New Year's Day, at the start of the Lunar New Year, usually a day reserved for offering New Year greetings.
After breakfast, Feng Qingxue put on shabby makeup, stepped out with her younger sister, and wished the elders in her family a happy New Year. They did not go knocking on doors.
Her actions received much appreciation.
At that time, every household was starving, everyone was financially strained, under such circumstances, who had extra money to give as New Year's gifts? Apart from close relatives receiving a token amount of "lucky money" or some trivial things after offering their respect to the elders, people merely greeted their friends and family members when they met outside.