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In the 1942 famine in northern Henan, Lin Mancang of Linjiawan Village insisted on staying against the “fleeing wave”—he led villagers to dig wild wolfberry roots for porridge and gave his last half bag of potato seeds to every family for sprouting. Some secretly cooked the sprouts, some scolded him for “ruining their lives”, and even neighbors came with hoes to snatch the wild vegetable field. Lin didn’t panic; he squatted on the ridge and said: “Sprouts grow into potatoes, potatoes into grain, grain into future—we don’t just survive today, we live for tomorrow.” Thus, the village kept its smoke and laughter. By autumn, potato vines covered the slope, and even neighbors came for seeds…
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