Interview with Fang Xuezhi

Fang Xuezhi was head of the production team head before 1960. He said that the commune canteen started in 1958. There was so little rice that people had to find other things to eat like bran, wild vegetable, and kaolin clay which caused serious constipation. The famine started in 1959, some died of starvation. Things started to get better after 1962.

方学智60年之前曾是曾铺村十六组老屋方生产队队长。他回忆58年开始吃食堂，米很少，吃糠粑、吃蕨叶、吃观音土。 观音土吃了便秘。59年开始饥荒，有人饿死，62年以后好一些。

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