Chapter 229 Little fourth's marriage

　　After all the people left the room, Gu Xiran automatically went to Shu Huan's side. He wrapped his hands around her waist from behind, his chin resting on her shoulder, bit her ear and said, "What do you want to discuss? Did you agree to last night's request?"

　　Those were simple sentences but it made Shu Huan's face suddenly become red. She reprimanded, "Thinking about indecent things again. I'm asking you how it's going with the essential oil. Aren't you busy with this these days? Tell me when you succeed in making it. I'm still waiting to use it!"

　　Gu Xiran didn’t speak for a moment. He just slightly narrowed his eyes and engrossed in the soft and warm embrace.

　　Time flew really fast. Five years had already pa.s.sed. They had been together for nearly two thousand days and nights. Sitting with each other during the day and resting together at night. It had never felt bored. Whenever he held her in his arms, he felt an unquenchable joy and excitement, as well as the feeling of peace of mind and warmth, just like the first time.

　　Perhaps Shu Huan felt his dependence on her, so, she didn’t move or urge him. She just let him hold her and then put her hand on his too. With her head slightly lowered, she looked at the jade rings on their fingers. The sunlight that came through the window was like the tenderness that had settled down over the years.

　　After a long time, Gu Xiran just chuckled and said, "It's almost done. After more than a half year of tossing and sc.r.a.pping countless drawings, the craftsman just made the compression machine two days ago. We tried it once and didn’t notice anything wrong. We may succeed this time."

　　He was talking about the method of extracting essential oils. In fact, when Shu Huan time-traveled to here in the beginning, those shower syrups she used for bathing were the essential oils extracted using Gu household's complicated enfleurage method. It was just that this method was extremely labor and material-intensive, and it was also time-consuming. Therefore, the amount of the different shower syrups that Gu household sold was not only small but the price was also extremely expensive. It was considered a luxury product. Besides, when housekeeper Tong had betrayed Gu household, he spread the process of this enfleurage extraction method to others. It added more compet.i.tors for Gu household and minimized the profit margin to the lowest. Therefore, when Gu Xun took over the business temporarily, he had completely stopped making and selling the shower syrups.

　　This was until Gu Xiran took over the family business and figured out the distillation method to extract the essential oil. The process was simple and it greatly reduced the cost. He sold the shower syrups at a much lower price compared to before. It had crushed the rivals in business and he regained the market. It made the family business flourish. And the compression method that he thought of at the moment was used to extract sweet orange essential oil and wasn’t used for business compet.i.tion. It was only to enrich the variety of essential oils. Therefore, without hurrying, the preparation took more than half a year.