"When you come over tonight, I will be waiting for you in the darkness, with the lantern at the entrance extinguished."
The meaning of extinguishing the lantern is straightforward. When the girls in the blue house have guests arranged, they extinguish a lantern at the entrance. This lantern tradition is passed down among the women of the brothel through a story from ancient times.
The story is quite simple. It speaks of a loving couple, where every time the husband went out, the wife would light a lantern outside the fence. The lantern not only guided her husband home but also signified to neighbors that her husband was away.
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That's how it is.
Though the couple loved each other deeply, neither stopped the other from pursuing their desires. The women did business at home, and the men worked outside, coming together for meals and tea in the evenings.
