Running an Honest Grocery Store

(Minghui.org) We have a grocery store that was previously run by my children. The store carried some health products that were extremely profitable, but they were of dubious benefit to consumers. I felt this was doing business in a dishonest way and is intentionally swindling and harming our customers. When I suggested that we stop selling these health products, my family members were all against this, especially my husband.

Deciding to Stop Selling High Profit Health Products

I wanted to follow the Falun Dafa principles and be a qualified practitioner. I read the Falun Dafa books and did the things required. I explained to my husband the principle of loss and gain and how to be a good person. When a fellow practitioner came to visit, she also talked to my husband about the principle of being a good person and how we are doing things according to Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.

My husband finally changed and he now supports me.

Two other stores near ours went out of business. However, our business is always doing well. It seems that whenever I use the money I earn for truth clarification materials, our business increases.

Neighbors and Family Members Know Falun Dafa Is Good

When I bought this store, some of the elderly ladies in our neighborhood laughed at the idea, as their have been several previous attempts to run this store, but they failed. Later when they saw our business was successful, they said I was blessed. I told them, it is not because I am lucky, it is because I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. I am blessed because I practice Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. I told them of the beauty of Falun Dafa and asked them to remember, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I said that the practice teaches us to be good people, and believing in Dafa will bring people good fortune.

If someone left behind any items in our store, we kept them safe and returned them to the person when they returned. Sometimes people left their cell phones in our store. We charged the phone for them, and when they called in, we told the owner to pick up their phones. When they thanked me, I told them to remember, “Falun Dafa is good,” and they will be blessed.

A person once left behind his cell phone on the counter. We did not notice it until it was time to close the store. It looked like a very expensive phone. At 10:00 p.m. I thought we should go home and let the person who left the phone call us tomorrow. My husband said, “It is such a good cell phone! The owner could be very worried. Let's wait a little longer.” We waited until the owner called in. When he got his phone back, he was really happy. He said, “Thank you so much! This phone cost 15,000 yuan. Today not many people are as kind as you.” I told him to remember, “Falun Dafa is good.” It is our Master who teaches us to be like this, and every Dafa practitioner would do this.

My husband has been blessed since he has respected Dafa. His illnesses disappeared, especially his cervical spondylosis, that he had suffered from for a long time. He knows Falun Dafa is good and supports my cultivation. Just as Master said, “Since you practice a righteous way, your practice will benefit others.” (“Lecture Six” in Zhuan Falun) The whole family is blessed when one member practices Falun Dafa.

My husband used to be dark and thin, now he is strong with a light completion. People say that he looks younger and more handsome. Although he has not started practicing Falun Dafa, he is a good person according to Dafa.

I once told a woman the truth about Falun Dafa. She was really happy and said that she would thank me for the rest of her life. I said, “Do not thank me. Thank my Master.” She said, “Thank you, to your Master!”