I tried that as wellTried going back into the 'underbush' again in search for another leek? It could be that the leek you gave to the NPC wasn't acceptable.
it did not workThat's good. That quest is incredibly tedious and requires you to keep on doing that same thing until the NPC finally doesn't repeat that line.
ikr they shouldThey should give an option to just leave that fetch to it's fate on all playthroughs XD