Each came from the country, from a peasant household, and had left her mill and calf, her sturdy young husband, to follow some other villager she knew to do business on this boat.

• 她们从乡下来，从那些种田挖园的人家，离了乡村，离了石磨同小牛，离了那年青而强健的丈夫，跟随了一个同乡熟人，就来到这船上做生意了。