Wang Huiling | 王慧玲, 2015

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Wang Huiling (b.1943) is a resident of Qujia Village, Yuqiao Town, Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province. In this interview, Wang remembers life during the Great Famine. Working at the agricultural cooperative then, she could barely sleep for two hours every night. It was good when the People's Commune canteen first started, but it went from bad to worse and people had to eat chaff and wild herbs. People stole clovers from the field at night and ate corn skins because they were too hungry. She says even dogs would not eat those things now. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

王慧玲1943年出生，是陕西省泾阳县王桥镇屈家村的村民。在在这段口述中，王老人回忆了大饥荒期间的生活。那时在农业社干活，每天睡不到两个小时。吃食堂一开始很好，但后来就吃糠咽菜。群众吃不饱晚上去地里偷苜蓿菜，吃玉米皮，她说那些东西现在狗都不吃了。

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