Chapter 90: Mandrake

"Okay, kids, please be careful, today's class is very dangerous." Professor Sputraw stood behind a high scaffold in the center of the greenhouse. About twenty earplugs of various colors were placed on the shelf.

"What you are seeing in front of you is the plant we are going to deal with today, which is the mandrake." Professor Sputraw adjusted his mood, although he was not as cheerful as before.

"Can anyone tell me what Mandrake is used for and how it grows?"

Hermione raised her arms as usual. As long as she enters the learning state, Hermione can abandon all irrelevant things, which makes Fan Lin really ashamed.

"Very well, Miss Granger, it's up to you to answer." Professor Sputrow nodded with satisfaction. All teachers would not be stingy with their smiles for students who love to learn, except of course, Snape.

He had a sullen face all day long, as if someone owed him millions of galleons.

"Mandrake, its rhizome is shaped like a baby and can emit a piercing scream, similar to a spiritual attack. It is a magical plant with strong magical power. Its growth environment is harsh and its cycle is long. If you leave If cultivated artificially, the growth cycle is one year. Its rhizome is the most essential part of mandrake and can be used to make recovery medicine, so it is also called mandrake recovery medicine. Contribution, for the restoration of the cursed or transformed.”

After a long series of introductions, Hermione didn't pause at all, as if she had eaten the book into her stomach. This made Neville look at Hermione with great admiration.

"Excellent." Professor Sputraw praised Hermione happily. "That's very comprehensive. Gryffindor gets ten points for that."

Hearing this, the little wizards in Gryffindor all had joy on their faces. Of course, the little wizards in Slytherin booed.

However, everyone is used to the long-term antagonism between Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Professor Sputraw ignored these students, put her hands on the chopping board, and continued her lecture.

"Yes, Miss Granger's description is very comprehensive. Mandrake is indeed a very powerful magical plant. As the basis of recovery potions, Mandrake's status is quite high, so correspondingly, Mandrake The growth environment of Lacao is also relatively harsh. After all, things like cursed petrification are very precious.”

Professor Sputraw gently touched the leaves of the mandrake. The mandrake seemed to come alive and shyly shook his leaves.

"Although the rhizome of Mandrake is baby-shaped, it does not mean that Mandrake has intelligence. On the contrary, Mandrake cannot judge the external situation, so once it is disturbed by the outside world, for example, it will When pulled out in its entirety, the mandrake will emit a mental shock similar to a scream. The mental shock of an adult mandrake is enough to make an adult wizard faint without preparation, and in severe cases, it will cause death. ”

Professor Sputraw glanced sternly at the students around him, and after ensuring that these little wizards remembered the dangers, he continued: "Of course, the mandrakes we are using today are not adults, these are just seedlings. Even if you are directly exposed to their screams, the best you can do is faint."

As he spoke, Professor Sputraw clapped his hands to signal everyone to pay attention.

"What we have to do today is to change the soil for these mandrake seedlings. Now, come up and everyone takes an ear bag and puts it on."

Everyone was rushing to grab the pink or gray plush earbags on the shelf. The scene was chaotic. Hermione was almost knocked down by an unfamiliar person. Judging from the costume, he should be a Slytherin.

"Be careful, Hermione." Fan Lin supported Hermione with his hands from behind. With a gentle move of his hand, the two earbags flew up from the shelf. Although Fan Lin also wanted to help Harry and Ron get one, the two people rushed out early in order to squeeze in front of Malfoy.

"Thank you." Hermione blushed, and then started to find the culprit who bumped into her. That was a girl from Slytherin College, whose name seemed to be Laura Chris.

Hermione had never spoken to this girl before, but she heard that Laura Chris's family was a very old pure-blood family, and her ancestors had always graduated from Slytherin.

Hermione didn't understand where exactly she had offended her.

Fan Lin reached out and handed a pink ear bag to Hermione, and then looked closely, it was a girl with a slightly pale face, a pointed face, and some small freckles on it, but she had a pair of Dark green eyes make the girl look quite mysterious.

However, Fanlin didn't remember that they had any contact with the Slytherin student. It seemed that they bumped into him accidentally.

After a while, everyone returned to their seats. Professor Sputraw clapped his hands to signal everyone to quiet down.

"When I teach you how to plant, remember to put your earplugs in," Professor Sputraw said. "When you can take the earplugs off, I will point my thumb up. Okay, - Put on your earplugs.”

Fan Lin put on the earplugs. From the magic power fluctuation, Fan Lin knew that a powerful ear-closing spell was applied to the earplugs. Sure enough, the screams of mandrakes can't be blocked out by just a pair of earplugs. Fanlin couldn't hear anything now and could only rely on his eyes to watch Professor Sputraw's operations.

Teacher Spoutlaw put on a pair of pink furry earplugs, rolled up the sleeves of her robe, firmly grasped a cluster of plants, and pulled them out.

Everyone laughed, the mandrakes looked really funny.

What was pulled out of the soil was not a root, but a short, muddy and ugly baby. The leaves grew on his head. His skin was a mottled light green, and from the violent movement of his lungs, it could be inferred that he was cursing Teacher Spoutlaw.

Teacher Spoutlaw took out a large basin under the table, stuffed the mandrake into it, and covered his head with black, wet soil and fertilizer, leaving only a small cluster of leaves. Teacher Spoutlaw patted the dirt off her hands, made a thumbs-up gesture, and took off the earplugs.

"Since the mandrakes here are seedlings, their cries are not fatal." She said calmly, as if she had just watered the begonias. "But they will make you unconscious within a few hours. I don't think you want to miss the first day of school, right? Okay, put on your earplugs and get to work. I'll remind you when you need to pack up after class."

"Oh, by the way, the young mandrakes will bite people, so everyone should be careful." Professor Spoutlaw suddenly remembered this, but unfortunately, everyone had put on their earplugs and didn't hear it. (To be continued)