In the Three Little Ones' basement, a neatly positioned character for "fortune" was pasted by the door. Everything else in the room looked rather shabby; only that bright red character was new.
Yue Wen sent a message when he reached the door, and the black cat came out to meet them.
When the group entered, the big white cat was holding a pair of Spring Festival couplets and wiping them clean, smiling as he worked. "Pretty impressive, right? I found these as soon as I went out, and they're still intact. Let's put them up later."
"Great job," the orange cat girl praised him. "Now it feels even more like New Year."
The Three Little Ones seemed very interested in this human tradition of celebrating New Year, but Yue Wen still reminded them, "The reason you found these is that every year has a different zodiac animal, so people replace the previous year's couplets at New Year. Look, what does yours say?"
Orange Cat pointed at the words on the couplet and read, "Bearing grass and mud, the snake travels the feathered road; as a new year begins, blessings and good fortune arrive..."
"That won't do," Zhao Xing'er said. "The Year of the Snake is over. You need Year of the Horse couplets now."
"How about we just change one word and put them up? Bearing grass and mud, the horse travels..." the big white cat suggested.
"That's even worse!" Yue Wen hurriedly stopped him. "I'll buy you a new pair later."
"Thanks." Orange Cat smiled sheepishly.
The black cat suddenly asked, "If there's a Year of the Horse, is there a Year of the Cat?"
"There really isn't." Zhao Xing'er shook her head, then listed the twelve zodiac animals.
All three little Cat Demons looked puzzled. "Even rats get