Chapter 559 Sugar and Smoke

   "Have you ever thought of writing a cookbook? Everyone knows that you are good at food magic."

Severus seemed to have the original purpose of coming to Hogwarts this time-seeing Harry had forgotten, he brought a lot of food from the kitchen to the greenhouse, this area will not be shown on the live spot map , Sometimes Harry has that kind of magical ability. He can always break something. Even Mr. Draco Malfoy has run into the scene of the two of them dating. These little monsters don’t seem to know what it is. privacy.

   "I don't know." She sat on the table, shaking the wine made by the elf in the quilt, and said, "Do you think someone will read it?"

"There are many people who have eaten the food you made, and I think many people miss the opening banquet." He tore the grilled lamb chops directly with his hands. Eating, but now, he is her husband, so she can only watch his ugly eating.

  How big is the difference between men before and after marriage? Ensure that a woman feels she has married the wrong person after she gets married.

  After living in seclusion, Severus stopped exercising, and his waistline began to change rapidly as he entered middle age.

Yes, men want a loyal and lovely wife who will never grow old, and women also want a husband who will never lose shape, do housework diligently, can earn money, be romantic, and will not be bald, but that is it possible?

  I can tolerate your baldness, don’t dislike my waistline, accept the reality, sir (madam).

"I can try." Pomona pretended to say lightly, and then took a bite of chocolate with raspberry and crushed nut ice cream. The advantage of being a wizard is that you don't have to worry about diabetes, and the black death that is fatal to Muggles is right. Wizards are also harmless, and dragon pox is harmless to Muggles, and disease segregates apartheid.

  "Aren't you curious why I suggested that you write a book?" He pulled the cloak, let it draw a beautiful arc, and said smoothly against the railing beside her.

   appeared, Slytherin's persuasive technique.

   Pomona smirked and asked, "Why did you suggest that I write a book?"

"Before the 18th century, granulated sugar was a drug sold in pharmacies. It was a luxury item. It was used in cooking books to spread sugar to thousands of households." He paused and said, "Can you imagine? Granulated sugar used to interact with society." Status is related, and only gentlemen and nobles can enjoy it."

   "Oh, is it?" Pomona opened her eyes in surprise.

  "Can you imagine what an English afternoon tea without sugar is like? Speaking of which, what did you think of the last afternoon tea with Iris in the British Museum?"

"I have a lot of fun, he is a good companion." She continued with a smirk and said, "I like the story of the Inuit, the aurora, the white arctic fox, and Animagus. It's so romantic. ."

   "How about I tell you an interesting story? Have you heard of Jesse Livermore?"

  Jesse Livermore, also known as the Bear of Wall Street, was once one of the richest people in the world, with enough wealth to buy the entire United States.

  In the days when Livermore lived, listed companies rarely disclosed accurate financial statements. Even understanding the current stock quotes required a lot of effort. Various operations in the market were extremely rampant. Livermore's big hand is his short selling before the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and Wall Street Black Thursday in 1929. Both are legendary transactions and make him one of the greatest investors of all time.

Livermore was born in a poor family. He began to learn to write at the age of 3 and a half. At the age of 14, Livermore’s father asked him to drop out of school and go to the farm to help, but with the encouragement of his mother, he left. Go out and wander around at home. Livermore began his investment career, when his entire net worth was only a few hundred dollars.

His first pot of gold was earned by gambling, but he arrogantly said to his mother that it was not gambling but "speculation." Since then, Livermore has been gambling against the locals because of his continuous winnings. The line was forbidden to enter. He tried to pretend and then mixed into the market, but he was still found and expelled. Livermore had to take 10,000 dollars to Wall Street to work hard.

  The San Francisco earthquake was 8.6 on the Richter scale, which did not cause much casualties, but cut off traffic and damaged the San Francisco International Airport. Highways, bridges, airports, and Gulf Express Railroad were temporarily closed. In San Francisco and its surrounding areas, high-rise buildings swayed from side to side, and glass shards were scattered everywhere. A building collapsed in the bay area. Several fires broke out in the city, and the Marina District was blazing. The water pipe was damaged and fire fighting was blocked.

  The day before the earthquake in San Francisco, he shorted the shares of Union Pacific Railroad Co., but at this time, Livermore's friends convinced him not to stop shorting, and he lost $40,000 as a result.

  San Francisco is a world-class metropolis with 410,000 residents. At the dawn of the new century, citizens with infinite pride and strong confidence are full of beautiful visions for the future. The existence of San Francisco is itself a victory for ideals to transcend reality. In 1846, most of the land here was still a desert, with mobile sand dunes everywhere, severely wind-eroded oak trees, short and withered, and countless fleas tortured residents and livestock here. It took 60 years for people to get to their current scale, not only in the United States, but the whole world was amazed. However, the earthquake was fierce. The houses inside and outside the city collapsed one after another like cards made of cards. The thick underground water pipes buried in the ground were all broken. The fire burned for three days and three nights before being swallowed. The urban area is about 10 square kilometers. The firefighters made up their minds, gritted their teeth and used gunpowder to explode a wide fire zone around the fire area, and finally controlled the fire.

  The city hall was like a shoddy setting in the earthquake. It turned into a flat ground in a few seconds. The beautiful Greco-Roman columns supporting the roof collapsed and turned into a pile of rubbish. This place was originally a swamp, the ground was soft, and it was originally extremely vulnerable in the face of a major earthquake. The corruption of officials and the construction period spanning 30 years have virtually increased the power of the earthquake. In order to save money, contractors embezzled government funds and used fake and shoddy materials, old newspapers, and garbage as construction materials. Before the earthquake, the sewage from the city hall had infiltrated the basement, and the basement became a sewage reservoir. The smell of sewage aptly symbolizes the ugly and corrupt phenomenon behind the beautiful aura of the city.

  The largest reservoirs near San Francisco, Crystal Springs Reservoir and Pilastos Reservoir, are both a few kilometers away in southern San Mateo County. All water pipelines to San Francisco are either very close to the San Andre fault or pass through the San Andre fault. Therefore, even if the reservoirs and pipelines were not damaged by the earthquake, they would not be useful.

  To ensure safety, San Francisco has issued martial law. The army cooperated with the police to prevent someone from taking advantage of the robbery. Newspapers reported that some thieves had been executed. Thousands of panicked citizens had been evacuated from the city by boat and train. More people had not yet been evacuated due to insufficient transportation. There is a long line of people on the pier. Half of the city's residents spend the night in public squares, parks or other open spaces.

When a disaster strikes, normal people’s response is disaster relief, transportation of relief supplies, and evacuation of the victims. Whoever shorts the shares of the United Pacific Railway Company is anti-humane. People have a natural and righteous side in their hearts. time.

   "I have heard of him, what's wrong?"

  "He was married three times, and his first wife refused to **** the jewellery he gave her when he was in desperate need of help. This hurt their relationship..."

   "Oh, my goodness, you want me to **** jewelry?" Pomona exclaimed.

"What I want to say is that when he needed help, his first wife refused his help, which hurt his feelings! This is what caused their marriage to break up!" Severus froze. Face, said coldly, "Will you refuse to help me?"

   appeared, this legendary weapon called "Promise and Consistency".

People make promises to themselves, and use related behaviors to achieve the same effect of words and deeds. If Pomona agrees to Severus’s request and promises to help him, then even if his request is unreasonable, because she promised He is gone, so she must also help him.

  If Pomona refuses Severus, as he said, Livermore’s first wife refuses his help, which hurts his feelings! If their marriage breaks up, then it's all Pomona's fault.

   "Ha, ha, ha." Pomona smirked three times, planning to pretend to be foolish.

   "Yes, or not?" He asked aggressively without intending to let her go.

   "You tell me first what you want me to do for you."

  "Do you still need to make terms for helping me?" He pretended to be surprised and asked, "When did it start?"

   "It has always been like this!"

  "Ask for help at Hogwarts will always do what you want..."

   "What do you want to do!" Pomona asked every word.

"Livermore's third wife, Metz Noble, a prominent Omaha woman, Livermore is Metz Noble's fifth husband, and at least two of her ex-husbands committed suicide. Yes, do you know why Livermore wants to marry such a dangerous woman?"

Black widows often buy high-density insurance policies for their husbands, such as life insurance, accidents, etc., so that even if he dies, he can still get huge premiums outside of the inheritance. The direct beneficiary of the insurance policy is often the black widow herself, so even her ex-husband If his children and his wife have to divide the inheritance, they can't leave much.

  It is the husband who kills the wife. It is not the wife who kills the husband. In the case of negligent suicide, insurance companies need to pay compensation. Deliberate suicide does not require compensation. What is negligent suicide? Oh dear, do you want to know what this is doing, want to kill your "lovely" husband?

  "Do you want to talk to me about Mrs. Zabini?" Pomona said with a smile.

  "I’m just curious, why the father of Livermore and Iris would be attracted to such a dangerous woman. I remember he seemed to be Mrs. Zabini’s third husband."

   "Do you have any ideas?" Pomona asked.

"He wanted to commit suicide, or hoped that'Nina' would kill him. Livermore's son Livermore II and his grandson all committed suicide, but the cause of their suicide was not bankruptcy, Livermore He defeated the entire Wall Street by himself and earned a full 100 million dollars. When he died, only 5 million trusts were left. Although almost all his 100 million dollars were lost, there was no poverty in his old age. I believe it was because of the big ups and downs that damaged his mental health, what do you think?"

  Pomona is at a loss. Does he really want to talk to her about a Muggle mental health problem, or is he paving the way for the "help" he asks for?

   "The day before Jesse committed suicide, he was playing with his wife in the nightclub. Do you think Livermore was cursed by a wizard?"

   "How is that possible?"

"In 1940, I remember that Grindelwald was still free. He didn't care about wizard secrecy." Severus sneered and took a bite of a lamb chop. "Roosevelt also issued an order that people who grow tobacco can be exempted from military service. , Aren’t you curious why he wants to go to America?"

   "Isn't it for Claydens?"

"Money, silly girl, soldiers need tobacco, which is a kind of munitions, and it does not need to be refined like bullets and guns. I believe he wants to find a trader to help him run the funds, but Livermore refused him. Up."

   "I thought you said that he had experienced great ups and downs and had a mental health problem."

"Many rich people want longevity, but he doesn't want it. After bankruptcy in 1934, he went to Europe once. He said in his suicide note, my dear Nina: I can't stand it anymore. Everything is too bad for me. I’m tired of resisting and can’t support it anymore. This is the only way out. I’m not a person worthy of your love. I’m a loser. I’m really sorry, but this is the only way to get relief. Do you think What makes him feel like a loser?"

  Pomona shook her head in confusion.

  "When this incident is over, how will we travel to Europe? Follow Limurfiel's travel notes to see if he is related to Grindelwald."

   "No!" Pomona screamed, she didn't have to think about it to know that it must be a luxury trip.

"I think I understand what made him think he was a loser." Severus said with a triumphant smile. "It's because of his wife. He said to her,'I'm not a person worthy of love.' What kind of person am I in your heart?"

  Pomona was choked.

  "This is my request, accompany me to travel, don’t forget, Albus Dumbledore has also traveled."

   "That's different."

   "Why is it different?"

   "Can't spend money!"

"Do you know how uncomfortable I am?" He clutched his heart and said, "I can't stand it anymore. Everything is too bad for me. I'm tired of resisting and can't support it anymore. This is Nagini injury What I thought when I was."

   "You can't keep talking about this!"

   "No, my dear, I will never forget this!" He smiled like a grudge and said, "It was Albus who threatened me first. Now it's your turn to pay the debt."

The lump on the back of the mouse that bit Jacob reminded me of the mouse that was smeared with smoke and tar. It also had a tumor on its back. There was a smoking ban during Prohibition. The Puritans did not smoke or drink. of

  　　

  　

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