Interview with Ren Dingqi

Ren Dingqi (b. 1935) is a resident of Changxing Village, Chaling Town, Zhuzhou County, Hunan Province. He came here during the Great Famine. In this interview, Ren remembers his experience of building dikes around Dongting Lake in 1960; the work points they earned and the amount of food people got at the canteen in 1958, and how people ate tree bark and grass. He also talks about the village across the river, people there had more food to eat because they reported a lower production output.

任定其1935年出生，是湖南省株洲市茶陵县长兴村的居民。大饥荒时他逃到了这里。在这段口述中，任老人回忆了1960年在洞庭湖修堤抗洪的经历，58年吃食堂后人们分到的饭量和劳动挣到的工分，以及当时吃树皮和草的方法。他还提到河对面村子因为隐瞒实际产量而有饭吃的事。

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