Jing-Mei’s mother gave her a jade pendant after a crab dinner celebrating the Chinese New Year. She told her that it was her life’s importance. Jing-Mei’s mother died shortly after, so she was never able to find out what that had meant. She then wore the pendant every day.
Jing-Mei had a FLASHBACK of the day her mother gave her the pendant. They were having a crab dinner and had to pick out eleven crabs. They chose the best quality of crabs until they had one whose leg was torn off. The store owner made them buy it, so they had ten good quality crabs and the one with the missing leg. The crab with the missing leg was a bad sign on Chinese New Year. At dinner, Jing-Mei and her mother were the last ones to get their crabs. All that was left was a large crab and the crab with the missing leg. Jing-Mei tried to take the crab with the missing leg, but her mother would not let her. After everyone left, Jing-Mei asked her mother about the crab with the missing leg. Her mother said, “Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everybody else want best quality. You thinking different.”
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