Wang Guilan | 王桂兰, 2012 August 27

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Wang Guilan (b.1947) is a resident of Dabali Village, Lvshun, Dalian, Niaoning Province. During the Three Years of Hardships, Wang, still a teenager, had things like radish soup at the communal canteen; they had corncobs which led to constipation. When Wang got too hungry, she stole her grandmother's sweet potatoes. There were fat people at that time, but only swollen bodies because of hunger. Those had soybeans to deal with edema. Wang's great uncle died of hunger around that time.

王桂兰（1947年生）是辽宁省大连市旅顺口大八里村人。三年困难时期，王老人十岁出头，在食堂吃了萝卜丝汤等等，吃玉米棒子后无法排泄。王老人实在饿了的时候，偷过她奶奶的地瓜。那时没有胖的人，只有饿肿的人，他们靠嚼黄豆消肿。王老人的大爷在那时被饿死。

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