Many people who were drying wheat on the threshing ground heard the commotion and gathered around.
The Xia Family had not even come out yet, but Su Yaohui, who had rushed over, already had a dark look on his face.
He grabbed Zhou Lihua. "You stupid woman, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Did I say anything wrong? Wasn't she planning to break off the engagement and marry you again?" Zhou Lihua was like a firecracker at that moment, exploding at the slightest spark. No one could stop her.
At that moment, the Xia Family was also drawn out by the commotion. Liu Yuehong's face was flushed with anger. "Zhou Lihua, you... you'd better not slander me!"
Zhou Lihua planted her hands on her hips and sneered. "Shameless woman, I'm slandering you? Didn't you quarrel with your parents back then and demand to break off the engagement? Didn't you say you wanted to marry into the Old Su Family?"
"Do you dare swear to Heaven? I do!"
"If I, Zhou Lihua, have said even one false word today, may Heaven strike me with lightning. I deserve to spend my whole life being denounced behind my back and spat on by others."
That move of hers was undeniably vicious.
People in Ancient Times, especially in places as rural as this, were extremely wary of such poisonous oaths.
For a moment, the villagers' gazes toward the Xia Family, especially Liu Yuehong, changed.
"I... I can't go on living. I can't live anymore!"
Liu Yuehong was so furious she nearly spat blood. Tears streamed down her face as she humiliatedly lunged toward a stone millstone nearby.
"Stop her!"
Old Master Xia shouted sharply, and his eldest son, Xia Qiang, hurriedly wrapped his arms around his wife's waist.
Old Master Xia looked terrible, and Old