Interview with Wan Qisheng

Wan Qisheng (b.1935) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Yindian Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province, and both his parents died when he was 13. Wan talks about eating water elm bark, peanut leaves, wild grass, water grass and bran during the Great Famine. Wan believes the nation had a shortage of grain reservation at this time because a lot of grain were given to the Soviet Union, and the starvation among the members of the production team was because the cadres exaggerated the grain production and collected all the grain from the farmers.

万启升（1935年生）是湖北省随州市殷店镇钓鱼台村村民, 13岁时父母双亡。万老人回忆了自己大饥荒时期吃榔树皮、花生叶子、野草、水草、糠果腹的经历。万老人认为大饥荒时期国家没有粮食是因为粮食都给了苏联, 当地生产队社员饿死是因为生产队干部虚报产量, 把粮食都从农民手中收走。

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