Zhou Jianying | 周俭英, 2010

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Zhou Jianying (b. 1934), the older sister of another interviewee, Zhou Xueying, is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. Zhou was born in the nearby Zhoubi Town, and married a man in Changxing Village in 1952. In 1958, Zhou worked for the production team during pregnancy until labor. Her working points were deducted because of going back home to feed her child. In 1960, Zhou's husband with several other villagers escaped to Jinggang Mountain of Jiangxi Province, where they could get more food by participating in the construction work. Zhou was punished to work more as the wife of the escaped criminal. During this period, some peasants from the nearby You County came to Changixing Village to sell their clothes and children because of the famine. She remembers that during the Cultural Revolution, the Red Flag Army, leaders of the Land Reform, were criticized.

周俭英（1934年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民。她是另一位受访人——周雪英——的姐姐，1952年从隔壁的州比镇嫁到长兴村。周老人的口述包括大跃进、大饥荒和文革三个主题。1958年，周老人怀着孩子参加生产队劳动，一直到临产；生产后因为在工作间隙回家给孩子喂奶被扣工分。1960年，周老人的丈夫和很多同乡逃去江西井冈山，因为在那里参加建设给饭吃；而周老人作为逃犯家属，被生产队惩罚参加劳动。该时期长兴村附近的攸县的农民，有的担着衣服和孩子到这里来卖。另外，周老人还讲述了文革期间，批斗'红旗军'——土改时期的干部——的情况。

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