Even though Hsiung Chih-jui had received his job at the Department of Education on the recommendation of Professor Chao You-pei, the family was unable to make ends meet. At the start of each school year, Wang had to go around borrowing and scraping up money to pay for tuition and living expenses.
即便熊智銳蒙恩師趙友培教授推介到省教育廳工作，但仍入不敷出，每到孩子開學，熊媽總得到處張羅借錢打會，籌措孩子的學雜費。