It's Chinese New Year, and I don't know who is bothering the wild cat in the alley, not letting anyone have peace and quiet.

Ye Li put down the book, stood up and opened the door, and saw the two naughty children from Huang Xiuxiu's family, holding the cat's neck with a rope and stepping on the cat's tail with their feet.

The poor wild cat screamed on the ground, but it received sympathy from the two children.

"Chengcai, Dongliang, can't you do something else during the New Year? Why do you have to bully this little cat?"

As Ye Li was talking, Aunt Liang opened the door curtain and came out of the house: "You two little ancestors should be more kind-hearted. How did this cat offend you? It's a pity that such a life was tormented by you during the New Year!"

Brothers Li Chengcai and Li Dongliang laughed and said, "This kitten is so funny!"

"How can you play with a cat like this? We can't let you play it to death! Let's do something else during the New Year." Zhao Xingmei also came out of the house.

Li Chengcai shook his head: "I don't want to play with anything else, I just want to play with this cat! This cat is fun!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dongliang raised his foot and stepped on the cat's paw, and the cat immediately screamed again.

...

...

Aunt Liang was furious and yelled at the top of her voice: "Huang Xiuxiu, please take care of your two children! Why do they have to play with cats when there are so many other things to play with!!"

Huang Xiuxiu was playing poker with Niu Dazhi and her mother-in-law Jiang Chunying in the house. When she heard the shouting in the yard, she nudged Niu Dazhi and said, "Go and see what Aunt Liang is shouting about."

"Don't worry about what she shouts! Let's just play our own game!" Niu Dazhi was very interested.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. He asked for leave on the grounds of feeling unwell, and planned to have a good rest at home for a day.

If the aunties in the hospital knew that he had no disease, it would be bad if his superiors found out.

"Forget it, I'll go." Huang Xiuxiu put down the cards in her hand, walked to the door and shouted to the two little brats, "What are you making a fuss about? Didn't I tell you to go out and play?"

"What's fun outside? Everyone has money to buy firecrackers and cannons, but you don't give us a penny. What else can we play?" Li Chengcai yelled.

"Why didn't I give you money? Isn't your New Year's money money?"

"Only 20 cents per person, what can you do with that?" Li Dongliang said dissatisfiedly.

"You lost two cents? Do you know how hard it is to make money now?"

Seeing that the mother and son were about to quarrel in the yard, Aunt Liang spoke again: "It's New Year's Day, so why don't you give the child some money? You usually give him money generously, but now you don't give it to him! Look at the two of them bullying the cat in the yard out of boredom. What's going on?"

Aunt Jiang heard this clearly in the house, and when she opened the door, she confronted Aunt Liang: "You are really talking without any pain! This is not your money, so of course you don't feel bad! Our Xiuxiu is about to give birth to a baby, and once the baby is born, there will be places to spend money everywhere. How can you just casually spend all the money on buying things for the child? If you think the child is making trouble, why don't you give the child some money?"

Anyway, these two grandchildren are not their own. If they spend more money, they will spend less money when their own grandchildren are born in the future.

Of course she was on her grandson's side.

When Aunt Liang heard this, her face suddenly turned gloomy.

It's the New Year, and she doesn't want to waste any more time talking to Aunt Jiang.

"I can't give it to you. If you want to give it, then give it to me. If you don't want to, then forget it." After saying that, she turned around and went back to her house.

When Zhao Xingmei saw Aunt Liang had gone back, she went to Ye Li's room.

"How was it? Did those two kids disturb your rest?"

Ye Li smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I just feel sorry for the cat! Mom, the cat just gave birth to kittens not long ago. I fed it a few days ago."

"Yes, these two sons of Huang Xiuxiu's family are not virtuous at all. Sooner or later, they will be dealt with by someone. Don't worry about them and have a good rest! Today is the first day of the new year. Let's make dumplings for lunch. Do you want meat or vegetarian fillings? Tell mom and I will make them for you!" Zhao Xingmei said.

"I want to eat vegetarian food." Ye Li said, "cabbage and egg filling."

"Okay! Then mom will crack a few more eggs in it and add more oil to make it fragrant."

"Thank you, Mom!"

"You're welcome!"

"I'll help you pack it later." Ye Li said, "Aunt and Yulian are out on the street, and it's hard to say when they'll be back. It's too tiring for you to pack it by yourself."

"No need for you." Zhao Xingmei did not let Ye Li interfere with the kitchen affairs. "It's cold in this winter, you just stay in this room. Remember this, you don't have to worry about housework, just take care of your pregnancy peacefully. Giving birth to a big fat baby next year is better than anything else."

"Thank you, Mom."

"Good boy! Tomorrow is the second day of the Chinese New Year. Do you still want to go back to your parents' home?"

Ye Li shook his head: "I'm not going back. I've already severed ties with that place. It doesn't make any sense whether I go back or not. Mom, I really thank you. I feel the warmth from you that my biological mother didn't give me."

This made Zhao Xingmei laugh: "Then you should treat me as your real mother from now on, and I will treat you as my own daughter!"

"It's settled then." Ye Li laughed.

"Grandma, aunt, what are you two laughing at?" Jiang Miao was bored playing alone, so he came over.

"Why don't you go play with the kids?" Ye Li asked.

"They all went to the store to buy snacks." Jiang Miao said.

"Then why don't you go? Didn't you give me New Year's money this morning?"

Jiang Miao looked up at Zhao Xingmei and said, "Grandma doesn't allow me to buy things randomly."

"Then do you want to eat some delicious snacks?" Jiang Miao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I want to eat cake and peach biscuits."

"Come on, let grandma go to the kitchen to cook, and his aunt will take you there, okay?"

Jiang Miao looked at Zhao Xingmei again, but she did not refuse, so she happily followed Ye Li out.

"Li Li, the road is slippery, you must be careful!" Zhao Xingmei walked her all the way to the gate of the yard, constantly reminding her.

Ye Li and Jiang Miao came to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought two pounds of cake, two pounds of peach cakes and two pounds of sunflower seeds, and happily carried them back.

Suddenly, the two brothers Li Chengcai and Li Dongliang rushed out from somewhere.

"Jiang Miao, Aunt Ye, we found a litter of cubs born by the cat! Do you two want to go and take a look?" Li Chengcai asked.

"I'm not going to see it. You shouldn't go either. Don't disturb the kitten's life." Ye Li said.

"But..." Li Dongliang tilted his head and said, "But they are almost frozen to death and starved to death! They are five little kittens, so cute at first glance. It's a pity that they died."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Chengcai continued, "It's a pity that my mother won't let me take them back. Look how cold it is now. If it snows again, I'm afraid all these kittens will freeze to death. Aunt Ye Li, you're going to be a mother too, don't you have sympathy for these kittens?"