Neighbours searched her property before finding the pensioner in her kitchen cooking.
She reportedly told villagers: ‘I slept for a long time. After waking up, I felt so hungry, and wanted to cook something to eat.
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‘I pushed the lid for a long time to climb out.’
Medics said Mrs Xiufeng had suffered an ‘artificial death’, when a person has no breath, but their body remains warm.
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