Chang had originally planned to use the money to buy the cheapest of the then-fashionable Wearever brand fountain pens, but it ended up being confiscated by the army.
15 元沒進張拓蕪口袋，當加菜金充公了──他原來冀望用它買一隻那時最便宜也很流行的偉佛牌鋼筆。