Interview with Shi Xiangrong

Shi Xiangrong (b.1928) is a resident of Daguo Village, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province. During the Great Leap Forward, Shi was in her 30s. Her husband was away from home and she was sent to dig the Northern Canal until she got sick. When eating at the canteen, many people would sneakily put sweet potatoes in their own bags, but the interviewer Guo Rui’s grandmother didn’t dare to take any food. They ate little sweet potatoes and wheat stalks. Shi nearly died because of eating Chinese toon leaves. One son and one daughter of Shi’s died within the same year. Once, 9 people died within the same day and there were barely people to dig graves for the dead.

石香荣（1928年生）是河南省临颍县大郭乡大郭村村民。大跃进期间，石老人三十多岁，丈夫出去工作，于是她被叫去挖北干渠，生病了才回家。村里吃食堂期间，大家都偷偷往袋子里放红薯，就采访人郭睿的奶奶不敢偷东西。他们当时吃红薯疙瘩、麦秸等等，石老人有次吃椿叶差点身亡。她的一个儿子和一个女儿都在那时同一年被饿死。当地有一次一天死九个人，都没有劳动力做坟墓。

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