My portable grandfather refreshes every week

They were probably the last to know that Xuejiaqiao Village was going to be demolished.

However, it didn't matter. Xue Dinglu didn't care about the specific location of the new resettlement house or other compensation. Even when the village was demolished, he would just respond with an "oh".

But Xiaolongniang didn't seem to think that way. She seemed very depressed. She felt sad whenever she thought about how the village was gone and how this place, which occupied most of her memories, had disappeared.

"Dad, Dad, please don't demolish the village..." Xiaolong's mother said, still holding Xue Dinglu's hand as they walked home.

Xue Dinglu stopped at his doorstep and looked at the village, which was not actually very prosperous.

The eldest daughter's mind is still like that of a child; her mental age is like that of a two- or three-year-old. Perhaps for such a child, the disappearance of the village is like the sky falling down.

However, this village has basically reached its end.

All the young people in the village have already left. Jiangcheng is not a very prosperous city, and they hope to develop in other larger cities. Those who remain in the village are mostly elderly men and women with children.

The main purpose of these houses now is as rental housing, for migrant workers and students from other places who work or study nearby.

In reality, this village is already dead.

These elderly men and women who stayed behind with their children are the last guardians of this village.

Even though the village still exists after they left, the village of the past can never be recreated.

Therefore, even if the village is forcibly preserved, it will not serve any purpose. Five or ten years later, the tenants here will come and go, but the people from the past will never return.

Unless Xue's Law is inhuman and sets up a permanent illusion that prevents everyone in the village from leaving, forcing them to work and study nearby, and making everything centered around the village.

However, Xue's law will not do that.

"I'm back," Xue Dinglu called out to the house, leading the little dragon girl who was only wearing one shoe.

The next moment, Fafnir came over and said, "Welcome home, teacher. You've been gone for far too long this time."

"Sorry, I had to do a lot of things this time..." Xue Dinglu said, patting Fafnir's head.

The half-elf seemed to blush for a moment, then rubbed against Xue Luding like a cat.

Xue Law: "..."

This unlucky kid, Xue felt like his home was about to become a shelter for problem children.

If Chaos were to step down as the god-king of Proxima Centauri and move in, Xue Lude would probably have an even bigger headache, having a daughter who is over three thousand years old.

"Ah Xue is back? Wait a moment, dinner will be ready in an hour." Aunt's voice came from the kitchen, followed by the sound of running water.

"By the way, Aunt, the village is going to be demolished. If you have time, go to the village secretary's place to choose a resettlement house and sign a contract." Xue Dinglu said casually, as this was just a trivial matter to him.

"Hmm, so it's going to be demolished already?" Aunt's questioning voice came from the kitchen. "I remember this place wasn't going to be demolished in 2029."

"That might just mean it's been delayed for a few more years, but it doesn't really matter," Xue Dinglu said casually, glancing around the room before asking, "By the way, Su Su should have come by, right? How did it go?"

At this moment, Auntie looked embarrassed, while Fafnir was somewhat dissatisfied.

"What's wrong?" Xue Dinglu was taken aback. Did they have a fight?
“That elf, she has no sense of time at all, she’s still sleeping in now…” Fafnir said, “And I don’t know how she lives, she can’t cook, can’t do laundry, can’t do this or that, all she does every day is take her two children, the spirit dragon and the spirit tree, to the back of the village to fool around, build little houses out of branches, and then dig tunnels saying they’re their secret base or something…”

Fafnir recounted the stupid things Su Su had done since she came here, and Xue Dinglu could only smile awkwardly.

To be honest, although Su Su said she died at the age of 6 and then became a witch for more than 10 years, Xue Law always felt that her personality was very childish. Perhaps it was because of her background that Xue Law believed she could do such a stupid thing.

It's even possible that he might take his two children to climb trees to steal bird nests, or go down to the river to catch crayfish, or even take his two daughters to the canyon to catch three levels of fish.

"Yesterday she took the two kids and that yellow dog out to play until very late. Apparently, they dug some kind of pit by the river, I don't know where she learned it from, and roasted sweet potatoes there. She was also planning to teach the two kids how to forge iron. They didn't come back until midnight," Fafnir continued her rambling.

Xue Dinglu almost burst out laughing.

It's likely that Su Su saw some kind of sword-forging competition video and got itchy fingers to try it out.

"Alright, alright, thank you for your hard work, Fafnir." Xue Dinglu reached out and touched the half-elf's light pink hair with a hint of affection. "You're the eldest sister in the family, so naturally you have to take good care of your younger sisters."

Fafnir paused for a moment, then a hint of awkward shyness appeared on her face again.

“Susu is such a pitiful child…” Xue Dinglu calmly told Fafnir Susu’s story.

She died as a child, became a half-human, half-demon priestess, and then became her mother's test subject, a vessel to contain all the world's demons, destined to be completely swallowed and assimilated by the world one day.

Finally, Xue also told Fafnir the story of Susu's adventure with him in killing all the demons. After listening, Fafnir felt a sense of sympathy or empathy, and gradually stopped complaining about Susu.

"So, she's a child who's never been to school. No one taught her, and she's not used to living with her family. As the eldest sister, you have to take good care of her," Xue Dinglu explained with a smile.

"Sorry, teacher……"

"It's okay. Everyone has their own problems. It's normal to have some minor frictions when living together," Xue Dinglu explained.

After a moment of stunned silence, Fafnir, perhaps only now noticing the little dragon girl being led by Xue Dinglu, immediately revealed a smile befitting an elder sister and asked, "Did the spirit dragon encounter something unpleasant?"

"Sister Fafnir, the village, the village is going to be gone..." Little Dragon Girl still seemed unable to understand, and when she saw Fafnir asking her, she suddenly felt like crying again.

"Huh? You mean the village is going to be demolished? Spirit Dragon, this is actually a very normal thing." Fafnir quickly comforted her, seemingly seeing that Little Dragon Girl was about to cry.

"No, why? The village is so nice, why can't it stay..." Little Dragon's mother seemed very stubborn, or perhaps she still didn't understand why the village had to be demolished.

Fafnir started to get flustered. She didn't know how to comfort the child. After all, no one had ever comforted her when she was a child, and she had just gotten used to crying.

"Ugh... Is dinner ready?" At that moment, the door to the cubicle opened, and Su Su came out carrying a flowerpot containing her youngest daughter, Xue Lingshu.

Actually, there are other rooms in the house, but there's probably too much clutter, so it needs to be tidied up. Right now, it seems Su Su is just sharing a room with her two daughters...

And she seemed quite happy about it, even sleeping with her youngest daughter in her arms.

Xue Dinglu was stunned for a moment, then he understood. After all, Su Su also had a close connection with the Divine Tree, so it was normal for her to feel a sense of familiarity when she came into contact with Xue Lingshu.

Upon seeing Xue Daolu, Su Su, who had just woken up, was instantly wide awake. She even noticed that she hadn't had time to tidy herself up after getting up, her hair was a mess like a bird's nest, and there were probably drool marks on her cheeks. She immediately put down the flowerpot she was holding and rushed into the bathroom.

Xue's Law: "..." This is Problem Child Number Four.

Fafnir is problem child number one, Little Dragon Girl number two, Xue Lingshu number three, and now there's a number four. I guess Chaos is also a problem child number five.

This place is really lively...

The youngest daughter seemed to wake up as well. Upon seeing Xue Dinglu, she quietly pulled herself out of the flowerpot and then happily came to Xue Dinglu's side, hugging him tightly while still covered in wet mud.

"Dad, you're back! I've sensed my true form again. Shall we go for a cricket feast today?"

Xue Law: "..."

There's no need for that. Xue's Law would rather eat bread alone than eat insects. Besides, you're covered in mud, and you've already left a huge mud stain on my clothes...

Oh well, she's my daughter after all...

Xue Dinglu didn't mind and reached out to touch her hair, which was wet, as if it had just been watered.

"Alright, alright, go wash up, dinner's almost ready." Auntie brought out a large bowl of tomato and egg soup and placed it on the table.

Su Su also came out of the bathroom. She seemed to have taken a shower, put on some light makeup, and changed into clothes that looked like a school uniform. Her pointed ears, typical of elves, were visible, making her look like a sweet elf girl. She said sweetly, "Good morning, Brother Lu!"

Xue checked his phone; it was 18 PM.

Susu is beyond saving; her condition has progressed beyond the superficial symptoms of heatstroke.

Also, we've already spent so much time together, so stop pretending to be a sweet girl, it's pointless.

Xue Dinglu silently complained.

Seemingly noticing Xue Luding's puzzled and strange look, Su Su awkwardly continued to flash the "sweet smile" she had learned online. Then, noticing that Xiaolongniang was in a bad mood, she asked, "What's wrong with Xiaolinglong again?"

"Auntie, the village is going to be gone..."

“A village?” Su Su was a little stunned for a moment, then realized it was this place. She looked at the bustling commercial city across the street and scratched her head. “That’s normal. I guess it was the big boss of that shopping mall who demolished it. After all, there are prosperous streets outside this village. It’s not normal for this place to still exist.”

"Why does Auntie say the same thing? Can't the village stay?" Little Dragon's mother clung tightly to Xue Dinglu, her eyes filled with resentment and stubbornness.

When Xue Dinglu saw the look in his daughter's eyes, he understood.

Perhaps I, as an adult, am being presumptuous. For Little Dragon Girl, this village might be her "home".

She might be the child most attached to this village, after all, when she was just born, she was only in the wilderness of Dragon Star with Xue Luding and the Old Demon Emperor, building houses with Obsidian and White Raven, and that was only for a few days.

After that, Xiaolongniang moved into the house, and from then on, she spent more than 90% of her life and memories living in this village.

For her, this village is the anchor point for the concept of home, a place where she can entrust her "hometown".

Although she wasn't born in this village, most of her memories from her earliest memories are of this village.

Now that this village is about to be demolished, she is definitely the one who is most heartbroken.

Because this place has become her "homeland" where she anchors her identity.

As for the others, Fafnir, although she looks small, is actually almost an adult and is more attached to herself. Xue Lingshu, on the other hand, spends most of her time either in the consciousness space or temporarily acting as the world consciousness in Su Su's hometown.

For my aunt, she had only lived in this house for a little over ten years, which seemed to be nothing to her after wandering for over three thousand years.

Su Su didn't feel that way at all; she felt that living here was no different from living in the school dormitory.

Only Xiaolongniang and Xue Luding might have any nostalgia for this village.

But Xue was a rational person. He knew that the demolition of this village was inevitable, and he had known about it since junior high school. He had long been prepared to move to a new resettlement house.

In the end, only Xiaolongniang, who had lived in this village almost her entire life, felt sad about the village's demolition.

At this moment, Xue Dinglu stopped being perfunctory and said more seriously, "Xue Linglong, you should be able to figure some things out by now. Do you want to keep the village as it is now, or do you want to keep the people in the village? Or those cats and dogs that you are familiar with?"

When Xiaolongniang heard Xue Lude call her by her full name, she immediately shrank back. It was a very unpleasant feeling to be called by one's full name by one's parents, but she still stubbornly said, "Can...can everyone stay? Isn't the village good enough as it is?"

"But those grandparents you know, they may not want to stay in the village anymore."

"Perhaps you haven't felt it, but let me tell you, nowadays, more than half of the houses in the village have been rented out to strangers, and these strangers change every few years, or even every few months," Xue Dinglu continued.

"I……"

"In the future, perhaps in a few years, there may be almost no one you know living in the entire village. More than 80% of the people will have moved away, and this place will only remain as a place to collect rent. At that time, will you still want to stay in the village? Or will you want to keep everyone here and not let them leave?" Xue Dinglu continued to ask.

Little Dragon Girl fell silent and lowered her head.

"Why do people have to leave..." The eldest daughter looked puzzled. She understood. If everyone left, she might not want this village anymore. Without these familiar people, the village would no longer be the village it once was.

"Because they want a better life, they want to pursue a brighter tomorrow," Xue said with a smile, patting his daughter's head.

"We cannot stop others from pursuing a better tomorrow." Xue Luding held his daughter in his arms and placed her on his lap.

"Let's eat," Xue Dinglu said with a smile, easing the tension somewhat.

"Dad, how long are you coming back this time? Or are you leaving again soon?" Little Dragon Mother raised her head, her little dragon horns resting on Xue Dinglu's chin.

"I might be out taking care of something tomorrow, but I'll be back soon."

"Then will you come home for dinner tomorrow too?" Little Dragon Girl's eyes shone with hope.

“Sure,” Xue Dinglu smiled.

“Then Dad can’t lie to you this time. You’ve failed to come back on time so many times already.”

"Don't worry, I won't lie this time." (End of Chapter)