Chapter 1145： collusion

  Chapter 1145 Collusion

   Dusk.

Katrina, who had just finished jogging, was resting on a swing in the corner of the yard, panting for breath. She looked up at the sunset in the sky, and then looked back at the flowerbed in the yard, letting her body swing slightly with the swing, Know what's on your mind.

  Since Isobel and Albert started traveling after their marriage, the house has become empty, leaving only her and her mother.

  Although there are house elves to help with everything, life is very good, and you can do what you like every day, and you don’t need to be as frightened as outside wizards, but Katrina is still a little tired of this boring life.

  Actually, she also knew that it was very stupid for her to have such an idea, even a bit cheap.

   It was very unsafe outside. Even though the Ministry of Magic strongly suppressed the Death Eaters, those vicious guys still came out to make trouble from time to time, not to mention that she was easily targeted by the Death Eaters because of Albert's relationship.

  Actually, it is undoubtedly a very lucky thing to be able to stay here as a rice bug and survive the current turbulent period, but...

   "It seems that you are still too free."

   Mrs. McDougal's voice interrupted Katrina's thoughts.

   "Didn't I help you compile that book every day?" Katrina raised her head and protested to her mother dissatisfied.

   "Tell you something."

  Mrs. McDougall ignored Katrina's complaints, and suddenly spoke.

"What's up?"

  Katrina was a little impatient, she always felt that nothing good would happen.

   "I plan to give you all the Galleons I earned after the book was published." Mrs. McDougal said flatly.

   "Give it to me, why?" Katrina was skeptical, "And, are you sure that book will be a hit?"

"I will give you start-up capital." Mrs. McDougall is very confident about whether her book will be a hit. "Isobel is taken care of by Albert, and they don't lack this money at all. You just graduated and need a little money on hand. money."

   "Oh, well, you're right, I do need a little Galleon."

Katrina didn't have much psychological burden for getting the money. She had been helping to compile the book all along, and she never expected that the book would earn many Galleons. From the beginning, Albert was worried that they were too I'm free to find something.

   "So, the rest of the compilation work will be handed over to you." Mrs. McDougall nodded with satisfaction, "Don't worry, I will be responsible for helping to keep an eye on it."

   "Are you sure you're not joking?"

  Katrina couldn't help but widen her eyes. She suspected that her mother thought she was too idle and deliberately found something for her to do.

"You don't want to open a beauty shop, you must have a start-up capital." Mrs. McDougall stared at her worried daughter, "That's it, or do you want to rely on Albert? Although I think Albert I probably won’t care about helping you, but is this really good?”

   Katrina was silent.

  Although she really thought about opening a beauty shop, she really didn't think about the issue of Garen. According to the original plan, she should open a beauty shop with everyone.

"Even if you don't want to open a store, you still need some of your own savings after all. It's not a good idea to always rely on others!" Mrs. McDougal reminded, "Don't forget, we don't know how long we will stay here, so don't waste yourself Precious life."

   "Sure enough, you think I'm too idle." Katrina was extremely depressed, "The meaning of life is not just making money."

   "We didn't publish this book just to make money." Mrs. McDougal corrected, "In the near future, people will need to use it."

   "You just believe his words so much."

  Katrina actually wanted to say something more, but in the end it turned into a helpless sigh.

   "With a job, it's not easy to be cranky." Mrs. McDougall was sitting on the swing next to her.

   "I'm not cranky."

  Katrina didn't bother to argue with Mrs. McDougal. She reached out and touched the fat cat lying on the swing, and asked, "Have they returned yet?"

   "Not yet..." Mrs. McDougal sighed softly and asked, "Have you read the book I gave you?"

   "It's not me who is pregnant." Katrina became even more depressed.

   "Isobel needs your care." Mrs. McDougal reminded.

   "I don't think Isobel needs my care. She hasn't needed other people's care since she was a child." Katrina curled her lips, feeling a little indescribable.

   "She is your sister." Mrs. McDougal reminded.

"I know what you mean."

"You've grown up, and I don't want to keep nagging you." Mrs. McDougall glanced at her daughter and continued, "Think about it, and talk to Isobel when you have time. They should will be back."

  Katrina didn't say anything, she stood up from the swing, picked up the fat cat that was still lying down and yawned, put it on the ground, and walked towards the bathroom alone.

   "Oh, the guy who makes people worry." Mrs. McDougall shook her head.

  Because I said hello in advance, today's dinner is extraordinarily rich.

   While the house elf was serving the sumptuous food to the table, the door of the restaurant was pushed open, and Albert and Isobel, who were wearing lazy home clothes, walked in.

"Welcome home."

  Katrina stepped forward to give Isobel a warm hug, and after kissing her on the cheek, she pulled her to sit down on the seat next to her.

   "It's not that exaggerated."

  Isobel felt a little funny, looking at Tom who was excitedly rubbing his head against Albert's ankle.

   "Long time no see Tom." Albert squatted down and touched the excited fat cat's head, then picked it up and shook the weight, and said with a smile, "Fat again."

   "Okay, let's eat first." Mrs. McDougall greeted with a smile.

  Dinner is very strange, fried dumplings, miscellaneous fish soup, spaghetti, goulash... It feels like a collection of delicacies from all over the world.

   During the meal, several people chatted about traveling after marriage.

   Mrs. McDougal was a little surprised that they actually went to sea for a post-wedding trip.

   "So, you guys actually hid at the bottom of the sea for your honeymoon?" Katrina couldn't understand what they were thinking.

   "It should be said that he is on a boat." Albert corrected.

  Katrina didn't pay attention to Albert's words. She ate the food on the plate and secretly looked at her sister. She always felt that Isobel was more beautiful than before.

   "Are you sure?" Mrs. McDougal asked, "I'll check it for you later."

   "Well, I actually checked."

   Isobel felt a little embarrassed when he thought of the scene where he and Albert went to the Muggle pharmacy to buy things.

   "I still have to check again, and there are some things that should be paid special attention to after pregnancy." After dinner, Mrs. McDougal took Isobel to the specially vacated medical room.

   "Is there anything wrong with the family?" Albert asked as he hugged Tom.

   "No, it's just that it's boring to stay at home all the time." Katrina glanced at Albert who was petting the cat, and said calmly, "That cat is lazy, and I can't get it to exercise."

   "It's okay, Tom is like this, there is no need to force it." Albert didn't care about this, and continued to ask, "What about the British wizarding world?"

"I've left all the more important news papers for you, and they're all here." Katrina walked to the cabinet, took out a stack of newspapers from it, and put them in front of Albert, recalling: "Scremgeour has been After the death penalty for the dark wizard and the fines he gave to the Death Eaters were exposed, his reputation in the wizarding world was polarized."

   "The effect is not bad." Albert was not too surprised by this. Scrimgeour's actions undoubtedly offended some pure bloods.

  If he hadn't known in advance that he was likely to die in office, Scrimgeour probably wouldn't be so extreme.

  Unfortunately, someone got in on it.

"Most of the dark wizards are hiding, and they dare not come out to cause trouble, for fear of being caught and sent to trial." Katrina suspected that Scrimgeour's radical approach had something to do with Albert, "However, the Death Eaters still Still active, they burned Scrimgeour's house in retaliation."

"Also, your "Guide to Self-Defense" is a big hit, and it is estimated to become the best-selling book this year." Katrina pointed to the new "Guide to Self-Defense" on the table and said, "The Ministry of Magic asked someone to take your original Delete a part, and the Galleons sold still belong to you, well, the main reason is that the Ministry of Magic gives everyone discount coupons, and they can get half of the subsidy, and almost all families are willing to spend 1 Galleon to buy a copy."

"It's a very smart approach, isn't it?" Albert said softly, "Even if the Ministry of Magic subsidizes it, it's only a thousand Galleons, but Scrimgeour can gain a large number of supporters because of it. To build a good relationship, why not do it?"

   "Isn't this your idea?" Katrina looked at Albert suspiciously. It's no wonder she thinks that way, because Scrimgeour has indeed promulgated many policies that are beneficial to Albert.

   "Why do you say that?" Albert asked back.

"The Ministry of Magic has also set up a special store for defense against the dark arts. It is said that it is for everyone to buy qualified defense against the dark arts." Katrina pointed to a newspaper on the table and said, "Of course, some people think it is The Weasleys' plot to monopolize Defense Against the Dark Arts items."

   "It seems that there are quite a few people who are jealous!" Albert was not too surprised, because it was so profitable.

"I think it's very normal for someone to think that way. Who told you that the store is next door, and all the products in it are sold in your store?" Katrina dared to pat her chest to assure that this matter is definitely related to Albert, how do you think It's like Albert finding a bodyguard for his shop.

   "This is actually very clever."

   Albert began to read the newspaper about the Defense Against the Dark Arts props store.

   "It's really smart." Katrina nodded and analyzed, "Scrimgeour can indeed win a large group of people by doing that."

"Win Arthur Weasley and his Order of the Phoenix, win Harry Potter, and win your genius, and you can also solve the problem of inferior black magic defense items flooding the market by the way, so that everyone can buy Find safe and reliable black magic defense props, and bring them into the supervision of the Ministry of Magic, which can save the Ministry of Magic a lot of money... and solve the security problem of Diagon Alley by the way."

   "And the Ministry of Magic needs to dispatch only a few employees, so that everyone can see Scrimgeour's determination to fight against dark wizards and protect everyone's lives."

"By the way, not long ago, Harry Potter also publicly supported Scrimgeour's fight against dark wizards." Katrina sighed softly, "It seems that our new minister is very powerful and full of courage. You can see a dark wizard sentenced to death every day."

   "Well, it's really powerful." Albert was also full of emotion, "If it were someone else, I would probably still have a headache, how should I wipe Fudge's ass!"

   "Next, you plan to... hide here forever?" Katrina never thought that Albert was such a safe guy.

   "Is there any problem?" Albert asked back.

   "I thought you would use the Ministry of Magic to attack the mysterious man."

   "Fighting mysterious people is not my job." Albert put down the newspaper and said calmly, "Scremgeour will not tolerate an outsider pointing fingers, why make yourself uncomfortable?"

   This is a disguised admission of the relationship with Scrimgeour.

   To put it bluntly, the two of them just take what they need and use each other.

  Although Scrimgeour has changed a lot of things under the influence of Albert, he doesn't have much time left.

  After Dumbledore died, Scrimgeour was not far from death.

   This is undoubtedly a very cruel reality.

  Of course, Albert also has a way to help Scrimgeour escape, but he doesn't think the other party will be willing to do that.

   "If you want to say something, just say it!" Albert said, looking at Katrina who hesitated to speak.

   "Nothing." Katrina shook her head.

   "By the way, I plan to go out. You can tell Isobel later." Before leaving the living room, Albert suddenly turned to Katrina and ordered.

   "Are you really restless?" Katrina frowned and said, "You just came back and are going out?"

   "Well, I have something to deal with, and I will be back soon." Albert began to prepare for his trip.

   When Albert came to the entrance under Katrina's gaze, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

   "Honey, where are you going?" Isobel looked dissatisfied at Albert who was about to leave.

"I have to pay attention to the shop on the other side of Diagon Alley. Fred, George and Lee Jordan have probably scolded me countless times in their hearts." Albert turned around and walked to Isobel's side, Kissed her on the cheek.

  Looking at the re-closed wooden door, Katrina looked sideways at her sister, "If you don't want him to run around, you should tell him directly."

   "How does it feel to stay at home." Isobel looked back at his sister and asked back.

   "It's not very good, it's boring, and..." Katrina was interrupted by Isobel before she finished speaking.

   "We haven't chatted together for a long time, let's go to your room!" Isobel suddenly suggested.

   "Chat? Oh, okay!" Katrina had a complicated expression on her face, and finally walked towards her room helplessly.

  (end of this chapter)