When the mainland was lost to the communists, they lost all they had in China and had to start all over again. To help support her family, Lu held down three jobs: She worked in the library of a newspaper during the day, went to a Chinese school to teach Chinese in the afternoon, and translated international news for a Chinese paper at night.
當大陸失守，他們也失去在大陸的所有。一切從頭開始，為了養家生活，她同時做三份工作，白天在當地一家日報圖書資料室上班，下午在華語學校教中文，晚上又到中文報社翻譯國際新聞。