"A hundred bucks a month? Is there more? Then won't Colonel Lu's wife's salary be higher than his?" Those people had awkward expressions on their faces.
They thought that a man was strong. No matter how capable a woman was, she could not beat a man. It was customary for a man to earn a high income at home. It was abnormal for a woman to do better than a man and make more money. That couple would suffer because of that.
No man would like a woman who was better than them, and no woman would like a man who was not as good as them.