PureInsight | October 20, 2025
[PureInsight.org] My husband and I both practice Falun Gong. Together we only earn a little over five thousand yuan a month, we rent our home, and we must pay for our child’s schooling. Money is tight, so we were hoping to find higher-paying work.
In mid-September last year, my husband saw that a middle school was hiring two cafeteria workers. He applied; at the same time a brother-and-sister pair applied as well. The person in charge asked all of us to demonstrate our cooking in the cafeteria so they could decide whom to keep. The vice principal asked the longtime cafeteria auntie to help screen applicants, saying they wanted people with good overall qualities.
My husband and I and the sibling pair each prepared various staple dishes and side dishes. After finishing, the siblings went to the front dining area and explained their nine staple dishes to the teachers—“this is this, that is that…” The teachers happily took out their phones to photograph the food. The auntie commented to the teachers, “They’re just showing off to dazzle you!” The teachers laughed and said, “That auntie certainly has a way with words!” The siblings felt confident they would get the job.
We had prepared only three staple dishes. While the sister prepared nine staples, she repeatedly instructed the auntie to do this and that, which upset the auntie. Seeing the sister parade her nine dishes in the front hall annoyed her further. The siblings used up more than half a crate of the cafeteria’s eggs and nearly emptied a bucket of cooking oil in that one meal. The auntie complained that they were too wasteful.
The vice principal asked the auntie whom she thought they should keep. The auntie said the sibling pair wouldn’t do and urged that they be let go. The vice principal called the outsourcing manager and said, “We don’t need that brother and sister.” But the teachers were unhappy about this; they went to the principal and insisted the siblings be hired, saying they cooked very well.
The next day the auntie discovered egg pancakes the sister had secretly stored in the cafeteria refrigerator. The auntie summoned the principals to see and said, “Look at this—before even starting work, she’s already preparing to steal. If you can afford those costs, hire them.” The principals replied that people like that could not be hired.
When my husband came home, he silently told Master in his heart, “I want this job.” Two days later, the cafeteria auntie called and recounted the whole process in detail—and the principals had already decided to hire us. At the time, I thought we had no chance since the siblings had presented nine staple dishes and the teachers had strongly pushed for them. I had almost given up, but through Master’s compassionate arrangement, we were able to get the job.
Chinese version: https://www.zhengjian.org/node/298160
