Grandma Leung worked in a weaving factory with her mother when she was 12 only. When she first started work, she initially beat yarn for a company called Hung Fook in To Kwa Wan, toiling 12 hours a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. As she had not yet reached legal working age, Grandma Leung had to hide and escape each time the Labour Department came around to inspect the premises. When aged around 20, she moved jobs and began work for Hong Shing in Ha Heung Road. Her time here ended when the factory closed down a few years later because the proprietor was losing money. Grandma Leung then began working for a company called Kau Sun. By the time she moved here, factory regulations had changed so she only had to work eight hours a day. Grandma Leung worked either the morning or middle shifts, alternating her hours every month. The Shanghainese boss of Kau Sun was notorious for treating his staff badly, even considering that those taking meals were timewasters. He demonstrated his meanness by only distributing two pieces of bread to each worker so they could fill their stomachs at mealtimes. There was a half-hour meal break each day later on. Grandma Leung spent many decades working her fingers to the bone in such weaving mills, changing employers many times. She retired when aged around 50 and run a grocery stalls in Nga Tsin Wai with her husband.