Both Ng Fat Chuen and his father were farmers. They married their wives through market gathering and matchmakers. Ng Fat Chuen’s father raised pigs in Mau Chin in Nga Tsin Wai, while his mother came from the Lam family that owned land in Po Kong Village. She had raised pigs and grew vegetables since a young age. The Ngs and Lams married with each other due to rural friendship. They did not considered whehter they shared a common background. Ng Fat Chuen's marraige was arrnaged by his widow-mother. His wife came from the Wong family in Kwun Yam Shan, Shatin, who owned fields and earned a living by growing grains and sweet potatoes. They had a similar background as Ng’s family. Both sides were not particular wealthy, so they got along quite well. His wife would carry firewood and sweet potatoes to the Kowloon City Market regularly and sell them. Ng Fat Chuen’s mother got to know her daughter-in-law when she bought firewood from her. Her mother thought she was a seemly choice to be her son’s bride after knowing that she was skilled in farming and raising pigs. Finally therir marriage was fixed by a Wong couple from Kwun Yam Shan Village who acted as matchmakers and coordinators of the wedding.