As an assistant teacher at art school, the recently married Su was on a salary of around NT $ 900 per month, while half a day's work painting at the kiln could net him over NT $ 200.
蘇峰男記得，當年剛成家的他，在國立藝專當助教，一個月薪水不過九百元，然而到窯場畫上半天，就有兩百多元的酬勞。