Interview with Ye Xinji

Ye Xinji (b. 1927) is a resident of Zhaixia Village, Pengzhai Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Ye recollects that during the collectivization, people farmed together and many just pretended to work, so they ran out of food. Ye and the interviewer Ye Zuyi’s father often went fishing at night. He also went to Qingzhou with some other people to sell vats in return for sweet potatoes.

叶新基（1927年生）是广东省河源市和平县彭寨镇寨下村村民。叶老人回忆了公社化的时候，大家一起种田，很多人偷懒，于是没有食物吃。叶老人和采访人叶祖艺的父亲晚上去河里抓鱼吃。他当时和其它几个人去青州卖缸，换番薯片吃。

Transcripts for this interview and more may be available under the ‘Documents’ link above. 采访抄录和相关内容，请点击查看上面的’Documents’链接。