His father had just been discharged from the hospital, and his mother developed a perforated appendix. The surgery was successful, but this meant Zhang Fan's tuition fees were now uncertain.,As Zhang Fan grew older, he learned that this was a cheating method in gambling. When he was bored, Zhang Fan would often hold cards in his hand and flip them over and over again.,Besides a few students who went to pursue postgraduate studies and a handful who had connections that allowed them to stay in the provincial capital, almost everyone else ended up either in county towns or working in hospitals or companies.。