Interview with Yang Lanfen

Yang Lanfen (b.1937) is a resident of Liangmeng Village, Zhuliang Town, Qingzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Yang remembers life during the Great Famine. Her production team was the poorest at that time, and many people starved to death. Her family members survived because they went to the Northeast China to work. Once she secretly cooked a pig that just died of starvation, but it was soon confiscated. Many people also died of heat when working in the field in the summer.

杨兰芬（1937年生）是山东省青州市朱良镇良孟村村民。在这段口述中， 杨老人回忆了大饥荒时期的生活。她所在的大队是当时最穷的，饿死了很多人。家里人因为去了东北干活才活下来。有一次她把家里饿死的猪偷偷煮来吃，却很快被没收了。还有很多人夏天在地里干活被热死。

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