Interview with He Benli

He Benli (b. 1949) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. In this interview, He recalls how he collected vegetable leaves as food after the people’s commune canteen was established in 1958. He also talks about a fellow villager, Li Juncai, who starved to death, and the village’s warehouse guard, Yang Guanlin, who fed his family with the collective velvet antler.

何本立（1949年生）是湖南省石门县白云乡鸡鸣桥村村民。在这段口述中，何老人讲述了1958年兴办食堂时自己捡菜叶子充饥的经历。何老人还介绍了村民李君才被饿死，及大队保管员杨官林利用职务便利弄鹿茸给家人吃的情况。

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