Interview with Zhang Xue

Zhang Xue (b.1940) is a resident of Wanbaochang Village, Tongchang Town, Yimen County, Yunnan Province. He said that things were most difficult since 1958. He was sent to work at the backyard furnace factory. Household tea kettles and cooking pots were all taken away. Grains were stored by People's Commune. There was not enough food at the village canteen, people had to eat wild vegetables, but no one died of starvation. He was married in 1959 and had children more than 3 years later.

张学1940年出生。他说1958年开始那三年最困难。他1958年被派去大炼钢铁，各家的茶壶和锅都被收走。粮食由生产队统一保管。食堂吃不饱，吃玉米棒和野菜，但没有人饿死。他1959年结婚，婚后3、4年有了孩子。

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