Chapter 313 Halloween

"If you have signed the form, come with me. If you haven't signed, don't come." Filch said loudly as he walked towards the students gathered near the castle gate.

Students in third grade and above gathered together happily and followed Filch towards Hogsmeade Station. It is not only the stop for students to get off the bus when they come to school, but also the only way for normal students to get to Hogsmeade.

The first and second grade students do not have the right to go to Hogsmeade to spend the weekend. They can only look at the backs of their seniors and sisters with envy as they leave, and dream hard in their heads about what is known as the only pure wizarding village in the UK. What a charming scenery it has.

Chang Chu and the four others, who were slightly behind because of Lu Ping, followed the end of the crowd and walked towards the outside of the school together.

"What do you think Snape meant by what he said to Professor Lupin just now?" Harry asked the question he had been wanting to ask. "He said Professor Lupine should be in the office at this time, but today is the weekend, right?" ?"

"Who knows?" Ron seemed to be completely away from the school staff's gaze, which made Ron relax. He shrugged and said, "We all know that Snape, that old bat, doesn't like anyone. What's more, he seems to be a natural. We don’t like Professor Lupin, and because of Neville, we watched one of his jokes.”

Ron glanced at the castle behind him and lowered his voice and said, "Maybe Snape is secretly planning how to give Professor Lupin a bottle of poison. He is a super expert at this..."

"Ron, this joke is not funny at all." Hermione said, "No matter how annoying Snape is, he is a professor in the school and the dean of Slytherin House. He would never do such a thing. Things that harm your colleagues.”

"Do you even know this?" Ron snorted and then stopped talking. He was still preparing to save his energy to deal with the candies in Honeydukes Candy Shop!

The little pepper urchin that makes people smoke from the inside of their mouths, the chocolate balls filled with strawberry jelly and cream chunks, the candy bar quill that can be secretly sucked in class, and the juice milk that can make people happy to the heavens. Frozen balls...

After passing through the two terrifying dementors guarding the entrance to the school, the long-awaited students finally arrived at Hogsmeade.

Because it was Halloween Eve, Hogsmeade Village had already been decorated with colorful and gorgeous holiday props. Red ribbons, golden bats, and cheerful music made it a lively scene.

"Harry, are you ready for a big adventure at Honeydukes Candy Shop?" Ron opened his hands in a gesture of celebration like a plane about to take off.

Harry smiled and nodded.

Just when the two boys were about to run away, Hermione suddenly said: "I think it's better for us to keep moving together."

"I think so too." Chang Chu said.

"Even though Harry has come out now, we all know that Sirius Black is still preparing to find him..." Before Hermione could finish her words, she was interrupted rudely by Ron.

"Black is not a fool. Since he escaped from Azkaban with great difficulty, he will never go to Hogsmeade and act rashly." Ron said impatiently.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately saw another store not far away. The sign at the door of the store said "Dewes and Bans Store".

"What store is that?" Ron asked with interest, "Harry, do you want to go and see it together?"

Before Hermione could continue to dissuade her, the two boys rushed to the door of Dewes and Bans store and slipped in.

Then, waves of exclamation and envy came from inside.

The Dewes and Bans store is actually a magic supplies store. This store is located at the end of Hogsmeade Avenue and is almost the first store that students can see.

This store will sell a variety of magic props and equipment to student customers, such as Quidditch match props, looking glasses, memory balls, etc.

Obviously, the only things that could arouse the cheers of the two Quidditch fans, Harry and Ron, were the Quidditch match props.

Chang Chu and Hermione looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"Little Sister, where are you going now?" Hermione brushed her hair that was blown by the cold wind from her forehead, "Would you like to see the Quidditch props in Dewes and Bans stores too?"

"No, there's nothing interesting about those things." Chang Chu shook his head and said, "This store obviously won't display a genuine Firebolt like the Quidditch boutique in Diagon Alley. "

"I want to go to Fengya Wizard Clothing Store first and buy two pairs of thick socks." Chang Chu said.

"This is my first time here, can you show me the way?" Hermione smiled and took Chang Chu's arm.

"No problem!" Chang Chu said, "But it's a pity that there is no bookstore in Hogsmeade. There is only a Literary Quill Store. But I think Hermione, you will also like it. After all, it is a school supplies."

"What about Ron and Harry?" As she passed by, Hermione glanced at the bright interior of Dewes and Bans store.

"We will definitely see them again later." Chang Chu said, "Harry and the others will definitely go to Honeydukes Candy Store and Zuko's Joke Shop."

…

Dusk.

Chang Chu and the four of them returned to Hogwarts from Hogsmeade Village together. The four of them spent almost a day shopping in the village, including Dewes and Bans Magic Supplies Shop, Zuko's Joke Shop, the Three Broomsticks Bar, and the Owl Post Office. … There is a bountiful harvest for almost everyone.

Harry's sweatshirt pockets and Ron's trousers pockets were filled with sweets from Honeydukes Candy Shop, including pepper urchins, chocolate balls, and some free milk fudge samples; Hermione's blue little Inside the satchel was some brand new parchment, a brilliant quill, and in addition, some Furry Tooth mints.

Chang Chu didn't buy anything, only one or two pieces of personal clothing.

But at this moment, the focus of the four people’s conversation was not on this bumper shopping trip, but...

"If you ask me, the Screaming Shack is really disappointing!" Ron said vaguely while chewing milk candy in his mouth. "People also say that the Screaming Shack is a really haunted house. , but it’s just a shack! My warehouse is cleaner than it.”

"That's not what you said before you went in, Ron." Harry reminded him pretending to be "kind", "If I hadn't held your hand, you would have ran out as soon as you were two meters into the door. ”

"Don't do this! Harry!" Ron complained with a blush, then changed the topic and talked about the Halloween party that night.

But when they walked into the auditorium, they realized that just one day had passed and the appearance of the auditorium had completely changed.

On the ceiling of the auditorium, where magic candles were originally floating, were now replaced by hundreds of yellow-lit pumpkin lanterns, and a large group of live bats fluttering in the air. Orange streamers sprayed with illusory flames, like colorful water snakes, float lazily under the ceiling where a storm is brewing.

The food tastes amazing too.

Even Chang Chu, who was already accustomed to Jiajia's cooking, was attracted by the exquisite food presentation and added a little more to each item.

The banquet ended with a show performed by the castle ghosts, who suddenly appeared from the walls, floors, and tables together and formed various formations to perform gliding performances.

What caused the loudest cheers was the beheading experience performed by Nearly Headless Nick and Bloody Barrow. I don’t know how these ghosts persuaded Barrow to come out of the Slytherin dungeon.

But it must have been a thoroughly enjoyable evening! Even Dumbledore, who had not been seen for almost two months, sat happily in the center of the podium.

Definitely much better than last year! Chang Chu thought to himself that at last year's Halloween dinner, they had "enjoyed" a death anniversary dinner on the basement floor that was cold, terrifying, harsh, and unbearable to look back on.