Clarifying the Truth in a Supermarket During the Three Years of Pandemic

(Minghui.org) I went to the deli section of a supermarket in the second half of 2022. A middle-aged store attendant raised his arms and shouted happily, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” Some female attendants also raised their hands and shouted, “Welcome Falun Dafa!” I was moved to tears.

Inside and outside of the supermarket, I was often greeted with “The Falun Dafa lady is here!” “Hello, auntie!” “How are you, auntie? We were thinking about you!”

During the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) COVID “All Positive” time in early 2023, I only spent a few days at home for Chinese New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I went to the supermarket the next day as usual, and a family greeted me. I returned with my greeting, “Happy New Year, everyone! How are your families?” They told me, “Our whole family has tested negative.” I was relieved and felt happy for them.

I am 79 years old. I began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. The following are some short stories of my truth-clarification during the last three years of the pandemic.

On the second day of the citywide lockdown, as soon as I entered the supermarket, the attendants asked me in surprise, “Auntie, how did you get out?” I got out because I must save people every day. How I got out was nothing unusual, through the gate where people go in and out.

As the pandemic lockdown intensified, the “white uniforms” were guarding the supermarket entrance. I was not vaccinated or tested and had no codes (such as health codes, bar codes etc). I didn’t attempt to find out what the white uniforms were checking, I simply stayed in the parking lot to talk to the shoppers.

There were not a lot of people shopping, however, I tried to catch and talk with anyone I saw. I persuaded them to quit the CCP, and its affiliated organizations while helping them unload shopping carts, and most of them were willing to quit.

The shoppers were mostly young urban people. I cared about them as if they were my children. I was sincere, kind, and earnest, and my opening sentence, “I hope you are safe and healthy,” always worked well.

I would briefly tell them that the pandemic was targeting the CCP, and that only by quitting its organizations can one survive. I told them they can stay clear of the pandemic by sincerely reciting the two auspicious phrases “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

After I said the above words, I could see that they visibly overcame fear and anxiety. Most of them were from mainstream society and within the CCP system, but they all agreed to quit probably because my heartfelt compassion moved them. Some young women said to me, “It’s so cold, please dress warm. Put on a hat and a down jacket or something.”

My husband is in his 80s and did not practice Falun Dafa. Seeing me in the bitter cold every day, he pulled me toward the supermarket entrance, telling me, “The white uniforms were replaced by supermarket staff now. I’ll bring you in.” Holding up his cell phone, he said loudly, “This is my wife, the test information (on the phone) is for both of us.” We got in.

He would urge me every morning when I was finishing up chores, “Leave it there, let’s go!” He was obviously proud of what he was doing. I told him a few days later, “I’m okay now, I can enter by myself.” I would ask Master Li (Dafa’s founder) to help me and could enter the supermarket freely while sending righteous thoughts.

My residential area is one of many in the entire administrative community, people who live in this specific community have the privilege of less restriction for going out. In other residential areas, if there was anyone who had tested positive and quarantined, their buildings would be locked down, but in my community, there were no “positive” cases, and our buildings were never in lockdown. Although not all gates were open in our community, there was one gate that was kept open, allowing people to come and go. I was able to go out every day for truth clarification and group study.

A fellow practitioner said, “Even if there is only one person who needs to get out every day to clarify the truth and save people, this residential area won’t be in lockdown.” I understood that, if a Dafa practitioner wants to get out and do what we are supposed to do, we will be able to do so because Dafa is powerful.

The supermarket I go to every day is the busiest in the city and was not closed a single day during the three years of the pandemic. Full staff was on duty even during the CCP’s COVID “All Positive” period at the beginning of this year.

Across the street to the north of the supermarket is a hotel, and several businessmen from other provinces stayed there while giving seminars and doing business in a number of chain stores in the city. A few days later, they all tested positive for COVID.

Several surrounding supermarkets, restaurants, and other markets had people exposed to them and had to undergo tracing, closure, and shutdown enforced by police. However, the commotion did not cross the street and affect this big supermarket where I would go daily.

Across the street to the east of the supermarket is a residential area surrounded by stores. One day, some residents tested positive, and consequently tracing for exposure was conducted in the surrounding stores, but it didn’t come to the supermarket, even though residents of that area shop there frequently.

One of the branch stores of the supermarket in other areas was shut down due to a seafood problem, but this main store was not affected. An attendant said to me one day, “Auntie, we have benefited from you, thank you!” I said, “It’s Falun Dafa—you have benefited from Falun Dafa, please thank my Master. Master told us to clarify the truth and advise people to do the three withdrawals to save them.”

If a place has lots of people who understood the truth, people in that specific place would be blessed with good health and a peaceful life. A practitioner bought a jacket from this supermarket for more than 200 yuan and used more than 100 yuan of truth-clarification bills to pay for it, and the cashier gladly accepted all the truth-clarification bills—wasn’t that a good thing? A business like that would be blessed.

I came to the supermarket every morning and would spend two hours clarifying the truth and advising people to do the three withdrawals, rain or shine. I could typically persuade from one dozen to two dozen people to quit the CCP on a daily basis.

I basically have no holidays for those days are my busiest days: People would shop before the Chinese New Year holiday and buy gifts on the second day of the New Year. People would shop on the Women’s Day sale on March 8 and during the long holiday of May 1st. People would also buy food to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in May and shop on Children’s Day on June 1. Students would shop more often during the summer vacation.

The crowd for the Mid-Autumn Festival was as big as the Chinese New Year holiday for many would shop with gift cards that their employers gave them as a benefit—many businesses order gift cards for their employees from this supermarket because it is the largest store in the municipality.

This supermarket has the most complete and freshest commodities, the fastest turnover of goods, and the largest flow of customers. On holidays, many people shop as a family of three or four, and sometimes three generations in one family would show up. This is especially true in the garment, shoes, hats, and toy sections.

Sometimes I would barely have time to write down the complete list of names for one family before another family showed up. Older people liked to chat with me, and younger generations would be willing to seek my counsel, they were all predestined people.

I was so busy while in the store and I wish I had someone to help me write down the names for the three withdrawals.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2021, I met a well-suited, well-mannered man in his 40s at the gift section. I half-jokingly asked, “You’re the deputy mayor, right?” He replied in a reserved manner, “No, I’m just a staff member.” I smiled, “Whether or not you are the mayor, you need to be safe and sound to take office, right? The three withdrawals can ensure your safety, please consider doing it.”

He pondered for a moment. I said, “I understand how busy you are. Please don’t miss the opportunity Heaven has given you—a blessed destiny.” He surveyed my overall presence—an intellectual elder—and said calmly, “Okay, I quit!” I said, “Pseudonym: Zhengjun, quitting the CCP, the Youth League, and the Young Pioneers, correct?” He said, “Yes, thank you.”

The people I met at this supermarket included officials, civil servants, military personnel, Political and Legal Affairs Committee personnel, the 610 Office personnel, police officers, employees, and retirees of many professions as well as their family and children.

Some would leave as soon as I mentioned Falun Dafa, some would suggest that I stop practicing, and some would say in a mocking tone, “You should do this at the City Hall!” Some would ask me to be careful, while others would thank me.

Some men would drag me to the security office, some others would report me and have the police come to interrogate me. Someone once filmed me in the garment section and had the police come to get me (I happened to be absent that day). In another incident, someone took me to the police station where I clarified the truth to the police officers. An hour later they told me to ask my family member to take me home.

I have experienced many things, bitter and sweet, during the past three years. The only thought I had was saving people with compassion. All I want is to save as many people as possible, day after day, without giving up. May more people understand the truth, be blessed, and be saved!