Except for the elders and pregnant women in the family, everyone else was staying up late, cracking melon seeds and eating snacks, but they didn't stay up too late and went to bed at two in the morning. After all, tomorrow is the first day of the new year.

Yang Hang, Yang Ming and Chu Heng were the first to get up. They were going to light the "door-opening firecrackers" to welcome the gods, or go to a famous temple outside to burn the first incense stick. This is why many people rush to the temple early every year.

When Yang Hang and his friends came back, the family had already prepared yesterday's leftovers. The meal on New Year's Eve was not finished, which meant there would be surplus every year, so today, on New Year's Day, they ate yesterday's leftovers, and of course, there were also dumplings.

After dinner, Fu Fu brought his younger brothers and sisters to pay New Year’s greetings to the elders in the family. After saying a series of auspicious words, the elders headed by Yao Jinnian gave them red envelopes one by one.

Because there are many elders in the family, they received more than a dozen red envelopes with different denominations. The smallest one was basically 20 yuan, and the largest one was 55 yuan.

"Fufu, are you going to save these red envelopes?"

"Yeah, what about you guys?"

"Yeah, I'll put it away and buy things that grandpa, grandma, dad, and mom like."

"Aran is so good." Fu Fu touched Chu Ran's head, and the others followed suit. Chu Ran was very good-tempered and let his brothers and sisters touch his head.

After the children have paid their New Year’s greetings, it is the turn of the adults or relatives and friends to pay their New Year’s greetings to each other.

The first people who came to pay New Year's greetings were those who came to see Yao Jinnian, and most of them were his old friends. Chu Yao and others were also prepared to receive them.

Then came the partners of Yang Zheng and Chu Sheng who had business opportunities there, and finally the partners and colleagues of Chu Yao and Yang Hang. As for Fu Fu and the others, they had already taken their friends out to wish each other a happy new year.

There is basically nothing done on the first day of the New Year. It is all used to receive friends who come to pay New Year's greetings.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Chu Yao accompanied Uncle Nian and others to visit other people's homes to wish them a happy new year. This time, Fu Fu and the others did not go out to play, but followed the adults in the family to wish them a happy new year. However, the red envelopes they received were also considerable.

By the way, as early as they became independent, Chu Yao stopped accepting their New Year’s money every year. They have saved a lot of New Year’s money in the past few years, but no one will spend it indiscriminately.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Chu Yao and Yang Hang went to visit the homes of people of their generation to wish them a happy new year. The first place they went to was Sister Liu's house. Sister Liu had already been waiting for them at home. Johnnie To and Zhang Wenjun would also be there, oh, by the way, and Lu Pengfei.

In the past few years, he has made a lot of money by taking advantage of his previous cooperation with Chu Yao, and has also bought several courtyard houses. It can be said that most of the partners he met in the small town are now living well in Kyoto, with successful careers and happy families.

When they arrived at Sister Liu's house, after everyone was present and they greeted each other and put down their gifts, they went to each other's homes to pay New Year's greetings.

After returning from visiting every household, Chu Yao felt that it was a good thing that they had bought a house nearby, otherwise they would have been exhausted just walking to visit so many households.

So I will go to your house to pay New Year's greetings today, and to my house tomorrow. Now it is the sixth day of the New Year.

"Ah Hang, after these past few days of visiting relatives and friends, I feel more tired than climbing the Great Wall."

"I see that A-Yao is tired but happy. I am so happy."

"That's true. Nowadays, everyone is simple and there aren't so many things to celebrate New Year. If Ah Hang knew about New Year's greetings in later generations, you would think that the New Year now is full of memories and a magical day."

"Then Ayao, can you tell me about it? Let me know in advance."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else. For example, at family gatherings, whoever is the most promising will be flattered by many people, and whoever is the least promising will be criticized by many people. Or many elders will tell you earnestly who you should learn from and who is the most capable, etc."

"That's still bearable, but the most intolerable thing is the pressure to get married. Regardless of gender, as long as you're over 25 and unmarried, they'll be keen to introduce you to all kinds of blind dates."

"What's worse, they even introduce those ugly and ugly ones, and they keep saying that it's for your own good. But in fact, some relatives are the ones who can't bear to see you have a good life. They are afraid that if you do well, they will not be able to live well."

"So, people in later generations have changed a lot."

"Yes, living conditions have improved in later generations, but people are pursuing more things, so things have become less pure."

"That's normal."

Yang Hang didn't want Chu Yao to be lost in such thoughts, so he changed the subject and said, "Ayao, how about we go out for a walk?"

"No, everyone is at home right now. There shouldn't be many people hanging out outside, right?"

"That's hard to say, why not go out and take a look."

"That's fine. I have nothing to do at home anyway, so I might as well go out for a walk."

However, when the two walked onto the street, they found that many shops were already open and there were quite a lot of people shopping. Groups of three or four walked into various shops, chatting and laughing.

Chu Yao and her team had set the store opening date as the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, so it was not time to open yet.

Chu Yao and Yang Hang went shopping. To be honest, they seldom went shopping alone.

"Ayao, is there anything you want to buy?"

"Just look around and buy whatever you like."

"Okay." Yang Hang said lovingly while holding Chu Yao's hand.

The two of them walked and stopped, buying whatever they liked and noting down the food they liked, thinking that they could bring their family to eat it tomorrow.

After strolling for a long time, the two men finished the food in their hands and their stomachs were bloated. After looking at each other, they smiled helplessly. They didn't expect that they could be so greedy.

"Ahang, let's go somewhere else and buy some things to take back."

"Okay, I'll listen to Ayao."

Chu Yao took Yang Hang to the post office first, bought some stamps worth collecting, and then went to a nearby store to buy some gold jewelry.

Seeing that it was still early, Chu Yao and Yang Hang decided to go to Kyoto's famous ghost market to shop.