovered showed her ability to act. Was this girl trying to work hard in secret and then surprise everyone?
"Then practice hard, and when the school team is selected, you can slap your stinky brothers in the face." Ada said with a smile, "See if they dare not play with you in the future!"

"Yeah! That's what I thought!" Ginny nodded heavily. She had made this plan since the first day her brothers didn't take her to play Quidditch.

The Weasley family has seven children, and the Quidditch team needs exactly seven players to play. The Weasleys have given birth to a Quidditch team!
If Ron and Ginny could both get into Gryffindor and join the team, would that mean that every position on the Gryffindor Quidditch team had been held by a Weasley child?
"After school starts, Fred and George will participate in Quidditch tryouts. Ginny, you have to do your best too!"

"Well, I will definitely join the team in the future. My dream is to become a professional Quidditch player." Ginny once again expressed her determination.

Ada continued to do her homework while Ginny continued to read. When she had questions, she would ask Ada. The two chatted in the cabin until late at night when they both went to bed.

Ada was very happy in the Burrow. She went to Diagon Alley during the day and returned to the Burrow from there after work. In the evening, she did her homework at home, chatted with the twins, and played with Ginny for a while before going to bed. Her daily schedule was full.

Day after day, July passed in a flash, and Ada received her salary, a total of 30 gold galleons for the two jobs. The salary at Flourish and Blotts was the same as that at the Leaky Cauldron, but Ada spent much more time in the bookstore than in the bar.

Flourish and Blotts Bookstore hired several new assistants at the end of July and was no longer short of staff. Plus, Ada really didn't want to battle wits with the owl every day, so she simply quit her job at the bookstore.

It was the first week of August, and everyone was sitting in the kitchen. Ada now only had a bar job, and she only had to get to the bar at ten o'clock. She didn't have to get up so early and could have breakfast with everyone.

The letter from Hogwarts was also delivered by owl at this time. The envelope was yellow parchment with green words on it. The school seemed to like green very much. Whether it was the admission letter or the notification letter, the words were all written in green ink. The school started on September 1st, and we still took the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross Station to go to school. The letter also listed the new books to be used this year and the items that needed to be prepared.

Ron and Ginny, who didn't receive the letter, could only look at their brothers and sisters with envy. Ada naturally noticed Ginny's expression, so she deliberately put her letter very low so that Ginny could also see it.

As for Ron, he was out of reach and could do nothing to help him. George was not as considerate as Ada.

"Ada, do you know who is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year?" Fred asked Ada, who was sitting opposite him. Working at the Leaky Cauldron, Ada was always more informed, and she would often share some interesting stories from the bar with everyone.

"I don't know. I did run into Hagrid in the bar, but he didn't know who Dumbledore had invited." Ida said, "Hagrid only heard a rumor that the new professor should be an old friend of Dumbledore."

"Dumbledore's friend, wouldn't that mean he must be very old?" George leaned back and said listlessly, "Old people's classes are usually very old-fashioned and boring."

"That's not the case. Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall are not young anymore, but their classes are still quite interesting." Charlie denied Fred's point of view.

"I never feel that any course is boring. Since the courses are offered, they must be meaningful. Since the professors can work at Hogwarts, they must have their own unique insights on the subject..." Percy preached to his twin brother with a serious face.

The twins curled their lips in disapproval and didn't listen to what Percy said at all. Ron and Ginny didn't pay attention to what their third brother said either. In this family, Percy was the one who spoke the least forcefully.

"If it really is an old professor, I'm worried whether he can survive this year." Ada gave her letter to Ginny and asked her to play with it.

Ada's words made everyone nervous about the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor whom they had never met before. The tragedies of the previous school year were still fresh in everyone's mind, and now there was going to be a new victim. This was really not what everyone wanted to see.

The position of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is like the champion of Hogwarts, welcoming challengers one after another. No matter whether these challengers are young or old, the champion will knock them down with a stick without caring, then shake off the dust on his body and wait for the next contestant.

"Fortunately, we don't have much to buy this year." Charlie changed the subject, not wanting to talk about something so serious this morning. He had just read the letters from Percy and Fred, and there was nothing else he needed to buy except books.

The twins' heights haven't changed much since last year, so they can still wear the old robes from last year. Charlie doesn't need new robes either, as he hasn't grown any this year. This year, they only need to buy new robes for Percy, who has grown a little bit, which greatly reduces the pressure on the Weasleys.

Ada also needs to buy a new school gown. She has grown a lot this year, and the length reserved when she bought the gown last year is no longer enough. By the way, she can also pick out a few more nice clothes.

Actually, Ada wanted to buy things for the twins together. She still had a lot of gold galleons left from what she exchanged last year, and her summer vacation salary was not small either. Plus, she still had the gold coins in her small leather bag, so she wasn't so short of money for the time being.

But the twins rejected her proposal directly. If Mrs. Weasley had not allowed it, they would have wanted to go to work with Ada. They couldn't ask Ada for money. Friends didn't do that. As for the flying broom, it was just a joke and no one would take it seriously.

The twins were short of money, but they had their own persistence and bottom line. They were friends with Ada and never wanted anything from her.

(End of this chapter)