The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 253 - 249: Fluorescent Powder

Chapter 253: Chapter 249: Fluorescent Powder

Having heard what his beloved niece had to say, Ruo Hai felt a bit more at ease.

He wasn’t interested in marriage, but if he had to do it, he hoped to marry a virtuous and kind-hearted girl to avoid bringing a contentious shrew into the family that would make their lives miserable forever.

After all, he was often in the barracks, so his wife would spend most of her time with his family.

For now, he was just a Chiliarch, training and taking turns defending the border every day, only able to return home for five days every three months when the guards were rotated—and that was when there were no military conflicts and the neighboring countries were keeping to themselves.

If there were any special circumstances, it was possible he wouldn’t be able to return even once a year.

Only after he was promoted to a sixth-rank Deputy General or higher would he be able to have a few days at home each month.

Generals above the sixth rank rotated guard duty every half month and could rest for several days each time they switched.

Of course, officers above the rank of Deputy General could arrange for their families to live near the military camp and return home any time they weren’t on night duty.

Ruo Hai thought that if the woman turned out to be troublesome, once he was promoted to Deputy General, he would take her to the family quarters at the camp to spare his family any trouble.

After all, he needed to train every day and could sleep in the barracks at night, which wouldn’t bother him.

It’s just that getting promoted to Deputy General wasn’t so easy.

Ruo Xuan could see her uncle’s worries and comforted him, "Uncle, don’t worry. Since it’s a good match, your future wife is sure to be wonderful."

Ruo Hai did feel somewhat reassured by these words, and he patted his beloved niece’s little head, "It’s getting late and the dew is heavy. Stop playing and go back to your room to sleep."

"No rush, I still need to catch some fireflies, I have a use for them."

In fact, fireflies were usually more abundant in the wild, and one wouldn’t expect so many in the home garden, especially as the season had already turned to autumn. But ever since the new house was built and flowers were planted, butterflies, bees, and birds had been drawn in droves. Therefore, Ruo Hai wasn’t surprised by the larger number of fireflies.

Curiously, he asked, "Xuanbao, what do you need the fireflies for?"

"To extract the fluorescent powder to make clothes that glow at night."

Xuanbao had already caught a bag of fireflies. She planned to cultivate them and then extract their fluorescent powder to use on clothes. She wanted to make a set of Moonlight Garments that glowed in the dark as a birthday gift for Divine Lord Xuanyuan.

Since Divine Lord Xuanyuan’s birthday was still over three months away, she should have enough time to make a garment. If not, she would just make a glowing handkerchief instead, so that in the middle of the night if Divine Lord Xuanyuan drooled in his sleep, he could precisely find the handkerchief to wipe his mouth.

Fluorescent powder? Clothes that glow? Ruo Hai thought of something and forgot his own matrimonial concerns for the moment. He couldn’t help but ask, "Xuanbao, can these little creatures really be refined into fluorescent powder?"

As she continued to catch fireflies, Xuanbao nodded her little head, "Of course they can!"

In this world, there was nothing she couldn’t do, at least in the human realm—excluding the Fairy Realm.

"Xuanbao, does the fluorescent powder you refine glow all night, or only when you want it to?"

Xuanbao understood what Ruo Hai meant, "Either is possible. Uncle, would you like some that only glow when you want it to? I’ll extract some for you."

"Good, I’ll take it the next time I return."

Ruo Hai had no doubt about Xuanbao’s abilities; seeing the skincare products she had made, which made his mother’s face look twenty years younger, had convinced him wholly.

There was also the sunscreen whitening cream. He had used it only for ten or so days; not only had his face not gotten any darker, but it had also lightened a layer. He looked like a pale-faced scholar, and even stern-faced, he didn’t seem imposing—one reason why he kept a beard.

Thinking about the number of pale-faced subordinates he had, he couldn’t stand to look at them. If it weren’t for the fact that those pale faces could confuse the enemy, he would have banned them from using any more of Xuanbao’s sunscreen whitening creams.

Xuanbao waved her chubby little hand, "No need to wait until next time. I can make it for you before you return to the camp."

After saying that, Xuanbao stopped catching fireflies and said, "I’ll go make it for you right now."

Then she scampered off to her own little courtyard.

Halfway through her run, Ruo Xuan came to a stop as a thought struck her, "Uncle, you should hurry and find Grandma to propose on your behalf! It’s not easy for you to come back, and if you propose now, you can get married when you return next time. It’ll probably be around the New Year then, and it’s nice to have a wife to spend the holiday with."

Ruo Hai: "..."

After speaking, Ruo Xuan ran back to her own courtyard.

Ruo Hai shook his head and headed towards his mother’s yard.

It was indeed not easy for him to come back, so he decided to first discuss the matter with his mother and have her find a matchmaker in a few days to propose. If possible, just as Xuanbao had suggested, he would get married on his next return and keep everything simple.

Ruo Hai had no desire to put much thought into the marriage matter, his aim was to be responsible.

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The following day, Ruo Xuan woke up and headed to the mountain to gather medicinal herbs and collect some rocks.

To make the luminous powder light up only when needed, she had to add some light suppressants to prevent it from glowing automatically in the dark.

After adding the light suppressants, she would spray some liquid medicine when she wanted it to glow, and then it would illuminate.

Since her home didn’t have the materials for the light suppressants, she had to gather them from the mountain, and those things could only be found deep in the mountains, so she took Demon Lord with her.

With the Demon Lord’s millennia of cultivation, just one bark could send all the mighty beasts of the mountains scurrying to tremble in their caves.

Taking Demon Lord with her was a guarantee of safety.

Ruo Xuan sent a message through the air to Divine Lord Xuanyuan, telling him that she was going into the mountains to gather herbs and wouldn’t be attending class today, then she took the Little White Dog up the mountain with her.

Climbing up the mountain path, passing through her family’s herb field, Ruo Xuan saw her grand-uncle helping Sister Xinghua fetch water.

He Xinghua’s parents mainly took care of irrigating the medicinal field.

Carrying water up the mountain was hard labor, and He Xinghua, not wanting her parents to worry, would get up early every day and carry a few buckets of water up the mountain to lessen her parents’ burden.

Accustomed to waking up before dawn for training, Ruo Hai had already run across two mountaintops, and on his way back, he happened to see He Xinghua carrying a pair of water buckets up the mountain.

He recognized her immediately by her figure, as she was the woman he had seen the previous night.

Ruo Hai stepped forward and with a large hand, took hold of the carrying pole on her shoulders and transferred the entire pair of water buckets from her shoulders to his.

This startled He Xinghua.

Turning her head, she glanced at the man behind her, her face turning even paler.

Ruo Hai explained in a calm voice, "My younger brother just got married, and once he returns home for the third day of post-wedding visits, my mother will invite a matchmaker to propose."

The previous night, he had said he would propose the very next day, forgetting his younger brother had just had a wedding. It seemed more appropriate to wait until after his brother’s affairs were settled before inviting a matchmaker to propose.

Worried that she might misunderstand his intentions, he made a special point to explain.

Upon hearing this, He Xinghua’s cheeks went from red to white and back again; for a moment she didn’t know what to say.

After a long pause, she stammered with a flushed face, "Mhm."

She knew she couldn’t reject this marriage proposal, even though she was a bit afraid of this bear-like man.

If she refused to marry, she would always be criticized by the villagers, and her parents would be frustrated and unable to hold their heads high in the village.

Afterwards, Ruo Hai didn’t say much more, but he carried the water for He Xinghua and watered the entire medicinal field that needed it.

Watching his tall figure walk away, He Xinghua thought he looked like a great mountain, seemingly able to bear all burdens.

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