Interview with Ma Xiaocui

Ma Xiaocui (b.1916) was a resident of Liuzhiyu Village, Yiyuan County, Zibo City, Shandong Province. Ma recollects that, during the Great Famine, people ate food that even livestock would not eat. Once, her relative secretively brought her some sweet potatoes, and she went through a cemetery at night to fetch the food. Children suffered much back then from coldness and hunger.

马小翠（1916年生）是山东省淄博市沂源县柳枝峪村村民。马老人回忆了大饥荒的时候，人们连牲口都不吃的东西也找来吃。有一次，家里有亲戚偷偷给老人借出来一些地瓜干，老人夜里一个人穿过坟地，把粮食运到家里。那时的小孩子吃了很多苦，挨冻受饿。

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