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.,When Zhang Fan was about ten years old, his uncle suddenly returned to their hometown. He seemed like a different person and never did any menial or unimportant work 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.。