Chapter 348 Welcome To Version 1.5 Of Hogwarts

The empty land beside the Black Lake of Hogwarts belongs to the "orchard" reserve of Slytherin House.

"This is what servants and house-elves do, not students. I thought we would simply wave wands at most and then supervise the work of the house-elves."

A tall, slim Slytherin boy looked angrily at Snape, gesticulating with his arms and protesting loudly.

Just now, Snape once again demonstrated to them how to bury the seeds in the ground, the correct operational process.

Magic is not all-powerful. To ensure that the plants do not fall during the process of using magic to accelerate plant growth, they must walk on the wet mud and bury the seeds in the soil, at least for the young wizards, this step is inevitable.

"Unfortunately, if you still want to stay at Hogwarts, you must do these things. Or perhaps you should think about it next time before wasting food? It's wrongful behavior, isn't it?..."

Snape, who was standing in the mud, straightened up and looked at the boy with a displeased look, gently narrowing his eyes.

"Mr. Timorozil... are you implying that I am also a house-elf or a servant?"

"No, Professor, I definitely do not want to offend you. I mean, Hogwarts doesn't have that many house-elves..."

In the face of Professor Snape's icy gaze, Timo Rozier involuntarily shuddered. His anger and discontent faded like a bucket of cold water.

Suddenly, he remembered some rumors about Professor Snape that he had accidentally overheard while talking to his elders. It was said that Professor Snape used to be a good assistant to a mysterious man, Brido, before becoming a teacher at Hogwarts.

"Huh, maybe you should write to your family and send a house-elf to serve you 24 hours a day, shouldn't you?"

Snape couldn't help but snort, looking at the young wizards surrounding him and said mercilessly.

"If there is anyone else who believes they were born to be superior, or there is something wrong with farming, then they can go back to the castle to pack up and leave. If they believe that everything can be done by house-elves, then it seems unnecessary to continue studying magic here, isn't that right?"

A very ugly expression appeared on Timorozil's face, and it seemed like he couldn't contain himself and would explode at the next moment.

But when his eyes met Snape's impassive face, his lips trembled slightly, and then he involuntarily lowered his gaze, like a piece of wood.

"Very well, I don't want to hear the same complaint."

Snape nodded, looked at the faces of the students around him, pulled out a long scroll of parchment from his wizard robe, and continued, "This is the list of varieties that the school has provided for you. There are a total of 113 plant species. Since you may not be familiar with some of these plants, some will come with a brief introduction."

Indeed, according to statistics, unless it is a long-term botanical research or extreme survival enthusiasts, most people cannot accurately identify more than fifty species of wild plants.

After all, the other goal of the "Agriculture at Hogwarts" activity is to strengthen the knowledge of some non-magical edible vegetables for the young wizards, at least to know what is edible and try to avoid the embarrassing situation of all classes being affected by poisonous mushrooms.

You should know that, to increase fun and popular science, Elena also noted the nicknames of some relatively unpopular plants in the non-magical world, so that the young wizards can choose and remember better.

For example, "The King of Fruits in Southeast Asia, the Durian", "The Choice of Strong Men, the Leek", "The Oldest Seasonal Item, the Mustard", "Indian Hellfire, the Devil's Chili", "King of Herbs, Fish Herb", "Obese Killer, the Bitter Melon"...

As the ignorant is courageous, Elena believes that with the help of interesting and seductive tags, the common-sense lacking young wizards will definitely have the courage to plant boldly and cultivate knowledge. Once they plant them, will they refuse to eat them? Don't forget that wasting food will prolong the growing time.

"Jema Farley, this scroll of parchment is for you. Before noon today, tell me the final list you have decided."

Severus Snape rolled the list in his hand and handed it to the Slytherin girl with the badge in her right hand. He paused, his fingers resting in the mud behind him.

"Also, I hope that by today, you have sown the prescribed quota of wheat and lettuce. If you don't want to see bread and vegetables on the tables of the other houses next week, guzzle them down."

"Now... let's begin."

After finishing speaking, Snape walked towards the "orchard" with his arms crossed, silently observing as the young wizards of Slytherin began to discuss and assign tasks. This was also the final discussion of the four heads and Dumbledore. It was decided that throughout the process, they would only be used for supervision and guidance, the rest should be left to the students.

Though still somewhat reluctant, under Snape's gaze, the young Slytherin wizards hesitated for a moment and then obediently gathered together, beginning to discuss quietly which plants they should grow.

The first things that naturally caught their attention were those plants with the nickname "king" or "the oldest". After all, besides potatoes, lettuce, and wheat, they really didn't know many vegetables.

The vegetables whose names are so common at first glance naturally are not a choice that the noble Slytherin should have.

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Compared to Slytherin House and Gryffindor House, the choice of the other two houses is clearly much simpler.

Hufflepuff House, which is close to nature, has a large number of people and has a talent bonus. Faced with this problem, they reached a unified conclusion in less than five minutes. They will simply follow the previous setup of the Hogwarts orchard. The vegetables can be planted as they are.

As the most knowledgeable professor in all of Hogwarts, Professor Sprout naturally chose the most comfortable land for the children of her school. The original vegetable garden of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry remained unchanged, only shifting from the care of house-elves to the care of young wizards.

The Ravenclaw House, on the other hand, is quite a spectacle.

As I mentioned before, Ravenclaw is almost exclusively for girls. When the entire academy gathers to initiate a discussion, it's clearly visible that ten or more poor little children are sprinkled in it, not daring to speak up. Although for them, could this perhaps be another form of happiness?

Due to the majority being girls, the young wizards of Ravenclaw didn't show much interest in the cultivation of vegetables and staple foods. They paid more attention to the fruits at the bottom of the list. You should know that compared to the abundant dinner dishes, the supply of fruits before Hogwarts has always been a relatively poor link, usually only apples, tomatoes, pumpkins...

Now that they have the opportunity to come into contact with various fruits, it will naturally provide the young wizards of Ravenclaw with dreamlike happiness. Even Professor Flivi had to reduce a part of the original participation of wheat and lettuce to accommodate the different fruit trees that the children want to plant.

Yes, in a way, it's slightly similar to Gryffindor House, except that the potato is replaced by the broad category of fruits. The ground under the Ravenclaw Tower is no longer a vegetable garden. It would be more appropriate to say that it is an orchard.

In this way, this historic magical castle unknowingly entered version 1.5 of Hogwarts, officially opening the long and happy life of the magical Hogwarts farm.

Neither the wizards nor the professors realized at that time how much this would mean...

Oh ~ Chapter 1 ~

Today I only went to read novels, so there is only one chapter ~ Current progress (2/23)

I recommend "The Master of the Elves", Ibrahimovic is super cute, almost adorable!

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