Their love was the same, whether for a boy or a girl.
"Once you've had the baby and finished your postpartum confinement month, you can go back to work. I'll handle things at home and take good care of the child. You just need to earn money to support us."
Hanako said with a cheerful smile, while Ueno looked at her indulgently.
"Of course. It's only natural for a man to earn money and support his family."
Whether in the Land of Water or Konoha, Ueno had never considered letting his wife go out and work for money.
He would rather take on the most dangerous jobs and trade his safety for money than let his wife suffer.
Before marrying him, Hanako's family had been relatively well-off. In a small village in the Land of Water, they had counted as a wealthy household.
But later, her father and mother passed away, and her brothers went missing during the nation's relocation. The couple had gritted their teeth and endured all the way through, eventually being assigned to live in the Royal Capital of the Land of Water.
They had thought it was the beginning of a good life, only to find that it was hardly any different from hell.
Perhaps it was true that extremes reversed themselves. The couple's luck suddenly exploded, and they actually came directly to Konoha, living a life envied by half the Shinobi World.
Konoha status, a house, a job—obtaining those things, even with money, would cost an enormous amount.
Yet on one utterly ordinary and painful day, just as Ueno decided to head to the docks to haul heavy cargo, Torikaze appeared and took them away.
That was how they came to have the life they had now.
"If the child has talent as a ninja,