We weren't supposed to get a cat. The landlady wasn't keen on it (she didn't say "no" exactly, she gave that Taiwanese-style no in which the person stands there and looks uncomfortable until you realize they mean no).
Auntie Wu down the street insists she knows why; apparently our landlady (whose niece we deal with, not her directly, she's too shy about not speaking English and no amount of reassuring the niece that I speak Chinese is going to change that) is quite superstitious in accordance with her advanced age, and cats bring bad spirits. Or something. Maybe she just doesn't like them.
Anyway, we weren't supposed to get a cat.
It's really a shame - and by "a shame" I mean "fantastic" - that a cat got us.
So, everyone, meet Zhao Cai (招財), our lucky cat who beckoned to my sister and came on Halloween.
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