hmmm........ at this rate irrigation may take a while :/
if I was to be taught companion planting and grafting ASAP, I could get irrigation done faster, and hence pay back with food faster.
Although I would have to starve for a round to learn, but with recovery this is bearable.
No see that is what I thought, starvation decreases max health, not just health. So instead of 9/10 it is 9/9, and basic recovery will not reverse that damage.
Also another offer for anyone interested in teaching irrigation.
You teach me the skill which takes you 5 time, and give me one food. I learn what you are teaching me, (2/10 time of turn one's time) and use the other 8 time to grow food (8/8). Then turn 12 spend my time irrigating my field (10/14).
Now at this point, Ideally on turn 13 you would give me another food. I would then finish irrigating the field, cost of 4 time (14/14) and spend the other 6 growing food (6/8). Then turn 14-16, I would grow food constantly, harvesting 4 food on turn 14, depleting my field to 1/5, and then it would rejuvenate to 2/5 on turn 15, I would harvest two food, and then while my field goes fallow on turn 16 I would be free. I would give you 3 units of food I harvested on turn 14, and keep the rest to avoid starving.
Point is you teach me and give me 2 food I will pay you back along with an additional food in 3 turns. If the offer is insufficiently tempting as is I am also willing to take on any task you require of me on turn 16. Extracting resources, farming your land, irrigating your land, etc.
Also if the offer is insufficiently tempting as is i am willing to work on your fields