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.,Just in such a small mountain village, there emerged a household name—Zhang Fan's uncle.,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.。