Huang Yujiao | 黄玉娇, 2011

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Huang Yujiao (b.1935) is a resident of Zhaixia Village, Pengzhai Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. When Huang was seven years old, she became a child bride. After the liberation, she got divorced after being abused. She was then married to Ye Hengqin. Huang says that they sprinkled seeds instead of planting them. Following orders from higher authorities, they put many seeds within the same field and the crops could not live. During the Famine, people ate many kinds of famine foods. Someone ate twelve jin of zucchinis and got bloated to death. Someone died after eating too many bamboo shoots.

黄玉娇（1935年生）是广东省河源市和平县彭寨镇寨下村村民。黄老人七岁的时候被抱来做童养媳，解放后，因受不了前夫的打骂，与之离婚，嫁给现在的丈夫叶恒钦。黄老人说以前的谷是撒下去的，不是插下去的，按照上面的规定，撒的很厚，谷物根本无法生存。她还回忆了饥荒期间，人们吃各种东西，有点人吃了十二斤番瓜，肚子胀大；有人吃竹笋吃死了。

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