"Father, do we really have to uproot all these pepper trees after harvesting the pepper?" A townsman who came to help clean up the field said with some puzzlement, "Pepper trees are perennial plants, but you can harvest peppercorns every year. It's a pity that you uproot them all when they have already grown so large after just one harvest of pepper."
"Yeah." Another townsman echoed, "As long as it lives well, it will produce a lot of pepper next year, which can sell for a lot of money."
"It's too long." Robert said, "I need only the pepper trees that can't harvest in one day. Pull them up."
Townsmen were speechless.
It seemed impossible to talk some sense into Robert. A townsman said boldly, "Father, now that you want to throw all these pepper trees away, how about I take some trees a
