Xiong Jiahong | 熊家红, 2016

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Xiong Jiahong (b. 1937) is a resident of Jiaochangba Village, Kuanzhuang, Fuming County, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Xiong was born in a poor peasant family and was a production team leader for a few years. During the Great Leap Forward, Xiong worked every day with his fellow villagers but they didn't have enough to eat. He complained about to some cadres but was accused of being 'reactionary' by cadres. Xiong's wife Yang Shizhen came from a landlord family in a nearby village. Xiong was too poor to afford betrothal gifts, so he married this landlord's daughter who didn't ask for any betrothal gifts. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

熊家红(1937年生)是云南省昆明市富民县款庄乡校场坝村村民。熊家红出身贫农,当过四五年生产队长。大跃进期间,熊老人和其他人天天劳动,却填不饱肚子,和干部抱怨,被指反动。熊老人的妻子杨世珍来自邻村一个地主家庭。熊老人因为家里没有钱买彩礼,所以娶了不需要彩礼的地主家女儿。

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