Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

On the dining table, Narcissa was quite calm for the time being. Even though it was the first time she ate surrounded by so many elves, she didn't behave any differently from usual. A bit unnaturally stiff.

As for Draco, it was pure curiosity.

A pair of eyes are shining, look left, look right, even the hot thick soup and steak in front of him can't make him focus on the dining table, but he looks at everyone who is eating at the moment in amazement. Or slapstick elves...

Looking at these elves in front of him, he couldn't help thinking of Dobby in his own family.

They are obviously house-elves, but why does the gap between the two seem so huge, as if there is a world of difference...

The elves here are clean and tidy, wearing bright clothes, with happy smiles on their faces all the time.In those eyes, there seemed to be a brilliance he had never seen before;

On the other hand, Dobby is as thin as a branch, dirty all over, and always has that cowardly and humble expression on his face.As for the eyes... On second thought, Draco realized that he never seemed to see Dobby's eyes.

Because whenever I looked at him, Dobby would lower his head in a hurry as if bitten by a poisonous snake, not daring to make any eye contact...

Thinking of this, Draco's beautiful brows frowned unconsciously. If he hadn't known in advance, he would never have believed that the creature he saw at this moment would be the same creature as the house elf he usually saw. .

Suddenly, Draco seemed to think of something, and his memory returned to Hogwarts, that night when the troll roared... It was also a house elf who solved the troll and saved their lives.

If I remember correctly, his name seems to be Peng Peng, and he also comes from my uncle's factory...

Just when Draco was lost in thought, a big hand came down quietly and patted him on the shoulder abruptly, pulling him back from his thoughts to reality.

Subconsciously looking up, I saw my uncle looking at me with a smile.

He held up a goblet containing brandy in his right hand and swayed it gently. The wine in the glass swayed up and down with his movements. Under the light, it looked like a flowing gemstone, which was extraordinarily beautiful...

"The chicken legs on your plate will not taste good when they are cold."

Charlie laughed.

"Ah, I'll eat it right away!"

Draco hurriedly returned his attention to the tender and juicy chicken legs that were still oozing oil, nodded his head hastily, then picked up the chicken legs with both hands, and gnawed on them with all his heart.

However, gnawing and gnawing, his movements slowed down again.

"uncle……"

He raised his head, looked at Charlie Black who was calmly cutting the steak into small pieces, and suddenly called out to him softly.

"Ok?"

The steady knife in Charlie's hand stopped, and then slowly looked at Draco, waiting for his question instead of speaking.

"These……"

Draco turned around and glanced at the elves who were still eating happily.

"Are these house elves all yours?"

Ryan, who was spreading garlic sauce on the bread, heard Draco's question, and stopped the movement of his hands, and glanced sideways.

Charlie didn't answer this question immediately, but after pondering for a moment, he slowly shook his head.

"Of course not." He said
"They're all just my employees."

"Employee...employee?"

A dazed look appeared on Draco's small face.He looked up at his uncle who was as calm as usual, opened his mouth, but just repeated what the other party had just said.

"Staff."

Charlie smiled, and the fork in his right hand was precisely pierced on a cut steak.

Immediately, rich gravy oozes out along the punctured burnt brown skin.With some locked hemoglobin and aroma, it was sent into Charlie's mouth together.

"Charlie's Candy Factory is actually not as mysterious as everyone thinks...he is just an ordinary factory dedicated to bringing happiness to everyone."

"Muggles, wizards, elves, even goblins or centaurs... everyone has the right to be happy, and this is the original intention of Charlie's Candy."

Charlie's eyes were slightly closed, and after chewing the steak in his mouth, he raised his head again, and nodded to Chef Chafcha, who created such delicious food not far away, and then said unhurriedly arrive

"It's just that the employees of Charlie's Candy Factory are somewhat different from other people in the British magic world. However, it cannot be rejected because of this. They are a single entity in the magic world. They also have life, dignity, and preferences. .It's like..."

However, just when Charlie was about to say something more, a pair of big hands wrapped in a touch of silver light, and with a lightning speed, "swipe" a few times, snatching the freshly cut meat steak on his plate Halfway through.

"Hey, you cut it for me!"

Charlie's eyes widened, and he looked in the direction where the steak disappeared, only to see Lai En raised his eyebrows provocatively.

While saying "thank you", he kept his hands on it, sandwiched the full pieces of meat into the bread spread with garlic sauce, and took a hard bite in front of Charlie.

"Lion White!"

At this moment, Charlie, who had originally made a calm gesture in front of his nephew, couldn't hold back any longer.Blue veins sprouted from his forehead, forming a "well" character, and the muscles on his cheeks also faintly began to float.

After calling out the other party's name word by word, the table knife in his hand glowed coldly, and in the next second, it turned into a stream of light and hit the bread in Lai En's hand.

Draco, who was listening to his uncle's instruction seriously, couldn't help being taken aback by the sudden interruption. By the time he realized it, his two uncles had already started a "cruel" fight.

He was speechless for a while, but he also lowered his eyes, and began to seriously recall what his uncle said just now.

"House elves are also independent individuals in the magic world. They have dignity and preferences..."

"The main purpose of Charlie's Candy Factory is to bring happiness to everyone, whether he is a Muggle, an elf, a goblin, a centaur..."

Charlie's words undoubtedly had an impact on the young Draco.Because it's the exact opposite of what he's been told at the Malfoys' house since childhood...

But for some reason, he was more willing to accept what his uncle said than the previous "common sense"...