Interview with Li Yaqin

Li Yaqin (b.1942) is a resident of Qujia Village, Yuqiao Town, Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province. She is the interviewer’s grandmother. In this interview, Li recalls experiences during the Great Famine. When the “three years of starvation” just began, she was still in her hometown in Gansu, where there was not much food at all. People ate all kinds of wild herbs, and many starved to death. In 1961, following others, she beggd her way to Shanxi and got married with her husband, life became a little better after that.

李亚芹1942年出生，是陕西省泾阳县王桥镇屈家村的村民。她是采访人的奶奶。在这段口述中，李老人回忆了大饥荒时的经历。“三年饥饿”刚开始的时候，她还在甘肃老家，没吃的，人们什么野菜都吃，也饿死了很多人。1961年，她跟着别人要饭到了陕西，和现在的丈夫结了婚，之后日子就好过些。

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