Chapter 4103 4105【Examination Season】
After returning to Hogwarts, Xiang Nan returned to the great cause of studying and brewing medicine.
Because of the pure gold automatic stirring crucible, his medicine boiling efficiency increased by more than 50%, which also greatly increased his output and naturally increased his income.
I used to earn about ten galleons a day, but now I can earn fifteen galleons a day, and my income has increased significantly.
Moreover, Xiang Nan contacted his family almost every day, asking Eileen about Tobia's current situation and whether he had made the same mistake again and drank too much.
Because he knows that once you get addicted to alcohol, it is not so easy to get rid of it. When a person is used to lying down alone, it is not easy to cheer up.
Therefore, he was worried that Tobias would not be able to cheer up for a few days before he started to fall back on his old ways.
Fortunately, Eileen's reply made him calm down.
These days, Tobia is running the bar with all his heart. The business of the bar is also pretty good, with regular customers coming to support us. After deducting costs, we can earn twenty or thirty pounds a night, which is considered a very good income.
Together with Eileen and her son brewing potions, the family's monthly income can reach 4,000 pounds.
And with an annual income of 50,000 pounds, in the UK in the 1970s, not only the middle class, but also the rich could barely reach the edge.
So Tobia Snape is very satisfied now, and his relationship with his wife and son has also been greatly improved.
This also made Xiang Nan very happy.
As the saying goes, I would rather drink porridge to open my eyebrows than eat rice to frown. Everyone hopes that the family can be harmonious and reunited, even Snape.
Otherwise, why would he return to the old house in Spider End Lane every holiday? After all, with his income, buying a new house of his own is not a problem at all.
Come May, the last Quidditch match will be between Slytherin and Hufflepuff to determine the champion and runner-up.
Xiang Nan also prepared a cheering banner for Hufflepuff.
He drew a lifelike and naive badger on the banner, and wrote the words "Badger Courtyard Must Win~" next to it.
The students from the four major houses of Hogwarts, except Slytherin, also cheered for Hufflepuff.
Because Slytherin College has always advocated "pure blood supremacy", the students it accepts are basically pure blood and mixed blood, and there are very few wizards of Muggle origin.
Therefore, the college and the students choose and influence each other, making racism prevalent in the Snake College, often attacking and bullying other colleges.
As a result, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students all sided with Hufflepuff, cheering for them and shouting loudly.
But even so, Hufflepuff ultimately lost the game, and Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup, thus earning one hundred and fifty points for the House Cup.
Seeing the students from Slytherin House celebrating, many students from the other three houses were depressed for several days.
However, the students did not remain depressed for long, because as the Quidditch season ended, the school soon ushered in the exam season.
In June, each grade will begin taking exams.
First-year and second-year students have to take seven subjects including Potions, Herbology, Charms, Astrology, Transfiguration, History of Magic, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Students in third grade and above must take three elective courses, including Divination, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, Care of Magical Creatures, etc.
Fifth-grade students take the owls ordinary wizard level exam, while seventh-grade students take the NEWT advanced wizard level exam.
So entering the exam season, the atmosphere in the entire school became very tense.
Everyone is busy reviewing and trying to get a good score. Otherwise, you will be in trouble if you repeat a grade. Therefore, the library, which had never seen many people in the past, was suddenly filled with people.
In the dining hall, corridors, dormitories, and common rooms, you can see people holding books and reading. It can be said that everyone is forgetting about food and sleep, racking their brains, and just regretting that twenty-four hours a day is not enough.
"Oh, did we really learn how to make sore-removing medicine? Why don't I remember it?"
"What is the principle of the transformation spell? Why have I forgotten it again?"
"What spell should be used to deal with the resurrected corpse?"
“What are the three uses of thorn grass?”
Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others are all worried about the upcoming exams and feel that their brains are not enough. I can't even remember the knowledge I obviously learned.
Xiang Nan is not worried about the upcoming exam at all. He knows every subject well, whether it is theory or practical practice.
So not only did he not panic, but he keenly discovered business opportunities.
He then brewed a large amount of intelligence-enhancing potions and sold them in the school.
Intelligence-enhancing potions can improve people's intelligence, memory and analytical skills in a short period of time. For students who usually don't study, cram for exams, and are busy preparing for exams, this is simply a gift from God.
Therefore, there was no need to worry about selling these potions. They were all sold out as soon as they were launched, and demand simply exceeded supply.
Normally he sells it to Adam Giggs for a three-silver bottle of Sickles, but now people are clamoring for a four-silver bottle of Sickles. It was even more popular than the fiery potion he brewed at the beginning of the year.
After all, the fiery potion is not strictly needed, but the intelligence-enhancing potion is directly related to the final exam results.
Therefore, with just one potion, Xiang Nan made a small profit of 400 gold galleons in just over a month. It can be said that he made a huge fortune.
In June, the exam season officially begins.
The Charms class tests the definitions and principles of three spells; the Transfiguration class tests Gamp's law of transformation and the five exceptions; the Potions class tests the formulas and efficacy of three potions; the Herbal Medicine class tests the cultivation and efficacy of three herbs...
Students have to answer questions with school-issued quill pens in a hot and stuffy examination room. This quill is cast with an anti-cheating spell, which can effectively prevent cheating.
Although Xiang Nan had absolute confidence in himself, he did not take any exam carelessly but answered seriously. And he knew all the answers clearly, so there was no problem at all.
The teacher in charge of invigilating the exam could not help but nod in approval every time he passed by his seat.
After the written test there is practical practice.
During the Charms practical exam, Professor Flitwick asked them to walk into the classroom one by one to see if they could make a pineapple tap dance across a desk.
This is actually a test of their mastery of the floating spell.
Xiang Nan was very familiar with this spell. Not only did he make Pineapple tap dance across the desk, he also cast the spell without a wand and silently, which shocked Professor Flitwick.
Because wandless and silent spellcasting are advanced spellcasting skills, it is really remarkable that Xiang Nan can master them skillfully.
Professor McGonagall watched as they turned a mouse into a snuff box...the more beautiful the box, the higher the score; if there were still mouse whiskers on the box, points would be deducted.
Not only did Xiang Nan turn the mouse into a snuff box, but the snuff box was also very exquisite. It not only had beautiful carving patterns, but was also inlaid with two rubies and tiny mother-of-pearl.
His performance made Professor McGonagall very satisfied.
Chapter end
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