In contrast, most civil servants earned about ￥ 18 a month, and even a township head made only ￥ 40 a month at most. Ai-ai's memories of her glory days are still sharp: "My salary had all of Hsinchuang talking; people would point to my mother and say, 'That woman's daughter is worth three sons.'"
在當時，一元可買六斤豬肉，一錢金子三塊六，而一般公職人員的薪水是十八元，相當鎮長的郡守也不過四十元薪水。「整條新莊街仔，都轟動起來，說詹嫂養那個女兒，比養三個兒子還強，」愛愛清楚地記憶著當年的風光。