Interview with Zeng Xianli

Zeng Xianli was born in 1949, His father Zeng Shaoqing starved to death in 1960. His two uncles, his older brother all died of starvation in 1959 and 1960. His mother died in 1963. He became an orphan and lived together with his nephew Zeng Qingfeng. He said that grain purchase was completely controlled by the government, peasants had to sell their harvet to the state. Because Mao owed Russia debt and had to pay back by grain, pigs and eggs. So the peasants had little grain left for themselves. People starved to death the most at Huangjuwo village.

曾宪利1949年出生，他父亲曾昭清是60年饿死的，大爸昭松、二爸昭柏、哥哥宪亨都是59、60年饿死的，母亲63年去世，孤儿，和小四岁的侄子庆锋相依为命长大的。他说那时候政府把粮食统购统销，要交公粮余粮。那时候毛泽东欠了外债，猪、蛋、粮食这些东西要上交，欠俄罗斯的东西。这样村里就没有粮食，黄举窝村饿死人最多.

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