(Minghui.org) I am a veteran Falun Dafa disciple who began practicing in 1996. Protected by Master, I have cultivated for 27 years. My relatives and I have experienced many amazing things. Here is something that happened during the autumn harvest.
In October 2018, it was autumn and all the grain was ripe. It meant a good income but, of course, endless work. At that time, those of us in the rural areas hired people to work for 200 yuan per day, lunch included, but we still couldn’t find helpers.
The six sisters in our family all practice Falun Dafa. We came from different cities to help our brother with the harvest. Our eldest sister was 82 and the rest of us were all in our 70s. The eldest and another sister, plus my brother’s wife, stayed at home to cook for us and do some light farm work, while all the others in the family went to the field to gather the corn and peanuts left in the field after the machine harvested them. We could get thousands of pounds every day. If no one picked up what was left behind, there would be huge waste.
In addition to helping our families with the autumn harvest, we also wanted to take this opportunity to tell people more about Dafa. Before our trip, 80-90%t of the villagers had already quit the Chinese Communist Party. This time my sister brought new truth materials, and, after we finished, we took my niece’s car to distribute thousands of truth-clarification materials to several surrounding villages.
In 2019, we returned again to help our brother with the autumn harvest. Just when we were prepared to get started in full force, the weather forecast said there would be a very heavy rainstorm that night. My niece rushed back and told the family to use the machine to harvest all the peanuts immediately.
That evening, there was a rare heavy autumn rain. The field, the ditches, and the road were flooded. The villagers were very worried. Looking at that the year’s harvest soaking in the water, they were in agony. After two days, the ground was still saturated and it would not dry up for weeks.
At that time, my brother’s family had a total of more than ten acres of peanuts, and 60 acres of corn, which was not a small project. Unable to use the machine, manual harvesting was simply impossible. Even with an offer of 300 yuan a day, nobody was willing to take the job.
I suddenly remembered Master’s Fa:
“Dafa disciples, if you cultivate to a very high level and will be governing a high-level cosmic body, a single thought of yours will indeed be all-powerful within your own cosmic body. That’s for sure. That’s why Dafa disciples must cultivate themselves well and become upright by cultivating.” (“Fa Teaching Given at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume V)
We were not intimidated. Despite our age and the fact that we had not done such heavy fieldwork for decades, we had over 24 years of cultivation experiences and strength from Dafa. We decided to do the harvest ourselves. My brother and his family were touched. If we did not bring it in ourselves, they wouldn’t ask us to do it.
We harvested the peanuts first. My niece and others put the peanut plants in a woven bag, and my youngest sister and I dragged them back. When it was too heavy with water, we put holes in the bag. Later we found out that it was more efficient to use a plastic bath basin. My niece posted it online and many people liked it and imitated us, jokingly commenting, “It was a spectacle of the autumn harvest.” It took us ten days to finish harvesting the peanuts.
Then we started to harvest the corn. My youngest sister, niece, and I picked the corn, and my brother and nephew-in-law loaded it onto the truck. We inspired other farmers to harvest their crops. But after two days of work, they were all worn out. It was exhausting to work in the mud and water, and they stumbled at times. The head of the village, whose parents were ten years younger than us, could not handle the hard work. They were very impressed and wondered how the “elderly ladies from the cities with minimum farm work experience” could handle such a heavy workload, which even young men could not do.
Someone approached us and asked, “Don’t you feel tired after working like this?”
“Yes, we do, but we can handle it. We practice Falun Dafa. It cultivates both mind and body. It not only keeps us healthy but extends our lives.”
“No wonder you are so extraordinary. In all the village, only your family harvested all your fields. It turns out that you have been blessed by Dafa. I envy you all.”
“If you practice Falun Dafa, you will be blessed as well.”
I would like to share that, in the midst of such intense labor, we knew that cultivating ourselves was the most important thing. So we made certain we studied the Fa, did the exercises, sent righteous thoughts, and clarified the truth to people.
Everyone worked hard, including our 83-year-old sister. Sometimes we sang Dafa songs to motivate ourselves, which helped us forget about the time and eliminated our fatigue. Others thought it was incredible to see the cheerful expressions on our faces.
We took suffering as pleasure. By doing so, we helped our loved ones, strengthened our will, and validated Dafa.
It took us 60 days to harvest all the corn. The day we finished, we heard there would be a snowstorm the next day. We left our brother’s home without delay. When we got home, the ground was covered after a night of heavy snow. The next day, all public transportation stopped running. It truly was very rare. I felt sorry for the farmers who weren’t able to harvest their crops this year.
My brother later told me that it took them one day to sell all of their peanuts, corn, and pigs. They made close to 100,000 yuan. The corn alone was sold for close to 60,000 yuan. The whole process felt like a race against time, and every second counted. With Master and Dafa, everything went smoothly.
My brother told us, “Everyone in the village said that we are the lucky ones.”
I remembered what Master said in the Fa:
“Right now you don’t know how precious it is. When you do come to realize that it’s precious, you will feel most fortunate.” (“First Fa Teaching Given in the United States,” Collected Teachings Given Around the World Volume I)
I was deeply touched, and tears ran down my face. How lucky we are to have the chance to practice Dafa and be Master’s disciples!
Thank you, Dafa!Thank you, Master!
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