As early as the beginning of the opening of Long Ye's "Guangji Pharmacy", Zhao Shuxian, who had fallen out of favor, interceded with Long Ye: let Long Zaitian accept her cousin Zhao Tong, who was driven out of the "Tiandaotang" (ringing horse-style gang), and help in the pharmacy. Long Ye knew that this Zhao Tong was a bad thing, but because Zhao Shuxian opened his mouth, Long Ye had no choice but to agree - Zhao Tong successfully entered the "Guangji Pharmacy" to work.

What no one expected was that Long Ye, the benevolence of Dongguo, had planted a great curse for himself and greatly changed the content of his life.

Zhao Shuxian's cousin Zhao Tong has been mixed with a bunch of indiscriminate people since he was a child, eating, drinking, gambling and addiction, and after marrying Shan Wushuang, he still has a bad habit. Shan Wushuang finally opened a "Red Light Hotel", but was made a mess by Zhao Tong, and slashed Shan Wushuang with a knife; The "Red Light Hotel", which opened for 22 days, came to an end; The Zhao family has been in a slump since then.

After Zhao Tong entered the "Guangji Pharmacy", the old habits did not converge, and as soon as he got his salary, he sent it to the casino and **. Although Long Ye gave him more salary than others, in the casino, ** is still a drop in the bucket. Therefore, he often feels overstretched, and he often thinks about how to make money.

Qiu Baichuan, the bookkeeper of "Guangji Pharmacy", has a son named Qiu Fenghan, who is studying in Beichen School in the north of the city, and his teacher is a fat woman who "hates the poor and loves the rich", is unjust and unkind.

In his spare time, a rich boy Wu Lisheng scolded Qiu Fenghan for being a bitter ghost and a poor ghost; Qiu Feng was cold, but he replied with a few words. That kid was arrogant and domineering, and when he came up, he started to beat Qiu Fenghan; Qiu Fenghan's arms and necks were all scratched by Wu Lisheng; Qiu Fenghan, who couldn't bear it, fought back in self-defense, and accidentally tore Wu Lisheng's silk clothes, and the kid asked Qiu Fenghan to compensate; Qiu Fenghan said that Wu Lisheng did it first, but he didn't pay compensation; The two got the fat teacher Jiang Shilan.

This fat man Jiang, who usually looks down on the poor student Qiu Fenghan, only listens to Wu Lisheng's words; didn't listen to Qiu Fenghan's explanation at all, and arbitrarily asked Qiu Fenghan to compensate Wu Lisheng's clothes. If you can't afford to pay it, bow and apologize to the rich boy in public at the class meeting.

Qiu Fenghan, who had already suffered a loss, was extremely aggrieved, where could he swallow this breath? Therefore, neither admitting compensation for the clothes, nor agreeing to bow and apologize.

Qiu Fenghan neither apologized nor compensated for his clothes, so Jiang Fatzi left school early and asked Qiu Fenghan to lead him to Qiu's house to complain.

The fat woman came to Qiu's house panting and pouting, and after saying a lot of things out of context, she solemnly proposed arbitration to Qiu Fenghan's mother, Wang Meiying: Wu Lisheng's silk clothes are made of Huaxiang silk produced by Hangzhou Tianzhang Silk Factory, and a piece of clothing is worth more than 20 silver yuan; Thinking that they are all classmates, I don't want Qiu Fenghan to compensate in full, as long as I pay ten silver yuan.

The loyal and honest Wang Meiying saw that Jiang Shilan said so biased and resolute, so she had no choice but to agree to compensate Wu Lisheng's clothes. But he doesn't have so much money on him, so he has to wait for Qiu Fenghan's father to come back to get the money, but he promises that Qiu Fenghan will bring the money to school when he goes to school tomorrow morning.

Ten silver yuan is a piece of cake for a rich family, but for a family like Qiu Baichuan, it is a lot of money - the Qiu family is very difficult financially - after Qiu Baichuan married Wang Meiying, he gave birth to three daughters in two years, six years, and Qiu Fenghan three years later, how much does it cost to eat and wear the four children! Qiu Baichuan works as a bookkeeper in "Guangji Pharmacy", and his income is not too high, and he will not think of other ways to make money. While Wang Meiying is taking care of the housework and sewing clothes for her children, she also has to find time to wash clothes, wash quilts, and collect shoe soles for other people, and earn some money to supplement the family - the couple has never found the Alibaba spell that opens the door of luck in their lives, and life has been very difficult.

Wang Meiying, who promised Jiang Shilan compensation, searched for a long time, but only found three silver yuan. She finally waited until her husband Qiu Baichuan came back from work, told her husband about the situation, and asked Qiu Baichuan to find a way to raise money overnight, and her son would bring the money to school when he went to school tomorrow morning.

Qiu Baichuan listened to his wife's words, and he was angry, hateful, and anxious -- he was angry that his son was causing trouble, he hated Jiang Fat's snobbery and bullying, and he was anxious about where to get so much silver in this hurry.

It's useless to sit at home and be angry, Qiu Baichuan is the head of the family, he can't shirk his responsibility when something like this happens, and he can't take care of dinner, so he goes out to borrow money from relatives and friends.

Most of the relatives and friends of the rich are rich, and there are poor relatives who do not have much contact; Most of the relatives and friends of the poor are poor, and there are not many rich relatives who do not have much contact. Qiu Baichuan ran until about nine o'clock in the night, and after finding five or six relatives and friends, he borrowed four silver yuan—plus the three silver yuan at home, for a total of seven silver yuan. What if there are still three silver dollars left? My son is going to bring Silver Dollar to school tomorrow morning! I'm going to have to get ten silver dollars together no matter what.

Qiu Baichuan, who really couldn't think of it, came up with a way to defy the world's condemnation -- go to the account office of the "Guangji Pharmacy" to "temporarily embezzle public funds" and make up for it when he borrowed money or paid his salary in the future.

"Guangji Pharmacy" rolls accounts at about five o'clock in the afternoon every day, and all the inputs are sent directly to Yongxing Qianzhuang; After the account is closed, the income and the change at the bottom are placed in the account room as working capital.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and everything is silent. Qiu Baichuan, the bookkeeper of "Guangji Pharmacy", came to the store overnight and "temporarily borrowed" the working capital in his own hands.

Qiu Baichuan took out the key and gently opened the courtyard door, and then gently closed the courtyard door; Then tiptoe open the back door of the store and close the back door gently; He came to the account room with a familiar car, opened the door with a key in the dark, and entered the room.

Because it was not a fair thing, Qiu Baichuan didn't dare to light the lamp, but just struck a match, and with the faint light of the match, he opened the account table drawer lock, and groped for four silver yuan-Qiu Baichuan thought to himself: My son is still three silver yuan short of paying for other people's clothes, but the family can't just use it! So he took an extra silver dollar.

Just as Qiu Baichuan locked the drawers, locked the door, and was about to leave the back door of the store, a black shadow suddenly blocked the back door of the store, and asked in a muffled voice in the dark:

"Mr. Qiu! It's so late, what are you doing here? ”

The muffled cold words of this black shadow and the black shadow scared Qiu Baichuan half to death, and he lost the ability to reply for a while.

"Humph! I've been paying attention to you for a long time! What do you have in this pocket? The black shadow pushed the frightened Qiu Baichuan inside, and casually closed the back door of the store.

Based on the judgment of the voice and the vague face he saw in the dark, Mr. Qiu Baichuan estimated that this person was Zhao Tong, the brother-in-law of Master Long; It is.

It turned out that when Qiu Baichuan had just entered the store, Zhao Tong happened to get up to urinate, and he saw a familiar figure entering the store, and he was probably not an outsider, and it was estimated that he was not doing a good thing; So he ran to the back door of the shop and listened to the movement inside.

When Qiu Baichuan walked towards the account room, Zhao Tong outside also hurriedly ran to the north window of the account room.

At the moment when Qiu Baichuan struck the match, Zhao Tong saw clearly from the north window glass that it was Qiu Baichuan.

Later, Zhao Tong heard the sound of Qiu Baichuan opening the drawer and taking foreign money, and Zhao Tong realized in his heart that Qiu Baichuan was here to withdraw money. But he didn't know why Qiu Baichuan, who was in charge of money, didn't take it during the day, but he came to get the money in the middle of the night, and he didn't even dare to light the lamp. This can basically be concluded: Qiu Baichuan is not taking money for Master Long, nor is he taking money for "official business" - he is doing something unbright and improper - since it is not bright and illegal, why don't I ...... Therefore, when Zhao Tong waited for Qiu Baichuan to take the money out, he blocked Qiu Baichuan at the back door of the store.

After Zhao Tong pushed Qiu Baichuan into the store and closed the back door of the store, he reached into Qiu Baichuan's pocket and took out the silver yuan; Qiu Baichuan knew that Zhao Tong was a scoundrel (when Zhao Tong opened the hotel, he hired Qiu Baichuan as the bookkeeper, and after the hotel closed down, the scoundrel Zhao Tong said that the hotel was losing money and did not give Qiu Baichuan a penny of wages; Qiu Baichuan, who was waiting for the money to support his family, had to admit that he was unlucky), so he tightly pressed his pocket to prevent Zhao Tong from taking it, and pleaded to explain the reason why he came to the account office in the middle of the night to get the money:

"Boss Zhao (Qiu Baichuan still calls Zhao Tong the boss when he used to open the restaurant)! My son got into trouble at school and tore someone's silk clothes, and now the teacher wants my son to pay 10 silver dollars to be brought to school tomorrow morning when he goes to school. And my family only has three silver yuan, and I borrowed three from others (Qiu Baichuan deliberately omitted one), and there is still a gap of four silver yuan; As time was pressing, I came first to get four silver dollars and go back to put an end to the matter; Later, I will borrow money from others to pay it back, or I will make up for it when I am paid. Just let me go! Qiu Baichuan truthfully explained the situation to Zhao Tong, hoping to get Zhao Tong's understanding.

"You take these silver yuan, do you know if Master Long knows?" Zhao Tong didn't listen to Qiu Baichuan's explanation, but just wanted to find out if Long Ye knew if Qiu Baichuan took these silver yuan.

"I'll take these silver yuan, Lord Long doesn't know." Qiu Baichuan is an honest man who never lies, even if he is blackmailed by bad people, he tells the truth.

"Master Long doesn't know? Then you're a guard stealing from yourself! Mr. Qiu, do you know what happens to self-theft? Zhao Tong intended to scare Qiu Baichuan.

"Boss Zhao! I'm not stealing from a guard, I'm just trying to borrow it temporarily, and I'll pay it back right away. ”

"Don't quibble! Let me tell you, the end of the prison guard and self-theft is two 'sweeping the floor': one is that you will be swept away by the dragon master, and the other is that you will be discredited from now on. Zhao Tong wanted to scare Qiu Baichuan to death in order to achieve his ulterior motives.

"Boss Zhao! I'm really not embezzling, I'm just borrowing it temporarily, and I'll report it to Lord Long tomorrow. Poor Qiu Baichuan was almost crying.

"Mr. Qiu, it's not up to you to decide on this embezzlement and borrowing, it's me, an eyewitness, and Master Long who have the final say." Zhao Tong relied on himself as the brother-in-law of Master Long, and insisted on pulling the tiger's skin and making a big banner.

"This ......" Qiu Baichuan was frightened.

"Actually, you don't have to be afraid, only God knows this, the earth knows, you know, I know, as long as I don't say it, no one knows." Zhao Tong is leading Qiu Baichuan into the court.

"That'...... Then please don't make a noise about it, and I will definitely report to you in the future. Qiu Baichuan, who was weak-hearted, was completely confused, he actually "recognized the thief as his father", called Zhao Tong, who was in his thirties, as Tongye, and asked the thief - please Zhao Tong not to make a noise, and he will definitely make up for it in the future - isn't this admitting that he is stealing?

Ay...... There are many things in the world that are often like this: it was originally a small and easy matter to solve, but because the parties involved messed up and mishandled it, it made things messy or even out of control.

"I can keep quiet, and I don't want you to make up for it later, as long as you plug my mouth with something now, I can stop talking." The scoundrel Zhao Tong put down the hook.

"What do you use to plug your mouth?" The loyal and honest Qiu Baichuan, I don't know what the sinister and treacherous Zhao Tong wants him to gag with.

"Haha! Mr. Qiu, do you really don't know, or do you really don't know? ”

"I really don't know, Master Tong! If you have something to say, just say it! ”

"Good! Then I'll tell you the truth—if you go to your desk drawer and give me twenty silver dollars, I won't see you tonight." ”

"Twenty silver yuan? Don't say that there is not so much money in the drawer, even if I have, I can't give it to you! I took four silver yuan, just to borrow it temporarily, and I will pay it back immediately. If you want twenty silver dollars, the nature is different! Qiu Baichuan said sternly.

"What's the difference? I'm also borrowing it temporarily, and I'll pay it back soon, but I borrowed it from you to pay it back, it's exactly the same! Mr. Qiu, I advise you to think about it, is your job and reputation important? Or is it just twenty silver dollars that matter? Zhao Tong is "knowing the stakes" to Qiu Baichuan, and he is actually putting pressure on Qiu Baichuan.

"This ......" Qiu Baichuan was so angry that he almost collapsed!

"You don't want this or that, so be it! We're all colleagues, and I'll take a step back, and I'll go to the drawer of the desk and get fifteen silver dollars for me!" Zhao Tong also estimated that there might not be much money after settling the bill, and he couldn't force it, so it was better to take a step back and speak.

"There are no fifteen silver dollars in the drawer, at most seven or eight silver dollars!" Qiu Baichuan's words seemed to have agreed to take out the money.

"Oops! No matter how much, if you open the drawer and take a look, you will know, there is really none, and I will not force you to die. Just go! Just go! "There are no fat pigs, and ants are also meat. Zhao Tong, who was going crazy thinking about money, got an article and a penny.

Qiu Baichuan had no choice but to open the door of the account room, light the cover lamp, open the account table drawer, and take out all the silver dollars in it and count them, only eight; There are also some copper coins.

"Hey! Never mind! Never mind! If I'm unlucky, I don't want the silver yuan on you, just give it to you, and give me all this money. Zhao Tong said that, without saying anything, he took away all the silver dollars and copper coins in the drawer of the account table - Qiu Baichuan stood there stupidly and wanted to cry without tears.

Qiu Baichuan, who wanted to cry without tears, came back to his senses for a long time, locked the drawer, locked the door, and left the store; locked the back door of the store and the courtyard door, rushed home dejectedly, and gave four silver yuan to Wang Meiying; I didn't eat dinner and went to bed.

Qiu Baichuan's wife, Wang Meiying, saw that her husband was hiding a sad look in his belly, and she was very uneasy and somehow; repeatedly asked her husband why he was like this, but Qiu Baichuan didn't say a word. Wang Meiying had no choice, thinking that her husband was angry that her son had spent money to cause trouble, and after a few words of persuasion were ineffective, she went to bed sullenly.

The next morning, Wang Meiying handed over the ten silver yuan that Qiu Baichuan had put together overnight to her son Qiu Fenghan; Qiu Fenghan brought ten silver yuan to the school, handed them to Jiang Shilan, and compensated Wu Lisheng for the clothes that he should not have paid - this incident was deeply imprinted in Qiu Fenghan's mind, and he secretly made a vow in his heart: When he grows up, he must get ahead, uphold justice, and eradicate the injustice in the world.

From the grinding, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Qiu Fenghan, who grew up in bitter water, embarked on the road of revolution when he grew up, specializing in punishing evil and promoting good, and eliminating harm for the people, which will be discussed later.

Let's say that Qiu Baichuan went to the account room of the "Guangji Pharmacy" in the middle of the night to compensate his son for the silver yuan that should not be compensated, and wanted to take four silver yuan back to settle the matter first; But he met the scoundrel Zhao Tong and took away all the silver and copper coins in the account desk drawer. The silver and copper coins added up to about ten taels of silver, plus the four silver dollars he held, and there were fifteen or sixteen taels of silver. With such a large amount, what year and month can you pay off with your meager salary? The more Qiu Baichuan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't stop worrying.

After three days of ideological struggle, Qiu Baichuan decided to confess to Long Ye and plead guilty; and thought of a repayment plan, and even prepared to be reprimanded and dismissed.

That night, Qiu Baichuan didn't go home after work, he came to the Dragon Mansion worriedly, and explained the whole story to Long Ye's original confession; repeatedly showed that the four silver yuan he took and the silver yuan and copper coins taken by Zhao Tong were all slowly returned by him; In addition, he also said that he would let Master Long deal with it.

When Master Long heard Qiu Baichuan's words, he was secretly surprised in his heart - such a thing could happen under his hands - Qiu Baichuan actually used funds without permission, and his brother-in-law Zhao Tong actually did not change his bad habits and played scoundrels; But Long Ye did not reprimand Qiu Baichuan on the spot, and only said that he would have a meeting tomorrow night.

Qiu Baichuan left the Dragon Mansion nervously, and collapsed on the bed as soon as he got home -- regarding his unauthorized "borrowing" of public funds, Long Ye, who thought he was going to be furious, did not reprimand him in a rage, but just said, "We'll talk about it at a meeting tomorrow night." What's going to happen tomorrow night? Since the opening of the "Guangji Pharmacy", except for major events, there are very few centralized meetings. Then Master Long said that there will be a meeting tomorrow night, which means that there will be a meeting to deal with my important matter! How? Is it to expose me, to reprimand me, to criticize me? Or do you want to fine me or dismiss me? The more Qiu Baichuan thought about it, the more scared he became, the more angry he became, and he even had the heart to die. His wife Wang Meiying and son Qiu Fenghan asked again and again, and after learning the situation, they were also frightened and uneasy, and they didn't close their eyes all night.

In the afternoon of the next day, Steward Feng was ordered by Lord Long to notify all the staff of "Guangji Pharmacy" that after closing in the evening, he would go to the hall of the front building of Longfu on time at half past seven o'clock for a meeting.

At about 7:20 in the evening, all the big pharmacists, sitting doctors, apprentices, men, and handymen of the "Guangji Pharmacy" arrived in the hall of the front building of the Dragon Mansion one after another, waiting for the meeting of the Dragon Lord.

At half past seven, Long Yelong arrived on time in the sky.

Long Zaitian raised his eyes and looked around, greeted everyone, summarized the business situation of the previous period, praised good people and good deeds, and pointed out the shortcomings. Then the conversation changed and said:

"Everyone! A few days ago, something strange happened to our 'Guangji Pharmacy', what is the strange thing? There was a silverfish in our pharmacy, and it was a big silverfish. The silverfish of ordinary people are book beetles and clothes beetles, but the big silverfish from our 'Guangji Pharmacy' is a silver beetle and a copper beetle, and he can beetle the silver yuan and copper plate in the account room of my pharmacy.

Speaking of which, everyone may think that this big silverfish is Qiu Baichuan, the bookkeeper; Actually, it's not, but someone else. Who is this silverfish? I'm going to give him face today, and I'm not going to mention his name for the time being.

"The ancients said, 'If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, and if you do too much rudeness, you will kill yourself.'" The Kong Rong of the Han Dynasty also said in the "Recommended You Balance Table": "Seeing good is like being shocked, and evil is like hatred." So, I have no mercy on this bad fellow, and after the meeting is over, this silverfish will fuck me off!" The farther you roll, the better!

"Ladies and gentlemen! Honesty and faith are the foundation of a person's life, if a person loses integrity, it is equivalent to the loss of the due conditions of being a person, then he is not a good person, or even a person. I hope that all colleagues will pay attention in the future, and do not do dishonest things with me, otherwise it will be self-defeating.

"There are times in life when things are difficult. If something happens to any family and there are any difficulties, just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best to help. But you must not be a silverfish. If you are a silverfish, you are destined to have no good end. Did you hear that? ”

"I heard you!" All employees responded in unison.

"Good! The meeting is adjourned! ”

Long Ye's words were a slap in the air for all the participants, and they were even more thunderous to Zhao Tong and Qiu Baichuan - not only did Zhao Tong know that the silverfish that Long Ye was talking about was him, but even Qiu Baichuan was very frightened - this was what Long Ye wanted to achieve - severely punish the main culprit, and the secondary offender must also be educated.

After the meeting ended, Zhao Tong knew that Long Ye insisted on him getting out, but because of his own losses, he had no shame to intercede with his cousin Zhao Shuxian, so he rolled up the bed and left with hatred - cleverness is a double-edged sword: if it is done well, it can make a person; If it doesn't do it well, it will ruin a person - the "smart" Zhao Tong will be ruined on the double-edged sword of cleverness.

"Caigen Tan" cloud: "It is better to offend a gentleman than a villain." The great writer Jin Ying of the Qing Dynasty also once said: "Treat villains leniently, and guard against villains strictly." And Long Ye, who is full of poetry and books, may not have noticed these proverbs - he today out of deep hatred for the filthy villain Zhao Tong, of course, also in order to rectify the store discipline, in order to set an example, specially convened a staff meeting, announced the scandal, and let the silverfish Zhao Tong immediately roll up and leave. This thing was done happily, but the filthy villain Zhao Tong held a grudge against him, and in the future, he calculated and framed Long Ye again and again.