The Super Pickled Vegetable and the Seven Farting Episodes
Ever since the pickled vegetable acquired this smelly ability, it dreamt of the day when Rose would encounter trouble and come to ask for help. Suddenly one day, it thought about its own stinky appearance, even if it became a superhero, what impression would Rose have upon seeing it? It was quite troubled.
Originally, the pickled vegetable's ability wasn't as convenient as a weasel farting; instead, it required preparation three days in advance, which was also very uncomfortable. Occasionally doing it once was fine, but doing it every day would lower the quality of life. The pickled vegetable pondered, how could it find an ability that had great destructive power and was easy to use?
One day, after eating too many sweet potatoes, while walking with Big Pickle, it kept farting. Since learning to fart from the weasel, its farts were extremely powerful. It first broke a bruise on Big Pickle's leg who was walking behind it. In winter, Big Pickle was limping when the pickled vegetable released another fart, causing the nearby poplar tree to shake and break its trunk, leaves falling all over. Big Pickle was very surprised and said to it: "Pickled vegetable, you should focus on improving your farting skills rather than just the smell."
The pickled vegetable started thinking deeply inside. Regardless of whether it was the smell or the fart, what it wanted was the destructive power of a superhero. Nowadays, farting is so easy and convenient. If it practiced more, its farts could become destructive, saving much effort compared to releasing foul odors. When meeting Rose, it wouldn’t feel awkward anymore. Thus, the pickled vegetable began practicing its farting skills at home, day by day, gradually reaching a state of perfection.
Once, while out on business, the pickled vegetable saw a family dismantling their house. It was very hot, and the people on the roof were sweating profusely, slowly removing the tiles like ants. Seeing this, the pickled vegetable became anxious and asked the people on the roof to come down, saying it could dismantle the house instantly. The workers didn't fully believe it but came down anyway, surrounding the pickled vegetable curiously. The pickled vegetable pointed its buttocks at the house, and with a loud "boom," the house collapsed. Everyone clapped for it.
Seeing its ability, the homeowner asked the pickled vegetable for another favor, saying that there was a tunnel being dug on East Mountain, filled with huge rocks, making the work very difficult, and requested the pickled vegetable’s help.
Surrounded by a crowd, the pickled vegetable proudly arrived at East Mountain. After setting up its stance, it began to destroy the mountain. With a thunderous "boom," clouds of dust rose. When everyone opened their eyes, they found that the mountain hadn't been split open, but instead, a nearby bridge under construction had collapsed. It turned out that the pickled vegetable, being overly confident, didn't aim properly and started farting carelessly. This caused a major disaster, and people from the other side came over demanding compensation. The pickled vegetable was stunned; a bridge costing several million yuan was something it couldn't afford. Feeling utterly helpless, the pickled vegetable almost cried when someone digging the tunnel said that there was a witch living deep in North Mountain.
Indeed, deep in North Mountain lived an old witch. Due to her long-time neglect of brushing her teeth, her breath was extremely foul. Her servants couldn't stand her bad breath; some fell ill, others fled. Because no one served her, she had to live alone in a deep cave in the mountains. Unless she came out herself, it was hard for ordinary people to find her. However, near where she lived, there was a sign. If the pickled vegetable could collapse five tunnels in this mountain, they would help him rebuild the bridge. Without hesitation, the pickled vegetable agreed. For three months, he stayed in the mountain, learning nothing new, his face turning purplish-red from day and night efforts, farting non-stop, finally collapsing the five tunnels. During this time, he went crazy thinking about Rose but couldn't see her because East Mountain was too far from home.
After months of hard work, the pickled vegetable finally completed the task. From then on, it no longer felt proud because it realized that no matter how great one's abilities are, pride leads to disaster.
The pickled vegetable believed that understanding this principle was more meaningful than acquiring any skill, and this meaning was only second to the significance of meeting Rose.