Yin Lianrong | 尹连荣, 2011

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Yin Lianrong (b. 1941) is a resident of Shaziying Village, Yang Town, Shunyi District, Beijing. In this interview, Yin recalls the life during and after the Great Famine. Once a pig of the Production Team in Gaogezhuang Village died, so the man who fed the livestock cooked the pig. His son ate most of the pig and was eventually stuffed to death. Because of the edible things her dad found near the reed field, Yin's family did not starve badly. When one of her kids was born, due to malnutrition, Yin did not have milk. She had to buy a goat for 5 Yuan and fed the baby with goat milk. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

尹连荣1941年出生，是北京市顺义区杨镇沙子营村民。在这段口述中，尹老人回忆了大饥荒时期及之后的生活。当时高各庄有人给生产队喂牲口，死了一头猪便煮来吃，他儿子抢着吃猪肉，结果撑死了。尹老人一家靠她爸爸在苇子地周围开荒捡吃的才不至于挨饿。尹老人结婚生了孩子后，因为营养不良没有奶水，只能花5块钱买了头羊，给孩子喂羊奶喝。

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