The newly issued timetable was not much different from last term's, as though Hogwarts did not particularly want its young witches and wizards exposed to new things too early.
Apart from the addition of a joint Emergency Safety Training class, they still had around thirteen lessons a week.
For Zhang Xiao, who had experienced dozens of lessons a week, this was so relaxing it was practically a holiday.
One thing worth mentioning was that Hogwarts used a fixed weekly timetable, much like schools in China, rather than alternating between A and B weeks as Muggle schools in Britain did.
With the new week, Zhang Xiao returned to the regular routine he liked best. In Herbology, they continued learning how to care for mandrakes under Professor Sprout's guidance.
Zhang Xiao had always thought mandrakes were monkey versions of Ginseng Dolls. Besides needing repotting, mandrakes had very particular requirements for soil moisture and light.
Get any of those wrong, and they would promptly die on you.
It was only after discussing ginseng cultivation with Professor Sprout that Zhang Xiao learned she had to spend a great deal of time cleaning up the young students' mess after every lesson.
Otherwise, the school's mandrakes would have died of sheer indignation long ago...
From eleven to twelve, they had Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. Rather than rushing to teach them anything new, she took the students through a review of the previous year's lessons.
From needles, buttons, and drinking glasses to snuffboxes... Professor McGonagall patiently used this repetition to reinforce the Transfiguration the students had worked so hard to learn.
"I believe you all understand the importance of Transfiguration by now, gentlemen-and ladies." Professor McGonagall nodded to several of the young witches.
"It has an irreplaceable role, both in daily life and in... conflicts.
"So when