The smell of grass and trees in my memories seems to have become stronger at this time.
Tom looked up and saw several greenhouses not far away, with some open-air farmland next to them. The smell of vegetation was emitted from the open-air farmland.
As he got closer, he also saw that the witch who had led the choir to sing at yesterday's dinner was now busy watering the farmland outside with her head down.
She is not like Mo Fei, carrying a bucket of water, and then while watering, she has to go back and forth to the well to complete the irrigation.
Just hold the wand in your hand, and then gurgling water will appear from the wand, and then the plants will be irrigated continuously.
It does seem that he is much more relaxed than Mo Fei. If she hadn't stopped from time to time to take a look at the condition of these plants, she might have been able to water this large area of land in just a few minutes.
At this time, the witch also saw the sudden appearance of Tom.
She was also a little surprised. If she saw it correctly, the little wizard who suddenly appeared should be a new student who just entered school yesterday. Normally, the new students at this time should still be sleeping and did not delay their morning classes. They were already very self-disciplined.
You have to know that the ride takes so long, you still need to walk from Hogsmeade to Black Lake, take a boat to Hogwarts, and then attend the dinner and the college's welcome ceremony. This series of fatigue is enough to make them exhausted...
Even the senior students need to get used to it.
Therefore, Herbert·Herbert Beery took care of these cultivated lands by themselves.
Many of the plants here are plants grown and cultivated by the senior badgers themselves, because they are still in the exploratory stage of their abilities and are very nervous about the greenhouse, so they opened up a piece of land for planting without applying for a greenhouse.
And I also expressed my approval of this kind of behavior, so I would always appear from time to time and take a look at their problems.
However, there were not many problems before she saw a very interesting child on the first day of school.
She waved and then signaled Tom to come to her side, "What's wrong? You got up so early. Did you not sleep well?"
The witch asked gently, just like an elder in the family caring about her child, not caring at all that he was not a student of Hufflepuff.
Tom was stunned for a moment, and then expressed his gratitude very reservedly, "That's not true, I'm just used to it. I am an orphan. When I was in the orphanage, I would always get up early to help the director..."
Perhaps because of the witch's kindness, Tom told part of his life experience without any hesitation.
When she heard this, she felt a little heartbroken.
She has come into contact with a lot of children in orphanages, and most of them do not have very good living conditions, so these children are usually a little cautious, and some are even afraid of being abandoned.
Therefore, after coming to Hogwarts, they usually need a certain period of guidance before they can integrate here.
However, she is now a little confused. Such a little wizard did not come to Hufflepuff, but to Slytherin. It's not that it's not a good place, but it's never a warm place.
Slytherin's kindness always seems awkward and tactful.
The appearance of Tom now, in the eyes of Herbert, seems to be that he has been isolated and has no way to resolve it, so he has to find comfort in a place he is familiar with.
She really wanted this child to feel the enthusiasm and warmth of Hufflepuff, but the result of the separation was unquestionable.
Therefore, she could only show some warmth to him now, Herbert patted Tom's back gently, "If you are free, you can come here. There are usually some senior Hufflepuff here. They are very gentle..."
Tom instantly realized that his meaning had been misunderstood. Originally, if he followed this method, he could get more favor from the professor, and he might be able to get more guidance from the professor in the future...
However, some teachings from Mo Fei appeared at the same time, "It is very important to compare hearts to hearts. If you don't return enough gentleness to someone who is gentle to you, then this gentleness will become a gap in your heart that is difficult to cross. Don't think that you can control people's hearts casually..."
Tom did not interrupt the witch, but added something of his own after she finished speaking.
"Professor, don't get me wrong. I have not been wronged. I am really used to it. When I was in the orphanage, I have always been very happy. Our director asked us to help in order to teach us some survival skills so that we can have skills..."
"Professor, you should be the Professor Herbert·Herbert Beery that Kyle said. He has always told us about your gentleness and tolerance. Today, when we met for the first time, I felt a kind of love like the earth. And the chorus last night was really great. Kyle always regretted that he could not join the choir..."
Tom told Kyle to make his explanation more convincing.
Sure enough, when they heard Kyle's name, Herbert·Herbert Beery's expressions changed again. They were slightly stunned at first, and then suddenly realized.
"Oh, you also came from the orphanage where Kyle is... Your director is really an interesting person, I want to meet him..."
Logically speaking, Hufflepuff enrolls the largest number of students every year, so it is not an easy task to identify every student.
But for Herbert, these are not too difficult.
However, after students graduate, the names of those little badgers will fade little by little until they completely enter the gaps in memory.
Now, Kyle has just graduated two years ago. In addition, he was an orphan and the path he finally chose. These somewhat different identities have prevented him from being forgotten by this already elderly witch.
Tom saw the professor and thought of Kyle, and agreed with his explanation, and then carefully looked at the surrounding farmland. The plants here were all Wizarding World very common plants with good adaptability.
If there are those dangerous plants, this witch will not allow them to be planted on such an open surface, or planted in a greenhouse, or they will be eradicated directly...
Almost everyone knows the plants Tom on the cultivated land. They are basically the plants that the little wizards will learn in class - such as Dittany, daisy root and Biting Geranium.
Looking at the Biting Geranium, Tom, I really want to go up and touch it.
This was a species that could not be seen at Muggle. You know, when he was reading, he was very curious about whether this plant that could bite people had some animal characteristics, or was a complete stress response like a Venus flytrap...
Herbert looked at Tom staring directly at Biting Geranium and smiled.
Many little wizards were very interested when they saw this plant for the first time. After all, this living life seemed to be more interesting to them.
"Go up and have a look, and let me see if you have previewed the textbook in advance. Biting Geranium is not easy..."
It is not a pleasant thing to have your homework checked temporarily. Fortunately, Tom is not worried at all, even if this plant should be exposed very late in the first grade...