Jia Youding | 贾有定, 2014

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Jia Youding (b.1942) is a resident of Jiaqiao Village Group 4, Zhangcun Town, Dengzhou City, Henan Province. Jia stopped school in 1958 because there wasn't enough food anymore. Before that, he carried sweet potatoes and firewood to school every week and cooked for himself. Only a few people died of hunger in Jia's production team. They had some people in charge of growing vegetables and their several acres of black vegetables filled the other villages with envy. In 1960, Jia was an accountant in the credit union of the production team. One day, after a meeting, on his way back, he saw a person died of hunger, which gave him creeps. Jia tried to avoid that path afterwards, but could still see dead bodies sometimes. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

贾有定（1942年生）是河南省邓州市张村镇贾桥村四组村民。贾老人1958年由于没有吃的东西而停学。之前每周背红薯和柴火到学校自己烧东西吃。老人在的生产队较少人饿死，因为当时队里有人承包种菜，几亩黑油菜让别的村子羡慕不已。1960年的时候，老人在大队当信用社会计，开完会回家的路上看到了饿死的人的尸体，不寒而栗。后来老人晚上回家经常避开那条路，但还是远远地能看到饿死的人。

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