Yu Xingying and Wang Wenyou | 余兴英 和 王文友, 2012

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Yu Xingying (b.1930) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Hubei Province. She lost her parents when she was very young. Her older brother died of starvation.|Wang Wenyou (b.1940) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Hubei Province. He lost his parents when he was very young. He lived with his grandmother who also passed away during the Land Reform. He received a piece of land, also herding cattle for other families. He joined the People's Commune and worked as a cook. He married Yu Xingying whose husband died. He remembers that his production team didn't suffer too much because grains were distributed in secret. He does remember that one person died of overeating.

余兴英1930年生, 是湖北省随州市随县殷店镇钓鱼台村村民。父母早亡。余的哥哥余兴发饿死了。|王文友1940年生, 是湖北省随州市随县殷店镇钓鱼台村村民。父母早亡, 跟着奶奶, 奶奶土改时也去世了, 分到了一点田, 还帮别人放牛。他入了初级社, 在公社当炊事员。余兴英的丈夫去世, 他和余兴英结婚。王说他们生产队私下分粮食所以情况较好。有一个人胀死了。

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