Interview with Jia Guanglai

Jia Guanglai (b. 1948) is a resident of Jiaqiao Village Group 4, Zhangcun Town, Dengzhou City, Henan Province. In 1958, people started to eat in communal canteens and Jia saw older people building a mess pot. Mostly, canteens served wild vegetables and vegetable soups. Because their canteen was managed well, fewer people died in the team. Jia’s mother dug lettuce from the field and rubbed them with salt. Longwaer’s mother managed to get some sweet potatoes. She dared not to have them in the daytime and shared them at night. Corns were not grown well because of the drought, but people chewed them anyway. They also ate elm tree bark and wheat bran.

贾光来（1948年生）是河南省邓州市张村镇贾桥村四组村民。1958年的时候，人们开始吃食堂，贾老人曾目睹了他们的长辈修大锅台。在食堂大多数时候是吃野菜，喝菜汤。由于管理较好，队中饿死的人比别的地方少。贾老人的妈妈从田地里挖了莴苣，直接用盐搓揉后食用。龙娃儿的母亲设法得到了一些红薯，白天不敢吃，半夜里分着吃。玉米由于干旱没长好，也直接咬碎吃， 还有榆树皮和麸子。

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