In such weather, the nearest hotel was already full of people, and even the prices were rising rapidly.
She had to temporarily change to a second hotel, then a third... She couldn't remember how far she had walked. If she hadn't mastered the Warming Charm before the holiday started, she might have lost all her money before she even found a hotel.
Buried in this snowdrift.
Fortunately, the fourth hotel finally had a room left.
only……
The young girl in charge of registration at the hotel looked very embarrassed: "The heating in the room is broken and there is no hot water."
To be honest, this is not good news. Because no matter how convenient magic is, you still need to consume magic power yourself. But Lin An just looked very disappointed, and then asked: "Then... such a room needs to be closed normally."
Is it free?"
The other party hesitated——
Although all hotels have increased their prices, this room has no heating, and the boss has already put it up for repairs.
In other words, this is an unregistered room.
The young girl rolled her eyes, and soon her heart began to stir.
Lin An looked him up and down, then lowered his voice and leaned over: "Well, I won't register the information, you just need to quietly let me in. I want to stay for three days, one pound, do you think that's okay?"
One pound is the price of sixty eggs in London today, which is really not worth mentioning.
Sure enough, the girl was ecstatic at first, then looked around anxiously, and then said: "One pound a night!"
Their normal room costs five pounds.
The two lowered their voices and went back and forth. In the end, Lin An only spent two pounds.
Because she asked for more bedding, but in order to keep the matter a little more secret, the girl could only provide one bed, so she took this opportunity to steadily lower the price.
When we went upstairs, the other party was still nervous: "If it's too cold at night, or you catch a cold because of it, I won't admit it..."
Lin An also gave her a reassuring smile: "Of course."
She knows magic, so what she needs is such a simple and plain room!
Heating and hot water are not needed!
only……
After returning to her room, she turned on the dim light and counted her savings. She still sighed sadly.
It is worth mentioning that he did not exchange these pounds at Gringotts - because he had to transfer to Diagon Alley, which was very troublesome in such weather.
However, there were many students from Muggle families in the school, and everyone was very interested in magic currency. They all decided to take some back to their parents for collection.
Therefore, Lin An successfully exchanged this pile of change at a very good exchange rate. But including his original savings, the total was only 137 pounds - now only 135 pounds is left.
It's really a tight situation.
Warming spells overlapped heavily, and heating spells followed suit. "One Hundred Practical Household Magics" was indeed very practical, barely making a basin of hot water available in the room.
After a brief wash, she sat firmly on the chair and started soaking her feet. Until her whole body was warm, she wrapped herself in a quilt and started to sleep directly.
…
The next morning, it was already 9:00 when Lin An woke up. The old curtains couldn't block the light at all, but it didn't hinder it - because although it wasn't snowing outside, it was still dark and gloomy.
Sunny days are rare in the UK.
She sighed, then put her clothes back on, ready to go to the street to see what could be used as gifts.
After all, she accepted Draco's kindness a lot.
Of course, we have to look for other business opportunities. By the way, before that, we have to go back to Foucault County.
If Hank is trustworthy, he should still have an income, which can somewhat make up for her tight pockets.
At this moment, Lin An, who was struggling to wait for the bus, sighed silently and decided to establish a good relationship with the professors and try to put the phantom transfer on the schedule as soon as possible.
…
In Foucault County, the same heavy snowfall made the work of the post office extremely difficult.
Pushing his bicycle, Hank struggled to deliver all the letters from this residence into the mailbox, and then planned to get off work.
There's no way around it, it's really difficult in places that are too far away.
The dirty river surface was frozen and messy, and there was no one under the bridge. The cold wind howled through the bridge, making him shiver.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice——
"Hey, Hank!"
Subconsciously, he turned his head and saw a girl standing not far away.
She is very beautiful, with skin like fine Chinese porcelain, without any blemishes, and her facial features are delicate and unique to mixed-race people.
Hank's expression was confused at first, and then hesitant. After a long while, he slowly pushed the car forward and looked up and down at the beautiful mixed-race girl in thin old clothes in front of him:
"You...Lin an?"
Lin An nodded with a smile.
"Jesus!"
Hank then said in disbelief: "How did you do it? I mean...you are so beautiful!"
He was obviously a little incoherent, and it took him a long time before he hurriedly pulled out a letter from his jacket pocket: "Look, there is your reply again."
Although he seemed to have a lot to ask, he didn't say a word in the end, but his expression was vivid, and the freckles on his face flashed with curiosity.
Lin An also smiled:
"My new school is willing to provide some subsidies to poor students like me, and the classmates are also very good."
"It's just that they have unique beliefs and the school is too remote. I can't communicate with you. I can only come and meet during the Christmas vacation."
"It's okay," Hank breathed a sigh of relief.
There are also many large and small missionary schools in London, and they even have many outrageous regulations, which Hank is no longer unfamiliar with.
He just looked at her happily: "You seem to be doing well in school, God bless you."
Lin An:……
Well, Merlin and ancestors bless you.
And Hank has already begun to chatter:
"After you left, I often visited the bridge, but the amazing thing is that no other homeless people came to occupy it. Obviously when you lived there, you had to fight with people every now and then—"
"Oh!" After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin An again, a little embarrassed: "You look like a lady from a wealthy family now... shouldn't I say this?"
Mentioning the embarrassing past will inevitably make people feel embarrassed, right?
"No, it's okay."
Lin An smiled very openly: "After all, you are here. You were the first to help me when I was in danger, and you are very precious to me."
Hank smiled shyly, then handed him the letter in his hand, and then rummaged through his mailbag to find a magazine:
"The letters and articles you gave me were delivered regularly according to the address and time you wrote. This is the latest issue of Feedback Magazine. There are many more they sent you. I have them all stored at home, including yours.
royalties."
"If you have time, I will take you to get it!"
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