Guo Chuanfu | 郭传付, 2010

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Guo Chuanfu (b. 1945) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Yindian Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. Guo's older brother, who was murdered before the Land Reform, left huge debt and three daughters. Guo raised his three nieces while remained single. In this interview, Guo talks about eating bran, peanut leaves, cotton leaves, soy leaves and wild plants for survival during the Great Famine. He also recalls that his older cousin starved to death in 1959 while his cousin's wife went out begging for food. Guo recalls that farmers were starving with no food due to the state monopoly of grain purchase.

郭传付（1926年生）是湖北省随州市殷店镇钓鱼台村村民。郭老人的大哥土改前被谋害, 留下巨债和三个女儿；郭老人终生未娶, 独自把侄女们抚养成人。在这段口述中, 他回忆了自己大饥荒时期吃糠、花生叶、棉花叶、黄豆叶、野菜等果腹, 以及家族里的大堂嫂外出要饭、大堂哥在家饿死（1959年）的情况。老人回忆说农民家里没粮挨饿, 是因为政府的粮站通过'统购'收走了粮食。

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