February 5, 1989, Sunday, near one o 'clock at noon, No. 8 Privet Drive, Little Huijin District, England. As usual, Anna and Jenny fought over the spicy sauce for lunch. Fred ate Ron's dessert pudding when he wasn't paying attention and framed George — successfully triggering the seventh food war …
"Heh heh heh!"
Ron's dear roommate, Anna's cute brother, Evan, clapped his hands vigorously with a noodle hanging from his face. He liked to watch the fun.
A small meatball happened to hit Harry's glasses when he pushed the door open.
"Ouch!"
He screamed. Mr. Mighty came out from Harry's collar at the wrong time and began to clean his nostrils. The scene became chaotic.
Jenny joined the battle.
The food war became more and more intense. The spicy sauce and peas flew together, and the thick soup was the same color as the ceiling. Anna missed the opportunity. Her chopsticks couldn't move faster than Jenny's little hand, and the last small meatball with spicy sauce broke off.
Fred won a complete victory. After the fight, he hid under the table to avoid the chaotic situation.
"Clean it up!"
The seventh food war once again ended with Lena's threat with a smile, and No. 8 Privet Drive returned to its former temporary peace.
"I'm going out to buy some things and bring back delicious food for you. Stay at home obediently during this period!" Miss Lena told the group of brats at home and closed the door.
"Yes —"
After the bustling tidying up, Anna sat by the fireplace with Snow in her arms. She didn't have enough to eat or drink. She listened to Ron's curses and the twins' complaints.
"It's all your fault. My cleaning skills are almost maxed out!
I can become a qualified house elf at any time! "Ron lay on the sofa, feeling hopeless.
"Don't say that. You look like a house elf." George tried to grab the remote control in Fred's hand. "Hey!
We agreed to watch football this afternoon! "
"That's because I forgot that there's a talk show today …" Fred nimbly raised the remote control.
"Pink Panther!
Pink Panther! "Evan slapped the pillow and clamored to watch a children's program.
"Hey!
I haven't finished watching the weather forecast yet! "Ron jumped up from the sofa and joined the battle for the sake of the beautiful weather forecast lady.
Anna looked away at the happy Jenny and the giggling Harry. She looked down and saw Harry's socks, which were still the same handmade socks that Jenny had given him.
Noticing Anna's hesitant gaze, Harry hurriedly explained, "I wash it every day and dry it in the dryer …" Harry scratched his head, "If I don't do that, I won't be able to dry it in this weather …"
`And I helped Aunt Petunia dry her clothes too. She looked like she'd seen a ghost, and she screamed 'Harry?
You're actually drying clothes for your family?! '
It's even more shocking than seeing me use magic! "
"It's like they've never seen me do any housework. I wonder who made the omelets that they eat every morning …" Harry pouted.
He paused for a moment before flashing a smile. "But it's worth mentioning that Aunt Penny's family won't ask me anything after I get home anymore. They think that staying with you guys will help me become a normal Muggle …"
Anna gave a motherly smile.
"The boxing coach you found for Dudley is really good." Harry nodded his head, "Dudley comes home exhausted every day. Sometimes his face is swollen and he falls asleep as soon as he hits the bed. He doesn't have time to bully me!"
"But I'm just afraid that he'll succeed. Even ten of me won't be enough for him …" Harry was worried again.
"I won't let that happen!" Jenny patted her chest, "No one can hurt Harry Potter!"
"Thank you, Jenny!" Harry hugged Jenny, "You're such a reliable friend!"
He quickly ended the hug and didn't notice that Jenny's computer almost crashed. He hurriedly joined the boys in the fight for the TV remote control.
"I thought you guys would watch 'Talent Show', a very interesting variety show. Some people's talents are even more amazing than magic!"
The few of them laughed and joked as they fought for the remote control. It didn't matter what channel they were watching. As long as they got the remote control, it would be considered a victory.
The TV kept changing channels. 'Beautiful Mother Teaches You How to Cook', 'Handsome Uncle Teaches You How to Fish', 'Why an Eighty-Year-Old Woman Cries in the Middle of the Night', 'Welcome to the Art Gallery' …
"… Next up is a group of children's programs arranged for the gala. First, they'll perform the 'Shi Fengshou Algorithm' …" Beautiful words came out from the TV.
The living room quieted down. "Huh?" Ron was the first to react, "Isn't this the language Anna sometimes speaks?"
"What's this?"
Fred hid the remote control and coughed. He looked at the logo on the upper left corner. It was a Q shaped profile picture of an old wizard with a smile, "Why haven't I seen this channel before?"
"There are many channels you haven't seen before!" Ron tried to move Fred's butt away to look for the remote control.
George scratched his head, "What's this lady talking about?"
"Wait!" Anna shouted. She realized something. 'This … this is the Spring Festival Gala?!'
She stood up abruptly and ran upstairs to find the almanac that was buried under a pile of magic books.
'Yes!
Today is New Year's Eve! '
The group of young wizards downstairs had already been attracted by the program.
"What are they talking about?" Jenny knocked on the TV, as if she thought that knocking on the TV would translate from Chinese to English.
"I don't know. It seems like they're playing some kind of … game?" Harry also knocked on the small TV.
Anna ran downstairs, her face full of excitement, "They're doing math problems, mental arithmetic, oh my god!
Sister Ju Ping!
And such a young Sister Ju Ping! "
Anna muttered, her eyes shining with excitement, "This is the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala!
It must be a live broadcast!
The time difference between England and Cathay is almost eight hours. It's about eight or nine o 'clock in the evening over there! "
"Spring Festival?"
Fred looked at Anna's excited face, "I remember you said … you're going to make dumplings, eat glutinous rice balls … and get red packets …"
"Yes!
And we're going to watch the Spring Festival Gala together! "
Although Anna didn't have any relatives to watch the Spring Festival Gala with, she would still stay in front of the huge TV screen alone, waiting for the countdown to end and the fireworks to explode.
"I've always …" Anna was a bit embarrassed and felt a bit childish, but this wish had been there for a long time. "I've always wanted to watch the Spring Festival Gala with my family and friends, but I've never had the chance …"
After a moment of silence, Gryffindor patted his chest and said, "Then let's watch the Spring Festival Gala together!"
"Since we're going to watch the Spring Festival Gala, why don't we … watch the Spring Festival Gala together?" Anna suggested.
Everyone started to move.
Jenny took out Coke from the fridge and poured it for everyone. Then, she went to the kitchen to make popcorn and drew the curtains to create a nighttime atmosphere.
Elvin helped Anna cut the "Fu" characters, and then watched as Anna made a bunch of "Fu" characters with the Duplication Spell. Harry and Ron were noisily pasting the "Fu" characters all over the house.
Fred and George specially went upstairs to change into red sweaters. Nobody knew where they found the colored lights and went to decorate the garden. Snow the cat looked around like a leader in charge of inspection, directing everyone to complete their respective tasks.
"Phew —" After everything was done, everyone returned to the small TV by the fireplace. Not long after they sat down, Lena came back with an old man that no one knew.
"Babies, why did you hang colorful lights outside in broad daylight?" Lena scratched her head. "Fortunately, you didn't make too much of a mess in the house …"
She looked at the room full of 'New Year' decorations. "Hmm … It's quite warm … Alright." Liana invited the old man to come in and introduced him to everyone. "This is Mr. Bo. I met him on the way here. My car broke down on the way here. It's all thanks to the kind Chinese Mr. Bo that I could come back so soon …"
Lena pointed to the black car parked outside. "So I invited him for afternoon tea."
"Hello, Mr. Bo!" Anna and the others greeted the Asian Mr. Bo.
"Mr. Bo, aren't you going to watch the Spring Festival Gala with your family?" Anna raised her Coke and was a little confused.
"What?" Mr. Bo reacted for a second. "Oh!
Yes, uh … They're already watching it. I can watch it from here … "
Anna frowned. The Spring Festival Gala was only interesting to watch with family … Forget it. Maybe he had his own difficulties. "Come and sit here, Mr. Bo!"
Mr. Bo sat on the sofa with a smile and joined the children. Lena opened the cloth bag in her hand. "Children, I'm sorry there are no doughnuts today. My car broke down in Chinatown, so I went there to buy some dumplings and buns …"
"Mr. Bo said the dumplings there are very delicious." Lena took out a box of delicious dumplings. "Let's try it!"
England, Magic World. A large group of people gathered in front of the TV, drinking Coke, eating dumplings, and watching the Spring Festival Gala.
Anna felt like she was dreaming.
Fireworks exploded on the TV.
"Should we say something at this time?" Ron held a Coke in one hand and a dumpling in the other.
Anna laughed. "At this time, we should raise our glasses …"
"Happy New Year!"
In the New Year, everything was successful.