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The Hogwarts scholarship is one hundred gold galleons per year. There is no need to go to Gringotts to collect it. Professor McGonagall has already brought it with her during her home visit.

There are three main currencies in the wizarding world: gold Galleons, silver Sickles and copper Knuts.

One gold galleon is equal to 17 silver sickles, and one silver sickle is equal to 29 copper nats (if you are not good at math, it means you have a big head).

"There are a lot of things, Mr. Carmen. We may need to buy a big box first and a small cart!"

Professor McGonagall pulled Jerry, who was looking around, through the dense crowd, and soon came to a shop selling sundries.

In this store, Jerry bought a large suitcase, a trolley, a set of glass or crystal vials, a telescope and a brass balance.

Then they went to a crucible shop with a shiny "Patchy" sign and bought a crucible (made of pewter, standard size 2).

"What pet do you want, an owl, a cat or a toad?"

After coming out of the Crucible Shop, Professor McGonagall looked at the Eela Owl Shop next to her and asked Jerry.

"pet?"

Jerry had a thoughtful look on his face.

In fact, Jerry really doesn't have any ideas about keeping pets. After all, he didn't have the habit of keeping pets in his previous life.

"Little wizards nowadays like owls because they can help deliver letters and gifts, which is relatively more practical!"

Professor McGonagall thought Jerry didn't know much about pets, so he recommended the most popular pet in Hogwarts today.

"Owl? Forget it, it's still a cat. I like cats better!"

Owls are indeed very practical for little wizards and can help deliver letters and gifts. Comparatively speaking, cats and toads seem to have no role other than eating.

But Jerry knew that in a pet therapy shop in Diagon Alley, there was a cat with the blood of a cat named Crookshanks.

It was the cat that Sirius rated as the smartest. Not only could it quickly detect people with corrupt or suspicious morals, it could also identify Animagus in animal form.

Additionally, it is able to solve some problems on its own without help or guidance.

As a person with secrets, Jerry felt that if he had to keep a pet, it would be a good idea to keep a cat like this.

The key is that with Crookshanks' presence, Ron's rat Scabbers, who was transformed from Peter Pettigrew, should not dare to approach him again.

As for owls, there are public owls available for use in the school. It costs nothing, so why raise one yourself?

And there is an Owl Post Office outside.

"Cat? Nowadays, few wizards buy cats as pets!"

Professor McGonagall was a little surprised when she heard Jerry's answer, but a smile appeared on her face.

As an Animagus wizard who transformed into a tabby cat, Professor McGonagall certainly loves cats very much.

It's just that it's now popular for little wizards to buy owls as pets, and owls can indeed bring greater help to little wizards than cats, so she recommended Jerry to buy an owl.

However, if Jerry chooses a cat as a pet, she will still be very happy.

"I prefer cats!"

Jerry shrugged and smiled.

"Okay, then we need to go to the Magic Zoo later. There are no other pets in this store except owls!"

Professor McGonagall gave a rare smile, and then took Jerry to the Madame Magic Gold Robe Shop opposite the Owl Shop.

"You go in to try on clothes first, and I'll go next door to buy books for you, and then we'll go to the magical zoo in front to buy pets!"

"no problem!"

Jerry nodded and walked straight into Mrs. Magic Gold's robe shop.

"What a brave little guy!"

Mag couldn't help but sigh inwardly when she saw that Jerry showed no signs of cowardice in this strange environment other than curiosity. He even showed no hesitation about going to the store alone to try on clothes.

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"Are you looking for Hogwarts uniforms, dear?"

As soon as Jerry opened the door and walked into the store, a short, fat witch came up to him with a big smile.

"Yes, I need three sets of plain wizard robes, a plain pointed hat for day use, a pair of dragon skin protective gloves and a winter black cloak with silver buttons, thank you!"

Faced with the inquiry from the pudgy witch, Jerry politely followed the requirements he had seen on the parchment and spoke one by one.

"Oh, don't worry, we have a lot of people here. To be honest, there is a little girl trying on clothes inside right now!"

The pudgy witch smiled and pointed to the back of the shop.

Jerry followed the chubby witch's fingers and saw a little girl with thick, messy brown curly hair and a pair of rabbit-like incisors standing on the footstool.

A witch nearby pinned her black robe with a pin and measured something with a tape measure.

"Hey, are you going to Hogwarts too?"

When Jerry stood on the footstool next to him and was put on a black robe by the witch and began to measure, the little girl next to him asked him in a somewhat domineering tone.

"Yes, I am a freshman this year!"

Jerry smiled.

If Jerry was an eleven-year-old boy and a little girl of about the same age spoke to him in a domineering tone, he would definitely be a little angry.

But in fact, Jerry's previous life and the eleven years since time travel have made him mentally an old man in his early forties.

So when he saw a little girl talking to him in a domineering tone, he just felt that the little girl was quite cute.

"Me too, no one in my family knows magic, so when I received the admission notice, I was very surprised, but also very happy, because, I mean, as far as I know, this is the best school

The magic school!"

The little girl seemed to be a bit chatty, and while she was standing on the footstool unable to move, she started chatting with Jerry.

"It seems you know quite a lot!"

Jerry complimented him very cooperatively.

The little girl immediately raised her chin proudly:

"Of course. When Professor McGonagall came to my house yesterday, I asked a lot of questions, and I have decided to memorize all the textbooks before the start of school. I will definitely become the wizard with the best grades by then!"

"Oh, that's for sure. I can tell at a glance that you are no ordinary person. You will definitely become an extremely good wizard in the future. Come on!"

Jerry stretched out his hand from under his black robe, gave a thumbs up to his sister-in-law, and said with a smile to himself:

"What a funny little girl!"

"Hermione, are you okay here? We have bought everything except textbooks now!"

At this moment, the store door was pushed open, and a middle-aged couple pulled a trolley into the house and shouted to the little girl who was chatting with Jerry.
Chapter completed!