(Minghui.org) I was weak and sick since I was young. My mother gave birth to me at the age of 45 so my brothers and sisters are much older than me. Father died before I became an adult and my brothers and sisters brought me up. After I became an adult, I was married to a soldier for six years. When we separated I was deeply hurt. I vowed to remain single.
I sewed for a living. When I was 46, my relatives urged me to find a companion so that we could take care of each other. I was introduced to a government official. He was a good man. His children were grown and thus my life was good.
Two years after we married, my husband suggested that we adopt a child. So we adopted a girl.
The bad experience I had with my first marriage caused me to have health problems. I suffered from neurological diseases. I had three tumors that grew in my uterus and three tumors on my neck. Over time, they grew so big that the ones on my neck surrounded it, wrapping it like a scarf, making it difficult for me to breathe. The three tumors in my uterus made it hard for me to stand.
My husband tried to convince me to have surgery to remove them but I refused. He said, “If you don’t want to have surgery, why not practice Falun Dafa?” Our child was still very young, so he took care of her while I went to the park to do the Falun Dafa exercises.
I began reading Zhuan Falun. Because reading made me sleepy I knew that Master Li (the founder) was helping to cleanse my brain. Gradually, by practicing Falun Dafa, my stomach disease, cholecystitis and lung problems disappeared. The tumors on my neck and in my uterus were also gone.
Falun Dafa is so amazing! All my illnesses were gone without any surgery, taking any medication or spending one single penny! My husband and I were so happy. My husband also began practicing.
In July 1999, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa. Because my husband was a government official, he was so frightened that he stopped practicing. He developed a brain disease and passed away the following year. Our child was seven years old.
After my husband died, his children wanted our house. They said that my daughter was adopted and so we didn’t have the right to inherit it. They wanted to kick us out.
I lost my husband, and was facing losing my home. I had no job and no income. I needed to raise my child. My situation seemed dire.
My husband and I had pooled our money to buy our house when we got married. Before he passed away, he gave his old house to his sons. They didn’t know the facts, and one of them even had his whole family move into my house! I was a practitioner and I could only ask Master for help. I realized that I should take them to court.
The judge ruled in my favor. Although I won the lawsuit, I had to give them more than ten thousand dollars which I didn’t have. I borrowed the money from relatives. Coupled with old debts, I owed more than thirty-thousand yuan. It wasn’t a large amount of money, but to me, it was an astronomical figure.
I had no income but I still needed to raise my daughter. My sister advised me to marry again but I disagreed. My daughter also didn’t want me to remarry. Although she was young, she was quite mature. She wept and said, “Mom, I’ve lost Dad. Please don’t look for another husband. The two of us will be okay. I won’t go to school. We can make a living by collecting recycling materials and selling it.” I cried. “You have to go to school. I’ll do my best to send you to school.”
I'm a Dafa disciple, and I have Master to protect me. I was determined to raise my child. I felt she had a predestined relationship with me.
I was sixty years old, and I opened a small hotel in our home. The business was enough to support us.
The Neighborhood Committee gave me some subsidies after learning about our situation. One year later, they told me to write a pledge to not practice Falun Dafa anymore. I refused so they stopped the payment.
I require myself to follow the principles of Falun Dafa, being compassionate and considerate of guests in my home. As my business was getting better and better, my daughter and I no longer worried about feeding ourselves. We also gradually paid off our debts.
A steady stream of guests came to stay in our hotel. I knew that these people had a predestined relationship with Dafa. They had come to be awakened.
I treated all our guests kindly and I clarified the truth to them. I explained that millions of Chinese were quitting the CCP and why. Once they understood, almost all of them agree to quit the Party. Some repeatedly returned to my hotel.
One guest was a 20-year-old driver. He stayed in our hotel for two weeks. I clarified the truth to him many times. At first he didn’t believe what I said. I took good care of him and treated him like a family member. I asked for Master Li's help. One day, he only went to work for an hour then came back. I asked him why he came home so early. He said he had a high fever and went straight to bed. I made noodle soup for him. I said, “Please eat it. You can’t skip any meals. I know after you finish eating it you’ll feel better.” He was touched.
When he woke up, he happily told me his fever was gone. “I feel great!” I asked him, “Isn’t Falun Dafa good?” He immediately replied, “Yes, Dafa is great!” I asked him if he wished to quit the CCP organizations he'd joined. He said, “Yes, I''ll quit.”
For seven years, I clarified the truth to all my guests. About eighty to ninety percent of them quit the CCP organizations they joined. After they quit, some returned and stayed for several months. They all know that Falun Dafa practitioners are good people.
One day I found a wallet in the corridor. It contained more than one thousand dollars. I recognized the name on the I.D. so I ran upstairs and gave it to that guest. He was very thankful. He later made a special dish for me and my daughter. I said, “I’m a practitioner. Returning what belongs to someone is what everyone should do.” He said, “I appreciate your kindness. If someone else had found my wallet, they wouldn’t have returned it.” Through this incident, he knew Falun Dafa is good. His family accepted the truth-clarification materials and they also withdrew from the CCP.
My daughter did well in school and got into a university. After my daughter graduated, I thought about contacting her biological parents. She couldn’t understand why they gave her away and resented that Chinese people wanted sons but gave away their daughters. She said I was crazy for contacting them. I said, “Don't you want to meet your biological mom?” She said, “But you're my real mom.”
In China, when adopted children grow up, their adoptive parents seldom contact the biological parents. Some are afraid that their children will know their background. But I'm a Dafa disciple. I felt it was important for my daughter to know her parents and siblings. I explained this to her. I told her that we’d meet them during the Chinese New Year. There were about thirty people in her family and everyone was happy to see her. I took the opportunity to clarify the truth to them. I also helped them to withdraw from the CCP.
My daughter’s biological father and sister admire Falun Dafa and respect me. They made a special trip to come for a visit during the Chinese New Year,