Chapter 21 Hufflepuff plus 1 point

Snape was not distracted by Mikel's sudden bold statement, and he still pointed his gun at Harry.

"Potter." Snape stared at him, "What will I get if I add narcissus root powder to wormwood infusion?"

Harry was stunned for a moment and answered uncertainly: "Professor, I think it is the water of life and death, which can be mixed into a very powerful sleeping pill."

While he was speaking, he couldn't help but glance at Mikel.

Last night, until before falling asleep, Mikel, who slept with him, kept reciting these knowledge points, and he also listened to them many times.

Snape said expressionlessly: "Why are you hesitating? There is no hesitation in the world of potions. If you hesitate for even one second when adding ingredients, the pot of potions will be invalid and Gryffindor will lose one point!"

"Potter, if I asked you to find me a bezoar, where would you look for it?"

Harry answered firmly this time: "Bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a cow. It has a strong detoxifying effect."

"Can you tell me the difference between Aconitum scaphoides and Aconitum wolfsbane?"

"They are all the same plant, collectively called Aconitum."

Professor Snape stared at him closely, like an eagle looking for its prey, refusing to give an inch.

"What is the pus from the baba tuber used to treat, what is its color and smell?"

Hermione and Mikel next to Harry raised their hands so high that they could hardly help but stand up.

When Snape asked a question, they kept raising their hands. They still knew this question!

Harry was stuck for a moment and answered honestly: "I don't know, Professor."

He whispered: "But I think Hermione and Mikel both know the answer. Maybe you can ask them?"

Snape snorted coldly and glanced at the others gloomily like a poisonous snake, "Do you all understand? Why don't you write this down?"

The little wizard immediately took notes in a panic. The sound of a quill rubbing against paper was heard, and Professor Snape turned around and walked away.

"Potter, you have been deducted one point from Gryffindor for contradicting your teacher."

After finishing the theoretical knowledge, let’s move on to hands-on practice.

Professor Snape divided the little wizards into two groups. It seemed that it was all based on their mood, but if you look closely, you will see that a calm student leads a restless student.

Lin Xia was assigned to a group with Neville, the little boy who was looking for toads on the train.

Lin Xia asked him: "How is your toad?"

Neville was a little flattered and stumbled back: "It's very, very good. I was afraid that it would run away, so I kept it in a cage. Thank you for the cage."

Lin Xia said casually: "I think any pet that is disobedient should be replaced in time. It may be that it is not suitable for you."

Neville said hesitantly: "But grandma bought me that."

Lin Xia shook his head: "Is what the elders do necessarily correct? I will teach my parents how to wash vegetables and cook at home!"

Neville fell into thinking. He was still too young to understand what Lin Xia meant, but he felt that what Lin Xia said made sense.

Their first Potions lesson was to prepare a simple potion to treat scabies.

Snape dragged his long black cloak and walked around behind the students. He was very student-minded, especially the Gryffindor students.

Gryffindor was deducted two points for no reason, and Harry received no points for correct answers.

The keen little wizard intuitively sensed that the Potions Professor didn't like them, so he started experimenting and was at a loss.

On the other hand, the Hufflepuff students in the same group looked much calmer. They seemed not to feel Professor Snape's unkindness, and followed the steps in the textbook step by step with rigor and concentration.

"Neville, add 2g of dried nettles. Don't look around and concentrate." A quill and paper floated next to Lin Xia, automatically recording the value she said.

Neville quickly took 2g of dried nettles. After waiting for the value on the scale to be correct, he put the dried nettles aside and went to get the fangs of the crushing snake.

"Neville." Lin Xia's voice came, causing Neville to move.

She said calmly: "Don't worry, read the book. What should we do when we go to get the fangs of the crushing snake?"

Neville subconsciously said: "Put on special gloves."

A trace of annoyance flashed across his face, and he muttered: "I memorized it, but I suddenly forgot it!"

Lin Xia nodded: "It doesn't matter, practice makes perfect. Now go get the gloves. You can try the two fangs first."

Under her guidance, Neville quickly got started.

Although his movements were clumsy and he was basically the only one moving, the speed at which he made the potion allowed him to slowly move in front of the large group.

"Idiot! Do you want to poison yourself? Who told you to touch the fangs without wearing anything? Go and wash your hands!"

"Are you boiling slugs? You can't even tell the difference between dried nettles and slugs. Is Gryffindor's brain just muscle?"

"And you, you even did the first step of igniting the crucible wrong. I thought that as long as you are a human being, you can at least ignite the crucible while reading a book."

Snape activated the viper's roar and attacked the students indiscriminately.

Hufflepuff students are a little better, and at most they can be judged as "no merit, no fault, mediocre and incompetent".

Gryffindor students are basically "possessed by idiots and are hopeless".

Snape stopped in front of Draco and stared at him quietly, and the students around him couldn't help but look over.

Draco's movements were very standard, and his expression was very focused. He didn't look like a novice making potions, but looked like a master who had been tempered for many years.

This is true. His father Lucius is a good potion maker. He usually exchanges letters with Snape about potions.

Lin Xia's potion enlightenment was still started with Draco.

Snape said lightly: "Use the steaming method to deal with slugs with tentacles. I don't ask you to be as perfect as him, but at least don't be timid when dealing with it. You are the controller of the potion, not afraid of it."

Suddenly, a loud hissing sound was heard, and a puff of acidic green smoke came out of a bottle of potion in the underground classroom.

And the owners of the potion, Ron and Seamus from Gryffindor, were busy covering the mouth of the crucible with a lid, hoping to suppress the smoke.

"Idiot! Take your hands away! You must have put the porcupine quills in without taking the pot off the fire. The smoke is poisonous!"

Ron was so scared that his hands trembled. Just as the lid was about to hit the crucible, a crisp spell rang out: "Wingardium Leviosa."

It was Lin Xia who took action!

She used a levitation spell to float the lid so that the suspicious liquid in the crucible would not splash out. She walked quickly to Ron's side and took out a tube of sulfur ointment from her pocket, "Try to apply it."

Ron's neck and arms had red and swollen scabies, which were caused by long contact with thick smoke.

He immediately squeezed out the yellow paste and applied it on his arms. It was cool and had a smell of rotten eggs.

Snape looked at Lin Xia from top to bottom with a critical eye. He remembered that Lin Xia was one of the few students in Hufflepuff who could cast spells without a wand.

"Lin Xia."

He pronounced her name accurately and asked in an arrogant and harsh voice: "What medicine did you give him? Although scabies is very common, using the wrong medicine will aggravate the condition. I don't want him to go to class with an ugly swelling."

"It's an ointment made of sulfur, professor." Lin Xia answered calmly.

Snape said expressionlessly: "Sulfur is acidic, warm and poisonous."

Ron's heart trembled slightly with every word he said.

Snape glanced at Ron, "It can be used to prevent and control pests and diseases, disinfect and sterilize, and relieve diarrhea. The best thing about you is that you have a reliable friend."

He turned and left, his voice echoing in the air: "Timely treatment, Hufflepuff plus 1 point, now, get out of class is over."