It was even worse at Chinese New Year. On New Year's Eve, customers would be waiting at the house to collect their deities 'clothing, and Mother would have no choice but to put down her needle and cook them dinner on the stove. When the customers had finished eating she went back to her sewing so that they could go home and see out the night into the new year. "
到了農曆年情況更嚴重，有好幾年，除夕夜，客戶還守在家裡等著拿神衣，母親只好放下針線，準備圍爐晚餐，等客人吃飽了，母親繼續拿起針線趕工，好讓客戶來得及回家守歲過年。」