My Being A Good Person Brings Rewards to My Employer and His Customers Alike

(Clearwisdom.net) I got to know a restaurant owner by chance. One day he was short of manpower, so I offered to help him. He was very grateful and asked me to help at the front desk welcoming customers and collecting money. At the end of the day, the gross income for that day was 2.3 times the average daily turnover since he had opened the restaurant. He was so happy that he decided to hire me as a formal employee. I thus used the opportunity to clarify the truth to customers. At least 400 people had learned the truth of Falun Gong from me. I also distributed over 200 copies of truth-clarification materials. The boss and two employees also read Zhuan Falun.

Later I planned to go out of town to clarify the truth. When I told the boss I wanted to quit the job, he said to me, "I will not hire anyone else. I'll wait for you to come back to work here again." After I returned, he told me, "From now on, I'll hand over the management and operation of the restaurant to you. Please take care of everything, including food purchases and money collection. You may keep the money collected everyday with you. It is fine to turn in the money to me once in several days. If you have any flyers or CDs, give them to me and I'll hand them out for you."

The prices this boss set were a bit high, so I lowered them and at the same time improved the quality of the food. Therefore, the revenue increased day by day. More and more people came to eat, and more and more people got to know the truth of Falun Gong.

I tended to say different things to different people while clarifying the truth. For instance, I often helped customers order food based on their tastes and health status, not on the profit margin each dish could bring to the restaurant. My compassionate heart moved many customers. It was then natural for me to tell them that I am a Dafa disciple. I continued by clarifying the truth to them. Some were stunned by the truth; some cursed at Jiang for launching the persecution; some had great admiration for the strong willpower of Dafa practitioners, and some showed great respect for our Teacher.

Once I clarified the truth to three policemen. One of them said something bad about our Teacher. I rushed to cover his mouth and told him the principle that good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil.

One week later the policeman came again and I received him with enthusiasm. I served food to him and also remembered to put a bottle of hot pepper oil (he uses it with every meal) in front of him. However, he pushed the oil back to me, saying "Please give it to others. I do not need it today." I said, "You quit eating it?" He replied in a low voice, "I developed blisters in my mouth for no reason. Tell me, do you think this is because I said some bad things the other day?" I nodded in agreement. He finally came to believe retribution for bad deeds and understand the truth of Falun Gong. I said, "It's never too late to come to know the truth. We do not have hatred. All we have is compassion. From now on, please tell everyone you meet that Falun Dafa is a righteous Way, and practitioners are being persecuted." He nodded.

After several months of work, the boss gave me very high praise for my performance. I was not attached to the compliments. What was more important was that so many people had come to know the truth. Later I gave all the money I earned to the material production site to make more truth-clarification materials.

The boss once said to me, "My brother and brother-in-law both work in the police department. I will tell them that 99.9% of people practicing Falun Gong are good people. The other 0.1% of practitioners includes people like me, who have just started to learn. But I believe I will become a better person."

2004-1-8