Interview with Shu Youying

Shu Youying (b.1940) is a resident of Shuangjing Village, Shuangjing Town, Xupu County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province. In this interview, Shu remembers life during the Great Famine. When eating at People’s Commune canteen, she helped looking after the children at the Production Team, and had 4 liang of rice every day. Her father who worked at the canteen ate meat of dead pig and died of sickness.

舒友英1940年出生，是湖南省怀化市溆浦县双井镇双井村的村民。在这段口述中，舒老人回忆了大饥荒期间的生活。吃食堂的时候，她在队里帮带孩子，一天4两米。当时在食堂做事的父亲吃了死猪肉之后病死了。

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