The rituals Fù Nàxià performs for the new year are her own. She cleans every inch of her home and her shop, pushing out even the smallest specks of dust, taking every knickknack off every shelf and scrubbing the surfaces to perfection before her treasured baubles are arranged inch-perfect to their proper places, just as she likes. Each night she stays up far too late, fueled by tea saved for special occasions, so that the moon rises to exactly the perfect spot and spreads out her cards und...