A day at Hogwarts.

Chapter 399: Only when you are the head of the household do you realize how expensive firewood and rice are

The Dancing Grass Restaurant has a private room reserved for each of the ancient British families.

The restaurant is now quite famous, and with the help of a certain reporter, wizards gradually come to the view that if they don't have a private room at the Dancing Grass restaurant, they have no status.

The Malfoy family is no exception. It also has its own box and, like other families, settles its annual bills in the autumn of each year according to tradition.

The old Ma couple have been missing for a long time, but Xiao Ma’s life has to go on.

When people earn a living, face is the most important thing.

Especially for a family like the Malfoy family, which has always been high-profile, if the pomp and circumstance is gone, they will be pushed down by everyone.

On this day, Malfoy invited many students from Slytherin College to the Dancing Grass Restaurant, finding an excuse to celebrate the upcoming holiday and treating them to a sumptuous dragon dinner.

In the middle of the long dining table was a roasted Welsh green dragon cub, surrounded by a variety of fruit and vegetable desserts, bread and cakes, and twelve kinds of drinks made from dragon's blood.

This set menu is high-end stuff, and not everyone with money can enjoy it. It has to be reserved a long time in advance. It is said that the Minister of Magic wanted to reserve it a while ago but was unable to do so.

This meal made Malfoy proud in front of his classmates. Everyone drank the twelve kinds of dragon blood drinks that could only be found in the Dancing Grass Restaurant, ate dragon meat with big mouthfuls, and complimented him from time to time, which made Malfoy very happy and he was so excited that his usually pale face turned red.

The lively banquet is over, but ordinary life goes on.

When everyone left, Malfoy took out the prepared lunch boxes and put away the leftovers on the table.

These lunch boxes are provided by the Dancing Grass Restaurant and can preserve food for a long time. They are free for private room users, who can pack up their dishes, snacks, etc. to take home.

There were many untouched dishes on the table. Everyone was busy eating the meat and didn't touch much of the fruits, vegetables, bread and snacks. The remaining meat from the dragon's tail was enough for him to eat for four days, half of its neck could last him a week and a half, and the bread could last him a month.

The bones cannot be thrown away. They can be put together after washing. He has already contacted the buyer.

Only when you become the head of a household do you realize how expensive fuel and food are. Last summer, Malfoy had to pawn things from his aunt's house to get enough money to buy textbooks. This year he has to buy a lot of things, from socks to robes, and he has to buy bigger ones.

"Mr. Malfoy, our boss wants you to come over."

Dobby's emotionless and cold voice made Malfoy's hands tremble, and finally a lunch box fell on the table, and several dragon wing membrane rolls rolled out.

Malfoy immediately said in panic: "I...I can pay the bill now."

He went to his aunt's house again during Christmas and took a lot of things to sell at Borgin and Burke's in Knockturn Alley, so that he had enough money to treat everyone today.

This is stealing and selling stolen goods. If it gets out, his reputation will be ruined. He did it very covertly and no one knew who was selling the things.

So he thought that Charles might not know that he had the money to pay the bill, and was worried that he would run away without paying, so he called him over immediately.

Dobby did not answer, but repeated Charles's invitation to him to come over.

Malfoy bit his lip tightly and his face was paler than usual when he came into the office carrying a bag of lunch boxes.

He felt that it was definitely not a good thing for Charles to look for him outside of school, and he was worried whether he could see the sun tomorrow.

Charles was playing the mass-produced version of Magic Tetris behind his desk. When he saw Malfoy come in, he pointed to the chair opposite the desk and asked him to sit down.

Malfoy sat down carefully in the chair, holding the lunch box.

Charles asked him straight to the point: "I heard that your Malfoy family has a way to exchange Galleons into Muggle currency?"

Malfoy was immediately furious when he heard this, and he jumped up and yelled, "How dare you insult someone's innocence out of thin air!"

He ignored the lunch box that fell on the ground and spent half an hour scolding Charles for insulting the Malfoy family by associating the Malfoy family with Muggles. Charles continued to play the game without looking up at him. When he said he was tired, he said lightly, "I have 50,000 Galleons that I plan to exchange for Muggle currency, and I plan to take out 500 Galleons as a reward."

The office suddenly became quiet.

"You want to bribe me with money? This is an insult to me!" Malfoy wanted to scold Charles loudly, but the money was too much.

In the past, Malfoy would not even bat an eye at five hundred Galleons, but now it's different. With this money, he can have a few good meals in addition to eating leftovers.

The air was silent for five minutes. Malfoy's expression changed hundreds of times. Finally, he stammered, "I...heard that some...wizards are doing this kind of thing."

"But... they... I heard they also charge some money."

He had heard his father mention this before and vaguely remembered a few names.

Charles actually didn't know whether the Malfoy family was involved in the currency exchange business or whether those wizards were acting under their name. Dobby didn't know about this either. The news came from Eleanor.

This matter bypassed the goblins of Gringotts, or the goblins were involved in private, and the Malfoy family may have just provided some cover-up.

Anyway, since Xiao Ma knows about it, let him try it out.

Charles wrote a check to Gringotts on the spot and copied a bank account of a shell company from his notebook and gave it to Malfoy.

He said, "Here are five thousand Galleons. Take it and try it out first. Their share will be paid from the five thousand Galleons, and your fifty Galleons will be paid separately."

"If you succeed this time, there will be another time. The next time will be 10,000 Galleons. Your reward will be 100 Galleons. If you succeed, we'll continue."

"Let's exchange 50,000 Galleons this month. It may be that we will still have this much next month. This is a long-term business."

Malfoy swallowed, he thought this deal was a one-time thing, but he didn't expect it to be a long-term one.

He calculated in his mind that if he could earn a thousand Galleons during this holiday, not only would he not have to eat leftovers, but he could also buy back the things from his aunt's house that had been sold.

But Malfoy still hesitated. The Malfoy family has always been known for its noble pure blood. If he takes this step, he will have something to do with Muggles. What will he do in the future?
"I have a condition." He said carefully, "You can't tell anyone about this."

Charles nodded and replied, "No problem. Just deal with me on this matter. When I'm not around, you can come find Dobby."

Malfoy's expression changed when he heard Dobby's name, and finally he took the check and account number.

After Malfoy left with the lunch box, two people appeared in the office. Grindelwald and Jack had been sitting on the sofa near the door.

Grindelwald asked Charles with interest: "Can you trust him?"

Charles went over and sat on the sofa, pouring tea and water for them, and said to Grindelwald: "Malfoy is just a low-class little scoundrel. He can bully lower-grade students, but he doesn't have the courage to do big things like you."

He then asked curiously, "I'm surprised. Why did you agree to let Dumbledore help train Hogwarts students during the summer vacation?"

After drinking his tea, Grindelwald said, "I have nothing to do lately, so why not find something to do?"

Charles felt something was wrong. The old man and his men had been taking some action against the goblins, so there was no reason for them to be idle.

Before he could delve deeper, Jack said, "After you finish your business these few days, I will send you to learn a magic to deal with Horcruxes."

Voldemort and Harry trembled at the same time, and a bad feeling filled their hearts.

(End of this chapter)