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.,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.。