The Influence on Peasant's Life by Land-allotment in North China during Twenties and Thirties in the 20th Century

During twenties and thirties in the 20th century, most of the peasant in north China had no enough land because of the land-allotment system, which producing a serious influence on peasant's life. No matter in product or in living, they were always placed at an unfavorable position. They had no choice but to suffer the waste of manpower and material resources, to scant themselves in food and clothes, and to sell wheat flour in order to buy more coarse food. Nevertheless, they still could not make both ends meet and always lived by borrowing. In addition, they had also been suffering the difference in standard of living all the time since the land was not evenly divided.