Son of a Dragon

Jason and I both admit that we're bad at saving money. What can I say, we're both Capricorns and appreciate spending our money on expensive stuff when we can. However, right now we're tightening our beltloops in a push to move to the states before we get hit by another sweltering Beijing summer.

So what could a good Capricorn propose we do to help save money? Jason jokingly suggested that I let him buy me one of these.

He's a Pixiu (pea-show), the dragon's ninth son. He has a big mouth (and consequently, no anus) so he can gobble up and store as much silver and gold as he can get his greedy paws on. You can sometimes find statues of him in front of Chinese banks and other businesses.

The Chinese often wear jade Pixiu as lucky charms to draw in wealth. We've decided to save money the old fashioned way, by not spending it, but I did appreciate becoming acquainted with yet another of China's interesting mythical beasts.