Ancient folk women often engaged in several occupations, one is disgusting to everyone and the other is the most immoral.

When it comes to careers, no dynasty has ever given women such a detailed division of labor as in modern times. In ancient times, women were either engaged in domestic services such as maids and servants, or forced to join the sex culture industry, or engaged in agriculture or handicrafts with their husbands at home. They don't have many choices. However, in the Song Dynasty, the city's commercial economy was extremely prosperous, which provided many employment opportunities for many women. Many street women are no longer confined to fixed places and fixed working hours, and even become freelancers.

So, as freelancers, what specific jobs do these women usually do?

At this point, we can find the answer from Ming Dow and Zong Yi's "Dropping out of Farming, Looking After Six Old People". According to Tao, in ancient times, women could work as "three aunts and six grandmothers".

The so-called three aunts mainly refer to nuns, Taoist aunts and divinatory aunts. Everyone knows the nun. Where's Guagu? As the name implies, it is a woman who specializes in divination and divination.

The so-called six women are tooth women, matchmakers, teachers, pious women, medicine women and steady women.

Many friends are strangers to Liupo. Let's explain them one by one.

Aunt, a woman who makes a profit by buying and selling references, is, to put it bluntly, a trafficker now, a profession that everyone hates now. Why did this profession exist in ancient times? It turns out that Yapo, as a trafficker, is mainly responsible for mediating large families to buy concubines, geisha and dancers, not only for the official, but also for the private interests of the rich. Therefore, the appearance of the tooth girl was very popular with the powerful groups at that time. Until the Qing dynasty, the tooth woman bought ladies-in-waiting and concubines for others.

Matchmaker, this is the person who got married considering the second surname. This is easy for everyone to understand. After all, this profession is still popular, just in a different form.

Qianpo, in ancient times, was a woman who drove Chu Yuan, Qin Lou, and engaged in pornographic transactions. People used to call it a "prostitute". To put it bluntly, it was the madam of an ancient brothel. We know that the word "money" means blackmail in ancient times. A pious woman's main job is to force young prostitutes to meet clients and extract money from them. Therefore, most pious women are dishonest women. In this sense, a pious woman is sometimes extremely evil.

Master, many people don't understand. But when it comes to witches, many people know that witches are another name for Shiva, and they all take witchcraft as their source of life.

Medicine girl, as the name implies, must buy medicine. Witch doctor sometimes means the same thing as witch doctor. They all have women who are familiar with magic numbers and secret medicines. Different from medical women, medical women sometimes refer to women who use drugs to hurt others.

A stable woman, that is, a midwife, especially one who delivers a baby for a woman. In fact, it's not just childbirth. A steady woman sometimes tests whether a woman is a virgin for the court or the government.

As can be seen from the above, bitches, matchmakers and devoted women acted as middlemen in the business, while Yaopo and Wenpo were medical workers at that time. As a traditional female occupation in China, "three aunts and six grandmothers" has gradually become synonymous with unfair occupation because of its professional nature and violation of professional ethics.

It is worth noting that in the group of big aunts, their occupational categories are also quite mixed, and many people often hold several jobs. For example, Wang Po in Water Margin not only runs his own teahouse, but also works as a prostitute, matchmaker and stable woman.