Interview with Li Hongying

Li Hongying (b. 1941) is a resident of Xiaoyin Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Li remembers life during the Great Famine. Beginning in 1958, people worked together in the field (called 'large formation combat'). They were starving and looking everywhere for things to eat. Only later did people get some food at People's Commune canteen. That year, four people in her family starved to death.

李红英1941年出生，是山东省滨州市阳信县商店镇小殷村的村民。在这段口述中，李老人回忆了大饥荒时的生活。1958年开展'大兵团作战'，人们挨着饿在地里干活，四处找东西吃。之后吃上食堂才分到些食物。她家里那一年饿死了四口人。

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