(Minghui.org) I went to a supermarket to buy some eggs one night. When I was talking to the salesperson, a female employee came over. She smiled and put her hands together in front of her chest to show respect to me. I was a little confused. I thought: “Could this be a fellow practitioner working in the supermarket?” But I didn’t know her!

I smiled back and said, “Hello!” She introduced me to the salesperson and told her how nice I was, and then told me that she'd served me one day and I helped her. I suddenly remembered her and said: “I’m sorry, I didn’t recognize you at first because we were both wearing masks then [during the COVID pandemic].”

She responded, “You didn’t recognize me, but I recognize you! You’re so nice!”

Here’s what happened: When I was at the supermarket back then, I passed the fruit stand and was about to check out. This employee was selling melons at the stand and tried to sell me her box of cut fruit. I usually don’t buy pre-cut fruit because I’m afraid it’s not fresh. If I need fruit, I buy whole fruit and have the seller cut it in front of me. Plus, I didn’t plan to buy any, so I said, “I still have some fruit at home.” She told me how sweet the melon was. More importantly, she told me that it was the last box, and if it was sold, she could go home. It was already past 8 p.m.

Seeing how tired she looked, I remembered that Master asked us to put others first, so I bought the box of cut sweet melon. She kept saying, “Thank you!” and “How can you be so kind?”

I responded, “Because I am a Falun Dafa practitioner, I think more about others and try to be considerate of them. Otherwise, I wouldn’t buy this box of cut fruit. I still have several kinds of fruit at home.” Because my husband was calling me to go to the cashier to pay, I didn’t have time to clarify the truth to her. I took the fruit and quickly went to the cashier to pay. I felt a little regretful at the time.

I didn’t expect that this small act of kindness would be remembered. I asked her, “You serve many customers every day. I was wearing a mask at that time. How did you recognize me?”

She kept saying, “Of course, I recognize you. You were so kind!” I was very moved. I pulled her to a quieter place and told her the truth about Falun Dafa and the importance of quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations to ensure a bright future. She readily agreed to quit. Then she introduced me to the employee who was selling eggs. She said she was a Buddhist. There were many people there at the time, so I didn’t clarify the truth to the person selling eggs. I decided to find an opportunity to come back later.

I went to the supermarket again another night and saw the employee who was selling eggs the last time. I waited in line, then went up to her and asked her to weigh a tray of eggs (30 eggs). She took out two trays from the storeroom and asked me to choose one. I said, “No need. Either one is fine. If I pick good ones, I’ll leave the bad ones for others!” She said that I was a nice person! I replied, “Because I practice Falun Dafa, I should be more considerate of others.”

She took out two eggs and weighed them. I didn’t know what was going on, so I asked her. But she didn’t answer. After weighing the eggs, she put them back into the tray. I realized that she was going to charge me for just two eggs instead of 30 and said, “ Elder sister, you are a Buddhist practitioner, and I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. We both believe there are gods above our heads, right? I know you were doing this for my good, but we can’t do this.”

She looked at me and exclaimed, “You are better than us!”

Another evening I was in the supermarket to buy offerings of fruit for Master. I was looking around and saw imported tangerines. I took a few and asked the salesperson to weigh them. After paying, I looked at the label and thought the price was wrong, so I went back to the fruit stall. After checking, the salesperson had marked the price of the imported tangerines as domestic tangerines. I told the salesperson, and she was a little unhappy at first. She went to check and saw that she had made a mistake. As she walked back, she said to herself out loud, “Hard to believe there is still such a kind person nowadays.”

I heard this and replied, “I do this because I practice Falun Dafa.” Although she didn’t say anything, she looked at me with admiration in her eyes. Other customers were waiting for her, so I simply smiled and left.

These small things are what every practitioner would do, as every practitioner is assimilating to the requirements of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. Our good deeds are also changing the environment around us. When I was at work, I often got sales calls, and I would usually reply, “Sorry, I don’t need it at the moment. Goodbye!” My colleagues tell me that I’m very polite and that I should either yell at these people or hang up on them. But I say, “It’s not easy for young people to get a job now. Put yourself in their shoes. If your brothers and sisters or your children were doing such a job, how would you treat them?” Now I find that my colleagues and family members who do not practice Dafa are polite when they receive such calls. I am really relieved.