Interview with Jia Fukui

Jia Fukui (b. 1932)is a resident of Yangjiazhuang Village, Shenzhou Town, Shenzhou City, Hebei Province. He is the interviewer’s grandfather. In this interview, Jia remembers that his big family lacked manpower to earn work credits during the Great Famine. Back then almost no vegetables could be harvested and all the tree leaves were eaten by the hungry people. Later many people went to work on the dam because they had enough food there.

贾夫奎1932年出生，是河北省深州市深州镇杨家庄村村民。他是采访者的爷爷。在这段口述中，贾老人回忆了大饥荒时期他的一大家人因为缺少劳动力挣工分而挨饿的经历。大饥荒时期地里都长不出菜，树上的叶子都被人吃光了。后来大家都去挖水库，因为在那里能吃饱饭。

Transcripts for this interview and more may be available under the ‘Documents’ link above. 采访抄录和相关内容，请点击查看上面的’Documents’链接。