Zhang Fan's parents were both laid-off workers, and he had a younger sister who was 7 years younger than him. Their family life was inevitably difficult financially. When he received his university admission notice that year, he only managed to scrape together his tuition fees with the help of relatives and friends.,Upon entering university, Zhang Fan didn't rely solely on his parents for financial support. He actively participated in the school's work-study program and, after evening self-study, he would sell instant noodles, ham, and eggs sourced from wholesale markets to barely make enough for tuition and living expenses. He managed to successfully get through his four years of university.,They were playing a game called "Golden Flower" (Jin Hua), where three of a kind was a bomb. An ace was the largest bomb, and two of a kind was the smallest. Then came sequences and so on.。