Dima Medyakin did not pay off the creditors on time, who decided to kill him in revenge. They blew up his car, and only thanks to a happy accident, Dima survived. His wife, tired of living together, took her husband to the village, where she left him, who had not yet sober up and did not come to his senses after firing a gas pistol. The hero was adopted by the sister of his wife Lida, who was once his bride - Dmitry saw and appreciated Lida in a new way, felt sympathy for her and decided to stay in order to start an honest life. But in a suitcase thrown by his ex-wife, he found not his things, but half a million dollars.