Interview with Ye Pingmu

Ye Pingmu (b.1932) is a resident of Zhaixia Village, Pengzhai Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. In his 20s, Ye joined the local commune and started to farming collectively. Ye described that experience as like being held in a cage pig—they were not allowed to do anything else. During the Famine, they did not have rice, so Ye ate lots of sweet potatoes. In the 1960s, Ye’s grandfather, together with some other aged people, were starved to death.

叶平幕（1932年生）是广东省河源市和平县彭寨镇寨下村村民。叶老人二十几岁加入公社耕田。叶老人形容当时的人们如同被关在猪笼里一样，不准做其它的事。饥荒期间，没有白米饭吃，老人吃了很多番薯片。六十年代，老人的爷爷和其它几个老人被饿死。

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