Li Fengying became a child bride when she was 12. In 1944, she moved to Hongjiang in order to escape from war. She has been making her living by sewing for 20 years.

古商城一甲巷5号李凤英老人12岁当童养媳，1944年因躲避战乱从邵东来到洪江，做缝纫活近20年。

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With Delno and Ida working almost all the time, informal supervision of the kids fell to the Filipino war bride who lived across the street and the sharp-eyed Italian grandmothers who had raised their own children on South Elmwood Place.

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