Interview with Ye Yueming

Ye Yueming (b.1938) is a resident of Zhaixia Village, Pengzhai Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Ye explains how they calculated their work points and how they survived the hunger afterwards. Ye’s brother-in-law was an officer in Guangxi, and brought him thirty jin of rice. Since they were not allowed to cook, they cooked the rice at night and ate cold rice balls the next day. His brother-in-law also got two little pigs back. Ye fed the pigs with human breast milk so that they could grow into adult pigs. Later he sold the pigs to build his house. In 1959, with some other villagers, he escaped to find work in Jiangxi. They begged for food and worked different jobs on their way. They got imprisoned for this after they were back. Ye listed details of 5 villagers who died of starvation.

叶月明（1938年生）是广东省河源市和平县彭寨镇寨下村村民。叶老人讲了当时的工分和后来的饥饿。当时， 叶老人的姐夫在广西当军官，带了三十斤米回来，白天不敢生火做饭，只能晚上做，白天就吃前一晚准备的冷饭团； 他姐夫还托人从广西带了两个刚出生的小猪回来，他们偷偷用人奶喂养， 养大后卖了一千多块钱，用来盖房子。1959年，他和另外几个人偷跑去江西找活干，一路上讨饭、打工，后来回到村里被关了起来。叶老人列举了5位死于饥荒的人的详细情况。

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