Hermione woke feeling sore and still exhausted despite her good night's sleep. She had so much more respect for mothers, not that she hadn't before but she hadn't truly lived it before.
They had a full day yesterday.
Spending nearly the whole day exploring the zoo and still they didn't finish even half of it.
The kiddos were bundles of unending energy until they all suddenly dropped. Hermione had to buy a stroller from the zoo, quite pricey, so she could take them all home with two in her arms and three in the long stroller. Thank goodness for lightweight charms.
After tucking them all in bed after changing them into PJs she nearly didn't make it to her bed before collapsing in a dead sleep.
When she woke at 9am grateful to smell breakfast already wafting towards her, the house elves were going to spoil her, she knew she had to show the space and the elves to the kiddos. She needed to go out and shop and she wouldn't leave them home by themselves.
Once she got the five children seated at the breakfast table she decided to approach the subject.
"I need to go out today and do some shopping. I won't be able to bring you but..."
Several voices all collided as they refused to let her go.
"I won't leave you on your own." Her voice was firm, "But I'll need to carry many things and even if we had the leads like yesterday it would be too much. Now..." She smiled, "I had yet to tell you about the house elves that used to live in the old magic school but..."
"Mama where did your necklace go?" Wen Mo pointed out.
With this she showed each child her new mark and what happened. "And when I got to the house who should greet me but all the house elves I'd once made friends with."
Wide dark amber eyes looked at her in surprise and she knew despite their vast imaginations it would take a demonstration for them to believe her.
"Mipsy." With a pop and her children's squeals of excitement as they looked at the little house elf in a pretty maid's outfit who looked at them with wide blue eyes, her ears flopping in excitement.
"Mipsy gets to meet Missy Hermione's babies?"
Hermione smiled at her.
"Wen Mo is the eldest."
Wen Mo nodded his wavy dark brown haired head toward Mipsy, "You can call me Miro. Mama gave us other names like her old name."
Mipsy nodded, "Heir Miro."
Dark brown eyes looked in awe at Mipsy as I pointed to the next child, "Wen Hang."
"Hugo!" Wen Hang piped up, "Please!"
Hermione followed through naming each child with the Wen surname only for them to pipe up their new names.
"Mipsy do you think you could take the children to the space, show them their rooms and playroom. Also make sure to take care they don't get into any trouble."
Mipsy nodded her head up and down her ears flopping, "Wese keep the young ones safe." She tilted her head to the side, "I can give them a mark like yours so they can always go in but Missy Hermione would only get them out?"
Hermione nodded "A tiny shield that looks like a birthmark. How does that sound little ones." She got five agreements. "Alright show Mipsy where you want it on your body."
Miro, Beatrice and Aiden asked for it on their heart. Hugo and Felix wanted theirs where Hermione had hers. The marks were weren't noticeable unless you knew where to look which Hermione was grateful for. If not for their safety she wouldn't have acquiesced to the idea.
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When Hermione was finally able to leave her children she felt confident they were in good hands. She loved seeing their bright reactions to the space and the house elves. She sighed, now for the tedious work of getting more supplies. One of the same day deliveries she had got first thing in the morning was organization storage shelves and a label maker. She could not have a space unorganized even if she could just think of the item and for it to appear.
Apparating to the coordinates of where her warehouse was, she entered after getting the key from the yard's foreman. Entering she was happy to see the shelves assembled as she'd paid the delivery people to do so, it was extra but worth it. Quickly she waved her hand over the shelving units and saw in her mind's eye as they appeared inside the warehouse. Going through the non-perishables she got she put them in the sections she set aside in the warehouse in the space.
Having done some research that morning she apparated next to the farm she had found out had the most integrity. Having emailed them she'd be buy to look over their seed options and order a delivery, they were expecting her when she dropped her notice-me-not and strode down their dirt road.
"Hello." A gentle looking middle aged man greeted her, full farmer garb including a straw hat. The old man gave her a tour of the farm and she smiled at his passion for his land.
"I think I'll keep to our original deal. 100 packets of all your available seeds, please." She flicked a card to him with the name of the foreman of the warehouse yard and her warehouse number. "Please deliver them to this warehouse at your earliest convenience."
"If you need livestock for your agriculture project. I have a friend down the road who has quite the variety."
Hermione's eyes shone, just what she needed, and soon enough after paying via her phone (about 11k yuan) she was riding the farmer's tractor over to his friend's farm.
From the old gentleman from the farm she bought five hens, two roosters, a flock of ducks, geese, sheep and school of fish. Which came to just about 1k yuan.
After leaving there she informed several house elves they'd have to put on glamors and receive the livestock at the warehouse before transporting them to the pens, hutches and pond in the space. Hermione made a brief stop at the playroom giving each of her children a kiss on the forehead before heading off to her next location. She made a list on her phone of items she would have to buy later that night online to be delivered to the warehouse.
Next up, she needed to scout out the apothecaries. With the limited magic in the world she found herself she still hoped she'd find one with ancient magic running through it.
