6月9日,记者前往甘肃定西采访太平庄农民自发募捐鸡蛋,并驾车送到陇南灾区一事时,是带着本《定西孤儿院纪事》去的。定西是1958~1960年甘肃大饥荒的重灾区,作家杨显惠在这本纪实小说中写道,那场饥荒发展到了“人相食”的地步;饥荒过后,定西专区留下了5000名左右孤儿。在他们背后,是5000个左右的家庭全家饿死,孤苗独存。 On June 9, reporters went to Dingxi, Gansu for an interview with Taipingzhuang peasants for donations of donated eggs spontaneously and driving to the impacted areas in Longnan with the book Chimingxi Orphanage. Dingxi was the hardest hit by the Great Famine in Gansu from 1958 to 1960. Writer Yang Xianhui wrote in this documentary novel that the famine had reached the level of “people eating”. After the famine, there were about 5,000 leftovers in Dingxi area orphan. Behind them, there are 5,000 or so family members starving to death and loneliness alone.