Dad settled in the shed by the farm, and the family is responsible for feeding the pigs, which belonged to the farming union. The pigs were to be slaughtered at Chinese New Year. When food was scarce, Dad's family could barely get enough to eat. They discovered the barn shipped over to farm meant as pig food contained some starch, if washing the barns in water.
The family managed to scraped enough carbohydrates to survive the famine. But the pigs were not so well fed, they were so trim and lean that they jumped over the fence, so fit and powerful just like a greyhound, instead of a big fat beast that we normally think a pig looks like.
Dad cannot stop giggling when telling me this story.
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