Interview with Cai Xiangjing

Cai Xiangjin (b. 1944) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Cai recalls how many sweet potatoes were left uncollected in the field because most labors in the village were busy with constructing blast furnace during the Great Leap Forward. In consequence, there were not enough grains in 1959 and the villagers had to eat tree bark.

才相进（1944年生）是湖南省石门县白云乡鸡鸣桥村村民。在这段口述中，才老人回忆因为大炼钢铁村里没有足够的劳动力收割番薯，以至于1959年没粮食吃树皮的情况。

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