Li Guangchen, a native of Yucheng County, Jinan Prefecture, has been wealthy since childhood, his father failed in business and was impoverished, unable to bear the blow and stroked, unable to move, slurred speech, confused, and the Li family declined. The huge contrast between the rich first and then the poor made Li Guangchen overly eager for money and wanted to go back to the beginning. Compared with the eldest brother Li Guangyi, he thought very openly, he found an errand in the east of the city to make a living, the shopkeeper read that he was kind and diligent, and the salary was generous, and he also introduced him to some other errands to earn more. 
The two brothers still live in the same compound, and there are many houses in the back yard, Li Guangyi's family and his parents live, and Li Guangchen and his wife live in the front yard. The reason why there is no separation, the brothers have their own ideas, Li Guangyi attaches great importance to family affection, thinking about waiting for his parents to divide after a hundred years, Li Guangchen is calculating, he wants to take advantage of more, because he is very unsuccessful in business, and now he has to rely on the help of his eldest brother. The so-called prosperity is like picking up soil with a needle, and losing a family is like water pushing sand, how easy is it to restore the wealth of the past? Li Guangchen's hard work only made a small gain, but he left little money for his father's medicine. Li Guangyi can not only accept the reality, but also have a plan in his heart, he persuaded his younger brother: "According to the current situation, eight years can save enough to open a shop, when the second brother is thirty-three years old, I am only thirty-eight years old, it is the year of the fight, calm down, we can make a comeback." "Eight months is too long for Li Guangchen, how can he wait for eight years, although he agrees with his eldest brother's plan, but he is extremely anxious in his heart, wishing that he could make a fortune the next day. 
There is a very big town ten miles east of the county seat, there is a Zhouji grocery store in the town, the business is prosperous, the shopkeeper is named Zhou Zhouhong, he is over fifty years old, and he has quite a lot of furniture. On Tuesday, Hong was lonely and had five children with his wife, only the youngest son lived to adulthood, and he didn't want to have an accident when he got married, and his wife was too sad and seriously ill and passed away three years ago. For the continuation of the incense of the Zhou family, Tuesday Hong thought about a stepson, and the stepson needs to look at the character, he has no family here, and he has not been able to find a suitable candidate. On Tuesday Hong went to the city to collect debts, and when he sat down on the donkey on the way back, he was suddenly frightened, threw it into the ditch, and fainted on the spot, and woke up lying in the hospital. On Tuesday, Hong asked who rescued him, and Lang Zhong said that it was a young man, and after hearing that the injured person was fine, he left two taels of silver and left. Lang Zhong didn't know the name of the young man, but he saw him send goods to Chen Ji Buzhuang a few times. On Tuesday, Hongzhi Entu newspaper waited at the entrance of the hospital every three or five days, and as long as a young person passed by, he would pull Lang ** to identify him. 
On the seventh day, the young man finally appeared, this person was Li Guangchen, and the grace of saving his life needed to be rewarded, but Li Guangchen resolutely refused to accept it, and Zhou Hong had no choice but to invite him home to drink. With several contacts, Zhou Zhou Hong likes Li Guangchen very much, and thinks that he is kind-hearted and has a good character, and Li Guangchen also respects Zhou Zhou Hong, as long as he comes here to deliver goods, he will come to greet him. Not long after, Tuesday Hong fell ill, Li Guangchen took care of him, served him thoughtfully, and moved Tuesday Hong to the end, Li Guangchen took this opportunity to show his heart of worshiping his father-in-law. In fact, Zhou Zhou Hong also had this idea in his heart, but he thought about succeeding Li Guangchen as his son, not his righteous son, just because Li Guangchen's biological parents were still there, so he never said it. Understanding what Zhou Erhong was thinking, Li Guangchen said: "My parents are inconvenient to adopt, but I have two sons, the eldest son is seven years old, and the second son is five years old. "I have always been in good health, I have no problem living for more than ten years, and I can also see my grandson get married, Li Guangchen, this young man, saved his life, and took good care of him when he was sick, which shows that his character is very good." Thinking of this, Hiroshi was very happy that his wish had been achieved. 
This kind of thing can't help but ventilate with the family, Li's father is confused and doesn't know anything, Li's mother is a woman and her health is not good, so she has nothing to say, but the eldest brother and sister-in-law and his wife have opinions. Li Guangyi said: "The shopkeeper of Zhou has no relatives and no reason, and taking care of him is also a good deed, but your father and mother are still worshipping your father-in-law, and you also let your nephew change his surname to Zhou, what is the difference between this and succession?" My Li family can't do such a thing. "Yes, second brother, think twice. "Sister-in-law and eldest brother have an idea. His wife Zhao didn't want her biological son to change her surname to Zhou, so she naturally didn't agree, but she was quiet and weak, and she didn't dare to count it in person. Li Guangchen didn't care about this, and pushed his eldest brother and sister-in-law back, saying that he had made up his mind and would not change, so he quarreled with the two of them and broke up unhappily. On the third day, Li Guangchen ignored his wife's dissuasion and took his two sons to Zhou's house, Tuesday Hong preferred the small one, Li Guangchen changed the surname to the second son Zhou, according to the sequence, he had a "Lin" word in his life, and Tuesday Hong named his grandson Zhou Linbao. After finding a few elders to witness, Li Guangchen officially worshiped Zhou Zhou Hong as his father-in-law, and his second son officially changed his name to Zhou Linbao. 
After worshipping his father-in-law, it was said that he should move to the Zhou family to live, but his wife Zhao refused to live or die, and insisted on guarding his in-laws and sister-in-law. Tuesday Hong understood that his grandson was still young and couldn't leave his mother, so he asked Li Guangchen to send Lin Bao back, and he could pick him up for a few days every month, and talk about it when he was older. Li Guangchen worshiped Tuesday Hong as his father-in-law, what he wanted was his money, he had long been eyeing this lonely old man, and the donkey was frightened by Li Guangchen's hands and feet, and put a nail in the cushion on the donkey's back, and then came to the rescue. Later, Zhou Hong's illness was caused by Li Guangchen's contact with him and secretly putting medicine in the tea, all in order to gain favor and achieve the goal. Zhou Zhou Hong didn't know this, he was happy now, and asked Li Guangchen to help take care of the grocery store, and said that he couldn't do it for a few years, so he would give him full power. Li Guangchen did not agree, saying that he did not worship his father-in-law for money, so he still went out to do business, which moved Zhou Zhouhong very much, and felt that he did not admit his wrong son. Since paying homage to Zhou Zhou Hong as his father-in-law, Li Guangchen has gone home less and less, and he can't stay five or six days a month, and the eldest brother is angry, if it weren't for the sake of his younger siblings and nephews, he would have to kick him out of the house. Li Guangchen didn't care about this, the only thing he was thinking about now was how to make Zhou Erhong willing to come up with money for him to show his strength. 
In the spring of the second year, Li Guangchen said that Fucheng lacked linen cloth and wanted to purchase a large amount of money from other places in order to make huge profits. Although he was a little disappointed, the money given by his father-in-law was also a lot of money, Li Guangchen was lucky, and he made a lot of money from this, and when he came back, he handed over all the money to his father-in-law. After that, Li Guangchen's fortune continued to decrease, and he accumulated a lot of money in two years, and he expanded his father-in-law's grocery store into a goods store, making the business more prosperous. In the past two years, Li Guangchen rarely went home, and he ignored his biological parents, Li Guangyi saw through this younger brother who was in the eyes of money, and simply blocked the aisle in the front yard and backyard, and went to their own doors, that is, they separated their families. This is exactly what Li Guangchen wants, he ignored his wife's objections, locked the gate of the yard, and moved the family to his father-in-law's house, Zhou Hong was naturally happy, the family has not been so lively for many years. The Zhao family is virtuous and does not want to leave her in-laws, but she has no choice to marry her husband, and she can also honor this new father-in-law after arriving at the Zhou family. There is a way that people's hearts are not ancient and greed is insufficient, Li Guangchen is such a temperament, he wants to have more, never too much, especially in the past two years, he often goes to Jinan Mansion to sell goods, indulges in the prosperity of the city, and envies those big businessmen, and he wants to be one of them. There is a "Zhang Ji" goods store on Fucheng North Street, with a large scale and complete goods, and the daily progress is gold, and Zhou Ji is not as good as the grass house compared with him. Zhang Ji's shopkeeper is named Zhang Fengchang, who is the same age as Zhou Erhong, and has a similar experience, and he is also worried about incense. 
Li Guangchen used the trick of Tuesday Hong to win Zhang Fengchang's trust, Xu is Li Guangchen's acting skills are too good, and after more than a year of contact, Zhang Fengchang actually trusts him. With the last successful experience, Li Guangchen repeated his old skills, and was willing to worship Zhang Fengchang as his father-in-law, and changed his eldest son's surname to Zhang, continuing the incense for the Zhang family. Li Guangchen has lived in Fucheng for the past year, and only goes home once every two months, he said that he rented a house on the outskirts of the city to stock up on goods, so that it is convenient to do business, and Zhou Zhou Hong has been very trusting of him, and has also taken out money to subsidize him, so it is understandable that he will go home less. In order to further gain Zhang Fengchang's trust, Li Guangchen had to bring his eldest son to Fucheng, and after thinking about it for many days, he finally had an excuse, saying that his eldest son was nine years old and wanted him to study in Fucheng Academy, even if he couldn't get famous in the future, he could increase his knowledge, and his second son Lin Bao would also send him when he was nine years old. Everything is inferior only to high reading, Tuesday Hong knows this truth, and does not stop this, although Zhao is a little reluctant, but for the sake of his son's future, he is also willing to cut love. When he brought his eldest son to Fucheng, Zhang Fengchang immediately liked this child, renamed him Zhang Shiyuan, and wrote a Zhang family tree. Li Guangchen concealed these things from Zhou Zhouhong and his wife, and threatened his eldest son not to tell the truth, and his son was afraid and did not dare to disobey. A year later, Tuesday Hong had a serious illness, and after recovering from the illness, his health deteriorated a lot, so he simply handed over the family business to Li Guangchen and stayed at home all day, one to recuperate, and the other to accompany his grandson Lin Bao. 
In the past few years, he has earned himself, plus all the belongings of his father-in-law, and now Li Guangchen is worth a lot of money, so it stands to reason that he should be content, but he is too greedy for money, so he immediately set his eyes on Zhang Fengchang, the father-in-law of Fucheng. Zhang Fengchang is not Tuesday Hong, he has been immersed in the business world for many years, and he lives in Fucheng, and he has extraordinary knowledge, and he blames Li Guangchen for being in a hurry, revealing the idea of raising money to do a big deal, which makes Zhang Fengchang suspicious and hires someone to investigate secretly. It didn't take long for Zhang Fengchang to figure out that Li Guangchen not only had biological parents, but also recognized a father-in-law, he was so angry that he hired someone to arrest Li Guangchen and asked him to explain the past in detail, or send him to the official. Li Guangchen was frightened, and he made it clear to 1510, and even said how to set up Zhou Hong and Zhang Fengchang. Zhang Fengchang acted decisively, immediately severed his relationship with Li Guangchen, and made his actions public, not only in Fucheng, but also widely spread in Yucheng, including the business community. The reason why Zhang Fengchang is so ruthless is not only because Li Guangchen deceived him, but because he thinks that Li Guangchen abandoned his biological parents and died in disregard, and recognized his father-in-law for both wealth, and this kind of immoral and unfilial person should be punished. The rumors spread quickly, and people talked about it, especially in Yucheng, after tea and dinner in the streets and alleys, all they talked about were Li Guangchen, and people all spoke of the word, sneering at this kind of unfilial person who is mercenary. 
Tuesday Hong was the most heartbroken after knowing this, because what he had paid in the past few years was true love, and he was depressed by this blow, unwilling to speak, unwilling to see people, Zhao was ashamed of himself, and returned to his parents' house with his two sons. Li Guangchen is now a rat crossing the street, and people point fingers when they see it, and some bitter people will ridicule: "Yo! Isn't this the shopkeeper of Li? You have one mother and three fathers, you are really a blessed person. Li Guangchen went to his father-in-law's house to pick up his wife and children and was refused, his father-in-law and mother-in-law did not recognize this son-in-law, and his wife did not want to see him, he went to the door of the eldest brother and begged to see his parents, and the eldest brother slapped him a few times and closed the door, saying that the Li family did not have such unfilial sons, let him go as far as he could. Relatives are willing to not see, Tuesday Hong has no face to go, even his former friends and business partners are respectful of him, Li Guangchen found a remote inn to live in, I don't know how to live in the future, I have made a lot of money in the past few years, but what is the use of betraying relatives and leaving money? It was cold and rainy on this day, and the drunken Li Guangchen was drenched when he returned to the inn, and he fell ill that night. 
The so-called people are dying and their words are good, and birds are dying and their songs are also mourning, Li Guangchen asked his eldest brother to send him to Zhou's house, knelt in front of Zhou Hong to repent and apologize, Zhou Zhou Hong was very affectionate to this righteous son and chose to forgive. On the way back, Li Guangchen swallowed his breath, Li Guangyi buried his younger brother alive, and then demolished the aisle wall, his younger brother was gone, and he had to raise his two nephews to grow up. Four years later, Li Guangyi used the money saved to open a small goods store, so as to make a fortune, more than ten years later, the glory of the Li family was restored, and the two nephews had already become married, and he was worthy of the younger brother who was not angry. Many years later, some people still occasionally mention Li Guangchen, and they also warn future generations about one mother and three fathers, asking them to take this as a warning and not be Li Guangchen. (End of story).