Just as most older Cantonese immigrants opened "chiao-tzu" eateries, most Taiwanese immigrants became suitcase salesmen--buying Swatow silk or Yentai handmade silk flowers in Hong Kong or mainland China and hawking them door to door.
正如大部分廣東老僑都開過角仔店一樣，大部分台灣移民初到時都從事過「提包」業﹘﹘從香港、大陸批些汕頭抽紗、煙台手工抽花等手工藝品，做「沿門推銷」的買賣。