It took a lot of time for the ships to dock, and they stopped at the port one by one, the loading was on one side, and the people were on the other side, and Gao Shengjia came in and said: "Girl, wait, we have to go to the inner harbor, and the outer harbor is the place where the goods are unloaded." ”

Where can Ye Wenxin be distracted from her, but Shi Gui deserves it, Ye Wenxin's eyes are staring at the dock, they have been to many ports, but they have never seen so many women.

There are also women's families who do water business, a boat is all women, and the people are also female customers, selling some raw silk and cooked silk, although they don't understand a word of what they say, but they also speak loudly and magnificently, with their waists tied and their legs, and they hold a bamboo flat in their hands to pick up goods.

Ye Wenxin watched it for a while, and the two of Qiu Niang's green calyx were also amazed, looking like a porter, but where is there a woman who is a porter, with exactly the same black shirt on her body, a red belt, and the same shoes on her feet.

Seeing only one port, Shi Gui laughed, Ye Wenxin turned his head to her and smiled, both of them thought about the same thing, a woman can do a man's work, and she can be safe on the dock, this place is a place to stay.

The ship sailed into the inner harbor, the cage got off the ship first, and Ye Wen hurriedly ordered: "Say that I have a lot of small things here, let the woman pick me at ease." ”

Shi Gui knew what she meant, this is to see that women are not as powerful as men to make money, and make money according to the box, but not according to the head, two men carry a box, four women carry a box, and four people share a penny, but they will earn less.

Ye Wenxin ordered, Shi Gui ordered like a decent order, Gao Shengjia saw her and called Shi Gui girl, seeing that she just got out of the cabin, it was a choke, how should she bring a hat, just wanted to say this, swallowed the words again, there were fewer people in Zhangzhou, and there were no mothers-in-law and grandmothers like them, and when they entered Suizhou, even the eldest girl didn't have anything to hide, so she went to the street.

It's not just the daughters of poor families who go out like this, the sedan chairs and cars, there are Westerners in them, no one hides them, and no one on the road is surprised.

Shi Gui stood on the deck and waited for the box to go down, and after a while, she saw more than a dozen Westerners, half of them were merchants and half of them were Westerners on the shore, with high noses and deep eyes, and the clothes they wore were also half and half.

I can't see it clearly when I'm far away, but I know that some people have red hair, some people have yellow hair, where has Qiu Niang seen this battle, why is the tongue pulling the green calyx, the Westerners are not allowed to go out of Suizhou, so they have to be active in Suizhou, and they have not seen it outside.

Ye Wenxin couldn't tell where these people came from, but he stood by the window and watched, his heart fluctuated, and it took a long time for him to slowly exhale a breath, and heard the invitation of the Gao Shengjia outside: "Girl, the sedan chair is hired, the girl sits." ”

Shi Gui turned out to be a girl, and now she is still a girl in the eyes of Gao Sheng's family, the girl does not sit in a sedan chair, but it is in line with Shi Gui's mind, carrying a cage in front of her, followed by a sedan chair, Shi Gui is following the sedan chair, stepping on the blue brick floor all the way, only feeling that the streets of the house are different everywhere.

There were young girls as guides in the porters, they all combed long braids, and spoke lightly and cheerfully, this guide spoke in official language, only with an accent, followed Shi Gui, and told everything she knew.

Since it was on the outskirts of the city, it was necessary to walk some way, Shi Gui knew that Ye Wenxin wanted to see where the women's school was, so he pulled the guide and asked, "I heard that you have a women's school here, where is it?"

When the guide heard this, he laughed: "In the women's market, the middlemen who open restaurants and carry water and sell embroidery pieces on that street are all women, so it is called the women's market." Nodding his fingers and counting them, he couldn't finish talking for a while: "In addition to the Women's Market, there is also the Wester's Street, where Westerners do business, and they also open schools and treat people." ”

Ye Wenxin listened really well in the sedan chair, and Shi Gui didn't need her to ask before she said for her: "Then should we pass through the Women's Street?" Even she wanted to go and see what it was like to see what a street full of women looked like, but she followed up with her daughter's country.

The guide shook his head: "You can't go there, men are not allowed in the women's street." "The leading guide is a man, this little girl is the guide's daughter, thirteen or fourteen years old, she followed her father out to beg for a living, Shi Gui pulled her and said a lot.

When they first came here, they couldn't understand what they said, the little girl's official words were neat, not to mention the local accent, she knew the customs and habits everywhere and at all times, and she could tell a few stories from her father, Shi Gui praised her for her ability, she blushed, and couldn't help peeking at Shi Gui: "My sister is so good, so white, like a Westerner." ”

Shi Gui laughed with a "flutter", it is really rare to see a girl with fine white skin here, and the complexion of a Westerner is even rarer, seeing that she followed the sedan chair and knew that it was a girl, so he asked where the people in the sedan chair came from, Shi Gui said Jinling, the little girl actually knew, and followed her

It is said that there are many ports in Jinling.

Even Shi Gui couldn't know the details, and when she asked her how she knew, she said that she followed her father to the dock every day, and she saw a lot of people coming and going, so she naturally knew.

It is not surprising that the little girl came out to make a living, many women come and go on the street, and there is such a business in Jinling City, but it is rare for a woman to be in charge of the shop. Except for women, which family can be headed by a woman?

Bypassing the dock street, the shops of the north and south freight stores are full of things and things, and there are shops opened by Westerners, mixed in the middle of the local business, the decoration is extremely eye-catching, Bao Zhi's father is not only a guide, but also a Chinese business, Bao Zhi also said that the head is the way, which place comes from the gem goods are good and cheap, which place comes from the crochet fabric to make a thin ruler and long head.

Shi Gui followed her all the way, listening to her little pigeon-like chattering, Ye Wenxin also leaned on the sedan chair and listened, Shi Gui planned to do business, so he inquired about what the locals eat every day, Baozhi thought about it and said: "Boat dim sum, there is no here, we have a fisherman's wharf, there is a boat dim sum there, and the gatehouse shop no longer has this smell." ”

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are inseparable from women, Shi Gui found that he was in a comfortable mood, and the three hundred and sixty sweat pores on his body were ironed, took Baozhi's hand, and asked her carefully who else was in the family.

Baozhi has only one daughter in the family, Baozhi's father took her out to run the dock to make money, the guests saw that she was young and smart, and she could wait for the female guests, and she always had to give two more money, and when she made money, no one would talk to her face.

Shi Gui frowned carefully when she heard her words, she said so, that is, although there are women who run for a living, there are still gossips, and she is relieved when she thinks about it, not to mention that the education of women in Suizhou has only been done for twenty years, that is, after another seven or eight hundred years, it is still not easy for women to survive.

Ye Wenxin couldn't stop listening to them, there must always be someone around them who can come over to help for a long time, don't talk about it, they have to learn to speak, Baozhi is young and smart, Shi Gui has some liking, and pulled Gao Shengjia and said with a smile: "Mom, take a look, please mention it to the guide, if there is someone waiting in the place, if there is no one waiting, ask if you are willing to work part-time." ”

Gao Shengjia nodded, rushed to the front to find her man, Shi Gui walked all the way out of a layer of fine sweat, only to take out a silk to wipe the sweat, and saw a dozen or twenty young women pouring out of the bungalow in front of him.

The same blue cloth clothes, the same black cloth pants, and a blue and white belt tied around the waist, Shi Gui was about to ask, and Baozhi smiled: "That's the silk weaving workshop, the weather is hot here, and we can raise silkworms early, and we will have to sleep at this time." ”

Bao Zhi was very envious when she talked about the weaving workshop, she didn't know how to do this job, she could only work as a small worker, and she didn't want to run more on the dock, so her father didn't want her to suffer this hardship.

These female workers eat and live together, and when they are not boiling silkworm reeling, they go home, or do odd jobs or part-time jobs, and their own Chinese people take care of them and collect some Chinese fees.

I read from the book, how can I see it with my own eyes, the silkworm factory is boiling hot water all the time, because of the need to cook silkworm cocoons, the room is covered with mist, people sweat when they go to the side, the women inside have already changed into summer clothes, several people hold hands, go to the opposite street to drink licorice snow water.

Shi Gui also bought a bowl, and also bought a bowl for Xizi Qiu Niang, even Baozhi drank it, but Ye Wenxin was afraid of the cold, and he didn't dare to drink ice, and he sweated and drank the cold again, and his whole body was comfortable.

Shi Gui pursed her lips, when she settles down, she must take a good walk around the city, Ye Wenxin also thinks the same, she is also curious about how the Westerners talk, if she can listen to them, it would be good.

Several vigorous ladies also took a break to drink a bowl of snow water with the goods, drank the sweat, and continued to pick forward, Suizhou is different from Jinling City, Jinling City is divided by the street, Suizhou is divided by the square, a square is locked between the square, the strange road can not be passed on both sides, the women's street is said to be no man, that is, there is no man.

The more you go in, the more the salty smell of the sea water, and further in, is the field house, Gao Sheng pointed forward, said that it was almost there, and when you got closer, it was a small farm, with a fence, there were four or five houses, and there was a patio in the yard, which was not open, but also a comfortable place.

The porter put down the cage, and in the hall, Gao Sheng's family ordered the silver and sent them away, and Gao Sheng said to the guide, and asked Bao Zhi to come over to help these days, and gave Bao Zhi a salary, and it was much higher according to the maid's salary.

Baozhi can't do any work, she just came to talk, her father also wants her to come over, one day the salary of fifty wen will be easy to get, and they have agreed with each other, she will come early tomorrow morning.

Ye Wenxin got off the sedan chair, looked at this grange carefully, it won her heart more than the courtyard of the deep house, and Ye Wenlan greeted her, she hadn't seen her for a year, she completely changed her outfit, and when she saw Ye Wenxin, she smiled: "Sister." ”