Wu Ren | 吴任, 2013

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Wu Ren (b. 1941) is a resident of Daguo Village, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province. In 1958, Wu did all kinds of labor in the youth team. Her father was sent to Pingdingshan to dig the reservoir. He ran back home because he could not eat enough there. He could not get food from the canteen either, so all the other family members gave him their own portions of food. The 18-years-old Wu went to the reservoir in place of her father, so that her father could work and eat at home. When she was 19, Wu got married during Spring Festival and immediately went back working on the reservoir in winter. In 1960, Wu's sister was starved for too long and died after eating some wheat. Many people died at the reservoir too. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

吴任（1941年生）是河南省临颍县大郭乡大郭村村民。1958年，吴老人在青年队从事各种劳动。她的父亲被派到平顶山挖水库，由于吃不饱，偷跑回家。食堂不给父亲吃饭，一家人省下自己的食物分给他。18岁的吴任提出自己代父亲去挖水库，让父亲留在家里工作，吃食堂。19岁时，吴在春节结婚，然后继续在冬天挖水库。1960年，老人的三妹饥饿过度，吃麦粒后死了。那时候水库也饿死了很多人。

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