Wang Daxiu, struck at heart by the words, was both furious and anxious. She wanted to fight Old Granny Zhang for dear life, but the sight of the kitchen knife in that old woman's hand made her lose courage.
Standing at the gate of the courtyard, she could see it was surrounded by onlookers, three layers deep inside and out. Old Granny Zhang's words were as if stripping her naked in front of a public gathering. She felt such shame and humiliation that she wished for the ground to swallow her up.
The whispers of the neighbors who had gathered to watch, reached her ears as if they were all laughing at her for being unchaste and promiscuous.
Unable to withstand this provocation, Wang Daxiu's eyes rolled back, and she fainted limply to the ground.
