Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 102 Alchemy, the Eternal God~
"Haha, old Tom, I'm Ted back again!"

Ted pushed the door open with the shadow of Hu Hansan and smiled at old Tom who was arranging cups at the counter.

"You kid!" Old Tom knew that today was a holiday at Hogwarts, and wondered if Ted would come back to live here. Unexpectedly, he actually did come back.

"What? Are you addicted to living in a cubicle?" Old Tom joked, his face wrinkled.

Ted said with a proud look on his face: "No, this time, give me a top-class room. We are rich now! We can live here permanently!"

"Yo~" Old Tom looked Ted up and down, thinking that he had made great progress in his studies last year.

Although he has grown taller and more mature, he doesn't look like he is rich.

Besides, if you can make money by going to school, what kind of person is that?
"Well, for the sake of our old friendship, I'll give you a 20% discount for permanent residence." Old Tom took a key from a bunch of keys and threw it to Ted, "You know where it is, go there yourself."

Ted took the key, went up to the second floor, and put his luggage in a large sunny room. Then he went downstairs, said hello to Old Tom, and went to the backyard.

He took out his wand and knocked on the bricks on the wall, and Diagon Alley appeared. Well, no one is as mean as my book friend, moving trash cans and building walls.

Ted went to Gringotts first because he needed to exchange some money.

A bald old goblin with white hair carefully examined the gold that Ted took out with a magnifying glass and a scale.

He was a little bit skeptical that Ted could come up with such a small piece of gold. After all, Ted's outfit told others that he was not very rich.

Fairies are creatures that are most accustomed to treating people differently based on their personal preferences.

However, after checking it carefully several times, it was indeed real gold, and its purity was extremely high.

In the end, Ted exchanged 1 ounce (28.3 grams) of gold for 64 Galleons!

A wave of fat!

This is just the gold that Ted converted into brass using alchemy this month, and that’s not all of it, he still has three smaller gold nuggets in his hand!

(The previous content has been changed to 100 grams per month. I apologize. I didn’t do much research when I wrote it before. Nearly 40 kilograms of gold per month is too much. I admit that I didn’t calculate it clearly. I’m sorry, math teacher.)
Just from alchemy, Ted now earns at least 220 Galleons per month!

Alchemy, the eternal god~
But after all, in the original book, Dumbledore offered the unemployed house-elf Dobby a salary of 10 Galleons per week, which means 40 Galleons per month.

The salary of middle and upper-level officials in the Ministry of Magic could reach about 250 Galleons (about 1991 RMB in 12500).

Anyway, at least Ted's daily life is no longer a problem. He even has some extra money to do some magic research.

Ted thought about it and exchanged another 20 Galleons for 100 pounds.

The goblin doing the business was startled: "Are you sure you want to exchange pounds?"

You know, goblins often exchange pounds for Galleons. After all, many young wizards from half-blood or Muggle families need to exchange.

But there are not many people who can exchange gold Galleons for British Pounds, and you may not even encounter it once a year!

"Yes, 100 pounds, thank you. I'm in a hurry."

Old demon: I have never heard of such a request! You can testify for me that he asked me to change it!

Gold for Galleons, Galleons for British Pounds, you get double the profits here!
……

After leaving Gringotts, Ted went to Mr. Giggs' pharmacy.

He still planned to work in Diagon Alley during the holidays.

Before the Christmas holidays last year, Ted and other first-year students signed a treaty with the Ministry of Magic. It was a contract magic. After signing, a "tracing thread" was attached to their wands, which could sense when someone was using magic nearby.

This is a means to restrict young wizards from Muggle families from using magic in the Muggle world and to prevent them from being exposed in the wizarding world.

Now if Ted wants to use magic freely during the holidays, he can only stay in Diagon Alley. There are wizards everywhere here, and the Ministry of Magic cannot determine who is using magic, so it is not illegal.

Those little wizards who come from wizarding families don't have to worry about this because they can blame their parents. But for someone like Hermione, she can't use magic during the holidays.

Although Ted still had to stay in Diagon Alley, he no longer needed to work several part-time jobs.

This time he only worked in Mr. Glass's pharmacy, and the rest of the time he studied and researched magic on his own.

"Hi~ Mr. Giggs, long time no see." Ted pushed the door open and saw Mr. Giggs busy dealing with a lot of different medicinal herbs. June to August is the peak season for the production of various medicinal herbs. Various pharmacies and potion workshops will purchase a large number of medicinal herbs, and then process them for sale in the next year or for personal use.

Many medicinal herbs cannot be picked and used after this period of time and have to wait until next year. Therefore, there are a lot of stocks and the types are very diverse.

When Ted was working part-time last year, he had to learn about seven or eight new medicinal herbs every day. After returning home, he had to memorize information such as the medicinal properties, effects, contraindications, and treatment methods.

Mr. Giggs didn't expect Ted to be of much help at first, but he didn't expect that he turned out to be a "little genius"!
Honestly speaking, if it weren't for the "Memory Palace" and the [Restore Energy (Green)] card, Ted would definitely not have been able to survive that period.

Mr. Giggs looked up and saw that it was Ted who came in, and he immediately smiled: "Oh, kid, you are on vacation? I hope your school life is wonderful enough. By the way, I remember you said in the letter that you were sorted into Ravenclaw, right? That's great, we Ravenclaws are the smartest!"

Yes, Mr. Giggs is also a Ravenclaw graduate.

Ted walked over, rolled up his sleeves skillfully, put on dragon leather gloves, and began to sort the herbs and make simple packages - there were still several steps to be processed afterwards.

Ted adjusted the scale to ensure that the weight of each herb was consistent, then wrapped it in oil paper and put it aside.

"My first year at school was a dream for me. Except for Professor Snape, everything else was perfect," he joked with a grin.

"Oh, Snape! Yes, my God~" Mr. Giggs shrugged, "That guy always has a gloomy look on his face. I can't imagine what he would be like as a professor!"

Mr. Giggs was a few years younger than James Potter, Sirius, and Snape, and had witnessed the struggles between these school icons.

"But I have to say that his level of potions is unquestionable. I even think that in some aspects, he is likely to surpass Professor Slughorn - oh, our Potions Professor, the former Head of Slytherin." Mr. Giggs explained.

If Ted was just a kid about to enter the wizarding world when he was working part-time last year, now he is Mr. Giggs' schoolmate, and from the same school!

The relationship was even more different, and there were more topics to talk about.

Ted complained to him about the outdated Potions textbook, the professor's potions had little practical value, and there was no systematic way to learn them.

Mr. Giggs complained endlessly, saying that his father studied this set of textbooks when he was in school, and it seemed that his son might have to study this set of textbooks as well.

"I'm not saying that Magical Pharmacy and Potions written by Arseny Giger is indeed a good book, but the book was originally published decades ago! Not to mention anything else, it doesn't even record the new medicinal herbs that appeared after the two celestial conjunctions!"

Mr. Giggs fiddled with a bunch of fresh tranquilizing flowers in his hand. "Unfortunately, no one in the wizarding world is writing a new one right now. It's too difficult. Take this tranquilizing flower for example. It's been discovered for 12 years, and six important functions have been discovered one after another."

“Anyone who finds out halfway through writing a book that what he has written is outdated and cannot keep up with the changes will also collapse.”

This situation is like a graduate student studying astronomy who has been studying a star for several years, but halfway through writing his paper, the star explodes! It collapses on the spot!

The herbs were processed for nearly two hours, and the initial packaging was completed at noon. The next step is to carry out preliminary processing and packaging. Then new herbs may be delivered in a few days.

Mr. Giggs looked at the time and said, "Don't leave at noon. Let's have lunch together. It's my treat."

He looked at Ted and said, "It seems that you don't want to stay in the Muggle world during the holidays? Why don't you continue to help me? You know how busy I am now. Sometimes I don't have time to eat dinner, and many commonly used potions are sold out and I don't have time to brew them."

Of course Ted was willing to do so. He also wanted to take advantage of the holiday to learn more about herbs and potions with Mr. Giggs.

Although Mr. Giggs's level is definitely not as good as Snape's, Mr. Giggs is willing to teach!

After lunch and some busy work in the afternoon, Ted said goodbye.

He first went back to the orphanage, met the nanny, and after a long conversation, left 100 pounds.

"Mammy, I'm doing well in school, and I have the opportunity to work and study. This is some of the money I saved, and I hope it can help the orphanage."

The nanny naturally didn't want to accept it. "You already sent a lot of money in the mail for Christmas. You are still young and you still need money in many other places!"

Ted smiled and said, "Mammy, you forgot that I can sing too! I don't plan to stay away from home during this holiday. I will continue to work and sing. Please accept it..."

Thanks to book friend “44422” for the 1500-point reward.

Thanks to the book friend "Worrelt City" for the 2346 points of reward.

Thanks to the book friend "Wish you all a safe life" for the reward of 500.

Thanks to the book friend "The Seeker of the Way in All Heavens and Worlds" for the reward of 100.

Thank you everyone~
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(End of this chapter)