When he found a job painting stage sets for a theatrical group, the family fortunes took a change for the better.
還暗地分攤著給我寄零用錢，部隊裡長官看我常常收到匯款，還以為我是富家子弟呢！」她突然想到要畫畫後來，吳兆賢考上了當時的「青年服務團」半工半讀，工作是在劇團裡畫佈景，母子倆的生活因此改善不少。