The reason why Chu Yue dared to take the initiative to agree to the matter was because he also realized that the man was acting behind the villagers' backs, and the food they promised to give him would definitely go into his own pocket.

No one would take the initiative to talk about such a shameful thing.

In the next village, as soon as Tian Shouyi and his companions left, villagers came over to ask, "Why did you agree to release water to Tianjiaba? Their attitude is so bad, we should give them a hard time to stop them from acting so arrogantly all the time."

"Yes, we can't let them get away with it." Others followed suit, all opposing the release of water.

The secretary glanced at the man, raised his hand, and signaled for silence. He then explained, "We understand your concerns, but this time they came to discuss this with us out of good intentions. If we chase them away like we did yesterday, we won't be in the right, and if we take this to the commune, I'm afraid the leaders will not only force us to open the floodgates, but will also leave a negative impression on our village."

Seeing no one said anything, he continued, "Our village has had poor harvests for several years, and we've been repeatedly delaying the payment of public grain. If we offend our superiors because of this, they might not even be willing to give us a few days' grace period. Then we'll be like Zhu Bajie, caught between a rock and a hard place."

"We've done them a favour this time. When they mention it to the commune, our village's image of selfless dedication and selflessness will naturally be established. When we pay our grain tax at the end of the year, the commune will give us a break, even if it means looking at the monks and the Buddhas. Don't you agree?"

The others were filled with righteous indignation just now, but after hearing what he said, they were speechless for a moment. After thinking about it, they felt that there was some truth in it. Then Secretary Li said a few good words to them, and everyone dispersed.

After everyone left and they were the only two left in the office, Secretary Li couldn't wait to ask, "How much did they promise to give?"

The man held up three fingers.

Although it was less than they expected, they thought it was better than nothing and finally let it go.

When Tian Shouyi and his companions returned, they all looked very heroic and confident, especially Tian Saner, who was leading the way with a big belly. She wanted to use a loudspeaker to shout the news to the whole village.

Zhang Guilan did nothing today and was waiting at the village entrance.

Seeing them coming back unharmed and with smug looks on their faces, she knew that she had accomplished something this time, and she was so happy that she wanted to jump up on the spot.

Without waiting for anyone to tell her, she immediately ran to tell everyone the news. In just a short while, every household knew about this exciting news.

The next day, white water flowed down from the river upstream along the canal they built last year, and then happily rushed into their long-dry land. A satisfied smile appeared on everyone's face.

Because of this incident, Zhang Hongwei instantly became a celebrity in Tianjiaba, especially Zhang Guilan, who wanted to sing praises of her son-in-law's achievements to everyone she met, and almost gave him a banner to hang at the entrance of the village.

Yang Liu is now about to give birth. She is getting heavier and heavier, and her energy is not as good as before. Her family members don't like to talk about these gossips, and she herself is too lazy to go out and ask, so she really has no idea how Zhang Hongwei is so popular in the village.

Her legs were also badly swollen, and even though Chu Yue gave her foot baths and massages every night, it was still unavoidable. Fortunately, she had a good appetite, otherwise she would have been even more listless, after all, she was pregnant with two children.

Chu Yue must be there when she gives birth, so he has been trying his best to do his job well recently so that he won't be too late to hand over the work.

On a beautiful day with clear skies, Yang Liu was sitting in the yard resting when she suddenly felt a cramping pain in her lower abdomen. She felt something was wrong and hurriedly called out to Chu Yue, "My stomach is starting to hurt. It feels like I'm about to give birth."

Chu Yue was hanging clothes. He threw the clothes aside and immediately ran into the house to take out two large packages that he had prepared in advance. He put them on the donkey cart that he had borrowed in advance, and then put some straw on top of them and took two quilts. After he got everything, he quickly carried the person onto the cart.

At this time, everyone else in the family had gone out to work, and he didn't have time to call anyone, so he left a note.

He drove the donkey cart and took people to the town's health center.

Yang Liu leaned back and saw that he looked serious and unhappy. She endured the pain and comforted him, "Don't worry. It will take a long time from the time your stomach hurts to the time you give birth. You're feeling much better now."

"I know. Just lie down and have a good rest. Don't worry about me." Chu Yue didn't dare to drive too fast for fear of bumping her.

But I'm also afraid of walking too slowly and causing delays.

In the end, he didn't know how he got to the town. As soon as he arrived at the door of the clinic, he told the guard at the door to help watch the donkey cart, and then he quickly took the person in.

Yang Liu often came here for check-ups. As she was pregnant with twins, most of the doctors here had an impression of her. As soon as they heard that she was about to give birth, the doctors and nurses rushed to help.

After Chu Yue put the person on the delivery bed, the doctor went over to help check her. Finally, he said that she had just started to have contractions and it was still too early for her to give birth. In order to have the strength to give birth later, he suggested that she eat something now to replenish her energy.

Seeing her little face flushed with pain and sweat on her forehead, Chu Yue felt distressed. He went over and asked softly, "Liu Liu, what do you want to eat? I'll go out and buy some food. You'll have more strength to give birth later."

Yang Liu nodded, "I want to eat beef noodles and meat buns."

At this moment, Chu Yue suddenly felt that it was beneficial for his wife to be a foodie. At least these delicacies could alleviate her pain, which was not bad.

He bent down and kissed her on the forehead, covered her with the quilt, and immediately went out to buy food.

The nurse was recording her condition, her eyes full of envy as she said, "Your husband is so kind to you. I've seen so many people accompany their babies, but I've never seen anyone as considerate as him."

Yang Liu also smiled. Chu Yue was indeed different from the image in the book. She had been brooding over it before, but now, she didn't want to think too much and just wanted to live in the present.

Life is so long, and it would be too boring if she had to worry about him changing his mind in the future. Anyway, she is not the love-brained person she used to be. She believes that no matter what happens in the future, she has enough ability to support herself and even let her family live a better life.

When you have confidence, you won’t be so worried about external people and things.