Seeing Ah Dao perform a grand bow in excitement, Bai Junjun instinctively glanced at the gravestone.
Upon seeing the name engraved at the top, she quickly kicked Li Wenli, who then smoothly knelt beside Ah Dao.
As an example, Bai Junjun led her younger siblings to kneel before the patriarch of the Bai Family’s grave.
Xiao Chan and the others knew that today was a day for visiting the grave, and seeing everyone kneel, they also obediently placed the incense and candles in front of the grave and knelt in a row.
"Father, your daughter has been unfilial, only coming to see you now. Take these ingots and candles, and if you see Mother and the other wives on the road, please bring them some."
Bai Junjun finished her prayers with one smooth motion of offering incense and burning paper money.
Theoretically, aristocratic rituals for honoring the dead were not so simple, but Bai Junjun felt that it was the thought that counted; any excessive formalities were better avoided.
Moreover, to be honest, neither of them had any tangible affection for the original owner’s father.
The most genuine emotions here were probably those of Ah Dao and Bai Sasa.
With these two leading the gravite-cleaning squad, things were not so erratic.
Everyone, reminded of their own relatives by the sight of these graves, had tears in their eyes.
After kneeling for quite a while and nearly burning all the ingots and candles, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli used the excuse of needing to catch a breath to sit in the pavilion.
However, just as they were getting up, a few screams came from beneath the sea of flowers nearby.
"Ah, ah, ah, snakes... a nest of snakes!"
"My god, there’s a nest of green snakes here!"
The mournful tone was shattered by this sudden disruption.
Soon, a line of people young and old, supporting each other and protected by house servants, rushed from the sea of flowers.
But what they had seen was so terrifying that their legs gave out, and they stumbled and fell in a heap after walking just a short distance.
Turning around the next moment, several streaks of green darted from beneath their feet, which on closer inspection, turned out to be thick green snakes, some scattering into the bushes, others biting
Those bitten by the snakes immediately turned pale and unconscious.
People who wanted to turn back and help were frightened and backed away, focusing on saving their own lives in this critical moment.
In the chaos, seeing people in Pine Wind Pavilion, and not caring who they were, they assumed them to be saviors and ran towards them as if by a unanimous decision.
Seeing green snakes still chasing them, Bai Junjun raised her crossbow and with the sound of "whiz, whiz, whiz," fired crossbow bolts that nailed the snakes to the ground.
Bai Sasa and Bai Lingyu also instinctively took out the slingshots from their waists, ready to assist their older sister at any moment.
Under their protection, the group ran into the Pine Wind Pavilion in a disheveled manner.
Only then did Bai Junjun see clearly that among the group was a man who appeared to be the patriarch of this party, although he looked frail and more like a scholar.
Next to the man was a plump lady who must be his wife, followed by a chubby boy slightly older than Li Wenli.
Aside from these three dressed in brocade robes, the rest, about a dozen people, wore coarse cloth and were all dressed like house servants on guard duty.
Li Wenli bowed slightly towards them and asked, "Sir, what happened ahead?"
"Ah?" The frail man, still shaken, glanced at Li Wenli and then realized he was seeking refuge with a group of teenagers, and even found two girls among them.
The frail man, somewhat surprised, stared at them and was at a loss for words.