Interview with Xie Yusui

Xie Yusui (b. 1939) was born in Shuangjing Village, Shuangjing Town, Xupu County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province. In this interview, Xie describes the difficulties since the beginning of the Great Leap Forward. Due to food shortage, people stole from the farm, the mountain or vegetable gardens. Later on, they carried coal for People's Commune Canteen from Haicongwan everyday. After 1960 when people began eating at the canteen, three people in her family (father, aunt, uncle) died, and so did many others living in her courtyard.

谢玉穗1939年出生于湖南省怀化市溆浦县双井镇双井村。在这段口述中，谢老人 讲述了大跃进开始后的辛苦。因为没有食物，人们去田里，山上或者菜园里偷食。后来他们每天帮食堂到害丛湾挑煤炭。1960年吃大食堂饭后，她的家里饿死了三口人（父亲，伯母，伯伯），同时院子里也死了好多。

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