Interview with Tang Guanglin

Tang Guanglin graduated from 5-year primary school in 1957 and started working as assistant accountant in Zengpu village. He later became the village account for 10 years from 1961 to 1971, and then village party secretary. He said that in late 50s and 60s, the producation team was required to sell 450,000 jin of grain to the state every year, there was not much left for the villagers after that. He survived the famine but a lot of people died in his village.

唐光林1957年17岁小学高级完小毕业后就在曾铺村农业社做助理会计，61年到71年当了十年会计，之后担任村支书。他说那是大队每年必须要卖四十五万斤粮食给国家，这样队里就没有剩下多少粮食了。他自己平安度过了饥荒，但村里饿死了很多人。

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