Interview with Song Shuangyin

Song Shuangyin (b. 1937) is a resident of Beizhuang Village. In this interview Fan recalls the hardship during the Commue Canteen period. A person was supposed to get one Jin per day, children and elderly were given less, actually people got much less than this and were very hungry. Song went to Beidi and worked on construction for one year becuase he would get more food this way.

宋双印1937年出生，是山西省衡定襄县受禄乡北庄村村民。在这段口述中，宋老人回忆了吃食堂吃不饱的经历。每人每天一斤，小孩老人分量少些，真正吃到的比这更少。老人因此去北路干活一年，因为那里吃的好些。

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