(Minghui.org) My life was filled with hardship after I got married. My mother-in-law had paid for our house with furniture loans and credit cards. She then told us to not only repay our loans, but to also pay the loans on her existing house and my brother-in-law's furniture. She was afraid that my brother-in-law's bitter wife would ask for a divorce if she told them to pay off their furniture loans, whereas I always tried to be a nice person.
The debts totaled more than 20,000 yuan, with the interest amounting to 1,500 yuan while our annual income was only 2,000 yuan. My husband and I were only able to pay the interest, but not the principal. It took us 10 years to pay off the debts.
Besides our debts, my husband drank and gambled. When he was in a bad mood, he hit me. He came home late at night, if he came home at all. An inveterate gambler, he often asked me for money. I had no money after paying for food and the debt, so he viciously beat me.
I suffered emotionally and contemplated suicide more than once. However, I could not bear the thought of leaving my young son alone in this world, therefore I bottled up my feelings and maintained the dysfunctional family.
My spirit was depressed, and I was full of complaints. I would ramble endlessly to my friends when I ran into them. My eyes were dull, and I was almost on the verge of a mental collapse. I saved 800 yuan and was going to divorce my husband when my son grew up.
In the midst of my sadness, a good friend of mine introduced me to the Falun Dafa cultivation practice. I remember clearly that this was in August 1998
Master's profound Fa principles touched my soul, and drove away the dark clouds that had enveloped my heart for many years. I came to understand the true meaning of life and that this cultivation practice guides people out of confusion and into the light.
Master said,
“A benevolent person always has a heart of compassion.With no discontentment or hatred, he takes hardship as joy.” (“Realms” from Essentials For Further Advancement)
I followed the Dafa principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.
After I had cultivated for one month, it was the end of the crops’ fertilization season. While everyone else had fertilized their crops, my family had not started because my husband was gambling. I was anxious and urged him to leave the gambling house.
He grudgingly followed me to the field. I was in the front of our mule cart, and he was holding the plow in the back and kept hitting the mule. The mule was overwhelmed and lost control. It ran over a lot of corn seedlings and stepped on my left foot, causing it to bleed heavily. My husband got even more angry and hit the mule more frantically. The animal's mouth was full of blood.
My left foot was injured, but I held no grudge toward the mule or my husband. I pitied the mule for being hit so badly and said in my heart, “It was all my fault. If I didn't urge him to work in the field, he wouldn't have taken it out on you.”
At night I went to the Falun Dafa practice site, even though the flesh on my foot was visible, and it was still bleeding. I practiced the sitting meditation along with the other practitioners and didn't feel any pain. My foot recovered after three days.
My husband came home smelling of alcohol around 10:00 p.m. He wanted to go out gambling. I tried to stop him and locked the front door. He did not give up and climbed over the wall. He lost his footing and fell into the sewer ditch. I helped him out. He hit me and cursed as soon as he got out. He kicked me with his stool-covered legs and feet, and the stool splashed all over me.
I did not lose my temper. Instead, I got a basin to clean him. He knocked me and the basin over, and cursed. I got another basin of water, helped him take off his stinky shoes and washed him many times. He was moved, and his anger melted.
My mother-in-law was notorious in the village for being bitter and unreasonable. Everyone knew that she was bullying me and that I never liked her.
After I started practicing Falun Dafa, I followed the Dafa principles and our relationship improved. I took care of her and she was very grateful.
I told her, “It was Falun Dafa that changed me, and it is Dafa's Master who has taught me to be a good person.” She said, “You were kindhearted and now you're even more kindhearted.”
When I bathed her she said, “I am blessed to have you. You're better to me than my daughter.” She added, “I used to be mean to you. Now you are so nice to me, making me feel guilty. Falun Dafa is really good.”
Dafa has cleansed my heart, helped me understand to be a good person and harmonized our relationship.
Since I began to cultivate, I no longer resent my husband. I took care of the fields and looked after my elderly in-laws. In addition, I contracted a large field and grew grain. I bought a tractor and the villagers envied me and praised me as a good daughter-in-law and good wife.
My son witnessed how wonderful Falun Dafa is and how it has benefited me, and he supports my cultivation.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started to persecute and ban Dafa, and also defame Master Li (the founder) in 1999. Having benefited from practicing Falun Dafa, I was very sad about the ban. My son was in elementary school at the time, but he understood me and supported Dafa.
One day his teacher gave each student a booklet that attacked Dafa. My son tore the book to pieces in front of the class, and said, “Falun Dafa practitioners are not at all like what is written in the book! My mother practices Falun Dafa, and she is not like that!” Several students also tore that poisonous book to pieces.
For the New Year celebration at his school, his classmates choreographed a three-and-a-half sentence program, with contents attacking Dafa and Master Li.
During the rehearsal, my son sat in the audience and thought, “You are not allowed to defame Falun Dafa's Master. You cannot say it. You will stutter and forget the lines.” The performers indeed stuttered and forgot their lines, therefore the program was canceled.
After the onset of the persecution I peacefully appealed for Falun Dafa, and I was incarcerated for four years. While in prison, my husband lost confidence in life, and our house was not maintained. The roof had holes in it, and the yard was full of weeds.
My son did not waiver in his support of Dafa. He knew Falun Dafa is good and that his mother did nothing wrong. He took a temporary job out of town and became self-reliant at a very young age.
At work, he clarified the truth about Falun Dafa to his coworkers and persuaded them to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. He wholeheartedly supported practitioners, be it with manpower or money.
His diligence and kindheartedness impressed an architectural engineer who took him in and taught him architectural engineering technology. He worked during the day and studied the blueprints after work.
His hard work paid off. He finished his apprenticeship within two years and started working independently. Compared to his previous annual income of 10,000 yuan as a temporary worker, he now earns ten times more.
He married the daughter of a practitioner, and they have a lovely baby boy. They just bought a sedan and are leading a very happy life.
For 18 years, my family has benefited from Falun Dafa's infinite grace, and we all know that Dafa is good. We have quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. Since 2015, we also filed a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese dictator.