The Pentium Era - South to North

December 31, 1999, the last day of the twentieth century. On this day, the most important thing for Old Tang and Lin Shuwan was of course their wedding, but for the whole world, everyone was paying attention. Their eyes are all fixed on the device known as the "Big Apple" in Times Square, New York, counting down, waiting for its sudden arrival at the last moment.

Just like that, the millennium, which had been hyped to a pulp and was a bit confusing, finally arrived.

(Abridged here)

The wedding of Old Tang and Lin Shuwan is scheduled to be held at two o'clock in the afternoon, but the buffet party in the restaurant on the first floor starts at eleven o'clock, and anyone can participate.

Their wedding was originally a game, and when it came to the casino, it became even more of a performance. But for Old Tang and Lin Shuwan, they needed this sense of ceremony. This ceremony was a declaration to their relatives, friends, and themselves. , this is the starting day that they can officially live together. It was not official like before.

Afterwards, they traveled between the two places, and the long days of getting married became less formal, a bit like a posthumous recognition of today.

The whole wedding process was that Old Tang and Lin Shuwan took the old float, circled from Taipa to the Macau Peninsula, and returned to the hotel. Old Tang, accompanied by several of his best men, waited for Zhang Chen, as the parent, to take Lin Shuwan on his arm. The hand slowly came in from the outside and handed her to Old Tang. After the two parties exchanged rings, the wedding ended.

Clergy would not enter the casino, so Chen Qihang invited a local man in his sixties with an imposing manner to serve as the master of ceremonies, preside over the entire wedding, and also witness their union.

They only had more than 30 relatives and friends from the mainland, but the wedding was very lively, with more than 200 guests attending. Among these people were hotel and casino employees, and as Liu Ligan said, gamblers from all over the world. Guests, for them, this time between experiencing a fierce battle last night and continuing the fierce battle tonight is a good time to change their minds.

Although we are strangers to each other, getting married is such a good thing, and joining in the fun always brings joy, so why not do it.

It's very strange, just like how few people choose to end their lives during the day. Although there is no distinction between day and night in the casino, gamblers still like to fight fiercely at night and sleep during the day. This is probably because the devil always I would choose to set off at night.

After exchanging rings and kissing each other, Old Tang and Lin Shuwan went upstairs and hurriedly took off their wedding dresses, suits and ties. The two took a long breath. Old Tang said that they were suffocating. In fact, they were still on the beach, wearing their clothes. Slippers and large pants are comfortable for weddings.

Lin Shuwan glared at him, and Old Tang laughed.

When the two of them were in the room, they didn't have time to be gentle, so they hurriedly changed into casual clothes and went downstairs to find their friends.

When I got downstairs, I saw that the hotel staff were already removing the temporary installations. When I walked to the gate, I saw a large group of people standing in front of the musical fountain. They quickly blended in. Everyone was happy with their arrival. Not surprised.

For them, the next step is to welcome the New Year's Eve together in the evening.

Tonight, there will be activities at Golden Lotus Square and Senado Square Square. The Macau SAR Government Office and every casino will set off fireworks. There will be particularly many fireworks this year.

Chen Qihang told them that the Golden Lotus Square is surrounded by new buildings and is not interesting. The areas around the Senado Square Square, such as the Civil Affairs Bureau, Tourism Bureau, Post Office and Mercy Hall, are all built in the Southern European style and have an exotic feel. The gravel road stretches all the way to Our Lady of the Rosary Church and the Ruins of St. Paul's. Where are you going?

Liu Ligan scolded: "Qihang, you don't mean anything. Haven't you already denied the Golden Lotus Square, and you still want to ask us?"

Chen Qihang laughed and said that with so many people, everyone’s opinions are important.

Everyone agreed to go to the square in front of the Senado Square.

Chen Qihang said, OK, everyone is not hungry now. I will send the minibus to take you to the Ruins of St. Paul's to have a look first, and then you can take a walk around the nearby Ruins of St. Paul's and Love Lane. We won’t have any special arrangements for dinner. We’ll have a late night snack when we get back.

There are a lot of snacks on Ruins of St. Paul's and Ruins of St. Paul's Right Street. If you are hungry, just have some snacks. I recommend Portuguese egg tarts, vegetable cakes and fried sausages. This fried sausage is not pig intestines, but wrapped in sausages. Rice rolls with fried dough sticks.

"Isn't that similar to the green onion bun stew in Hangzhou?" Qu Tianlin said.

"Yes, it's very similar. It's soft on the outside and crispy on the inside." Chen Qihang said with a smile.

"Uncle Qihang, do you have that?" Yuanyuan asked.

"Wood bran pudding?" Chen Qihang knew what Yuanyuan was going to ask, so he said, "Yes, we have both wood bran pudding and pork chop buns. Hey, don't we also have them in our hotel? Haven't you had enough?"

The three children laughed wildly.

Chen Qihang continued, and finally everyone walked from the Ruins of St. Paul's to the Senado Square Square, which was very close, only five or six hundred meters away.

Everyone try not to get separated. If you get separated, it doesn't matter. You can slowly look for the square in front of the Senado. It is said to be a square, but it is actually not as big as the playground of our school. Once you get to the square, it is easy to find people. So don’t panic if you get separated, just walk slowly and meet at the square in front of the Senado.

Everyone said yes.

There were still three minibuses pulling them, almost walking along the same road they went to Sullivan's Restaurant yesterday, crossing the Macao-Taipa Bridge, and driving forward along Avenida Dr. Soares. They had not yet reached Avenida Nanwan. Turn right, and the minibus drove through the small streets. After driving for only eight or nine minutes, we arrived at the Ruins of St. Paul's.

Ruins of St. Paul's is the landmark building in Macau. It is not actually an arch. Ruins of St. Paul's is the gate of "St. Paul's Theological Seminary". It is the earliest Western-style university in China. While implementing Western education, it also educates students entering the East. Missionaries conducted training in Eastern culture.

After several fires over the past four hundred years, only the front wall of the main entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral remains. Because the entire shape of the remaining front wall resembles a traditional Chinese archway, it is named "Big Three". Ba Archway".

This is the origin of the three words "Ruins of St. Paul's", and it is also because in the Cantonese transliteration, "St. Paul" sounds like "Samba", so it has the name "Ruins of St. Paul's".

The Ruins of St. Paul's is special because its entire architectural style is Baroque. It was designed by Italians and built by Japanese craftsmen.

During the construction, Japanese craftsmen inserted peonies representing China and chrysanthemums representing Japan into the carvings of the building. There are also Chinese characters in the carvings. This makes it a unique combination of East and West among Catholic churches around the world. features.

As famous as the Ruins of St. Paul's is the wide 68-story stone steps in front of it. Many people stand or sit here every day.

When they arrived here, the people of the brigade began to disperse. Qu Tianlin, Lao Tan, Han Gaozu Liu Bang and others sat on the stone steps and refused to leave. The evening sun turned the entire steps into a golden color. Sitting here, you can watch It's so relaxing to see the winding streets and bustling crowds below.

Old Tang Lin Shuwan, Li Yang, Xu Jiaqing and their group took a group photo in front of the Ruins of St. Paul's and then hurriedly went to find Love Lane. Zhang Chen, Xiao Zhao, Tan Shuzhen, Liu Ligan, Meng Ping and the others , passed through the gate of Ruins of St. Paul's and entered inside. He Hongmei, Xiaofang and Xiaoan followed them with Xiangnan and Xiangbei.

They saw an underground temple, the Ossuary Hall, inside. He Hongmei pointed to the sign at the entrance and asked, what the hell is this place?

Meng Ping smiled and said, it is really a ghost place, this is an underground tomb.

After hearing what Meng Ping said, the women did not dare to go any further. Zhang Chen, Liu Ligan and Meng Ping continued to walk forward. In order to show his bravery, Zhang Xiangbei also followed. They took a few steps, then turned around and fled.

Although it is an underground tomb, it is actually a small museum and is not spooky. They walked around inside and came out, but did not see Xiao Zhao and the others. When they looked around again, they saw that they were inside. It turned out to be a church. In the corner of the ruins, there seemed to be a temple there. When I took a closer look, I realized that it was actually a Nezha temple.

The appearance of such a Chinese temple in such a Western building seemed a bit strange and nondescript to everyone.

After asking the tour guide with a tour group nearby, I learned that it turned out that in 1888, the local residents in the St. Paul's Hill area were infected with the plague and died one after another, so everyone discussed building a tourist attraction here behind Ruins of St. Paul's. A Nezha temple invited the third prince to ward off the plague.

Liu Ligan smiled and said: "It seems that this Western god is not working. You see, not only can he not even be able to protect his own church, but he also has to ask a little god like Nezha to bless him when there is a plague."

Meng Ping also smiled and said: "It seems that Nezha has appeared. Otherwise, there will be a temple of Sun Wukong here."

Everyone laughed.

A group of people came out of the Ruins of St. Paul's and saw Lao Tan and Liu Bang, the great ancestor of Han Dynasty. They got a chess set from somewhere. The two of them sat on the steps and played chess. Qu Tianlin sat beside him, with his legs crossed and his hands folded. On his knees, his head lay between his arms, seeming to have fallen asleep.

When they approached, Qu Tianlin looked up and asked them, what's inside?

Xiao An is talking about ghosts.

Zhang Xiangbei shouted, Nezha Nezha, I saw Nezha!

Qu Tianlin, Lao Tan, and Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, all thought Zhang Xiangbei was talking nonsense. How could there be a Nezha in this place? Zhang Chen smiled and said, it really does, and there is a Nezha temple in it.

"Is this for people to come here to beg for a child?" Qu Tianlin asked.

"If I ask for a baby from Nezha, it will be difficult to give birth."

Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, said, and everyone laughed, yes, who would ask for a little guy who stayed in his mother's womb for three years and six months before he came out.

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