Interview with Liu Shuming

Liu Shuming (b. 1935) is a resident of Yangjiazhuang Village, Hebei Province. In this interview, Liu talks about the life during two Great Famines around 1944 and 1958-60. She was 9 and went out begging for food with her older sister and they went to several villages without getting enough food. During the People's Commue canteen time, she had to find wild vegetables as there was still severe shortage of food.

刘淑明1935年出生，是河北省衡水杨家庄村村民。在这段口述中，刘老人讲述了1944年和1958-60年两次大饥荒时期的生活。刘老人9岁时和11岁的姐姐一起去要饭，走几个村子都吃不饱。吃食堂时，挖野菜，同样吃不饱。

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