If not to be taken with a grain of salt, at least we should, in general, be reading between the lines...
Anyway, as recently mentioned on the Jow Lung thread, corroboration between the branches is our best assurance of historic accuracy. That, and "throwing out the high and low scores represented", IMHO!
So, if Mme. Mok Kweilaan had married WFH at 16, then by the age of 20 had learned (hmm, let's see):
GJFFK
FHSYK
TSK
Gung Ji Chaak
Bat Gwa Gwan
Ji Mo Seung Do
Single Whip
Rope Dart
Lion Dance
Bo Ji Lam Dit Da skills
...WFH then apparently had energy for the teahouse, "answering Lam Sai Wing's constant questions" (including palming LSW bodily out the door on one occasion), go out gambling on a semi-regular basis, and, ostensibly, come home to be some sort of husband...
That man had to be some kind of vigorous during his final years, ok!
..."too old to teach"...