She points out that many Chinese villagers in these areas live in wooden huts with dried coconut leaves lining the walls, and that daughters tend to work as maids and store clerks to help their families, or train as seamstresses.
她指出，在農村裡，許多華人住在以曬乾的椰子葉鋪在牆上的木板屋裡，不少女孩去幫傭、當店員、學裁縫以幫助家計。