Family is Broken Apart: Grandfather and Grandson Live in Hardship

On June 1, 2002, I went to a fellow practitioner's home. I asked him how his family was doing, and he said, "Since my son was sentenced to imprisonment because of practising Falun Gong, I have not received any information about his situation. My daughter-in-law has been forced to leave home and is roaming about, so my granddaughter went to her maternal grand mother's home. Her maternal grandfather was also sentenced to imprisonment because of practising Falun Gong, and now he is detained in Qingdao City. Her grand mother is still determined. Later, I heard that my son was 'transformed', and I got very angry and really lost my temper. The next morning, my foot ached when I did the Falun Gong exercises. I failed to maintain my xinxing (heart or mind nature) [Falun Dafa teaches that a practitioner should remain calm and have benevolence in his/her heart, even when facing difficult situations] and failed Teacher Li's expectation of me as a practitioner. Right now my little grandson and I are depending on each other and living from day to day."

I looked at this poor family, and a feeling that was hard to describe arose in my mind. I asked, "How do you live?" "We barely manage," he answered. I heard that since his son and daughter-in-law were kidnapped in 1999, they had no source of income. Even the grain supplied by the village was also taken away. I took 145 Yuan out of my pocket to give him. He wanted to refuse my gift, but when he saw tears in my eyes, he could say nothing. I told him that since it was the children's holiday (June 1 holiday in China), the gift was for his grandson.

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