Hahaha, I had to do the same for Cecily. What a distinct bug that won't go away. Welp, deeeevs.
Yeah but wth. I have a hoe, I payed him a while ago and even am carrying 48 extra coins. He is on the farm and I see the unions, I click to hoe them and it says that I have to "Find the owner and agree to help him", which is something I did a while ago with Gilbert. The only prompt with Gilbert are "Where are the communal farms?" and "I don't have more questions at the moment." I am serious, I have everything and I'm sure I did everything. Gilberrrttt, why can't I get what I paid for. ;-;