Having moved into a new home Wally and Lil Briggs find their new life a struggle, due to Wally's kid -brother Benny's spending Wally's wages rather than earn any of his own.
Lil is angry about husband Wally's proposal that his younger brother move in with them, as a non-paying guest. Will Lil put her foot down or will brotherly love have its way?
Benny causes problems when he borrows Lil's TV set and lets loose wires trail, this causes Lil to trip and hurt herself. Bed-ridden Lil punishes Benny by making him clean up the house. But Benny wonder's after a while if Lil is faking.
Benny invites Wally and Lil to an expensive restaurant to celebrate his engagement to Molly his buxom girlfriend. Wally as ever the mug ends up opening up his wallet and paying for the meal himself.
Lil is delighted that Benny will decorate her bedroom for a bargain price.Shocked at seeing how little work, lazy Benny has done after the first day, she fires him. This is something she will bitterly regret.
When Benny and Molly are stranded in a thick fog, they seek refuge in Lil and Wally's house, an angry Lil allows them to stay the night, but is determined to teach Wally's idle brother a hard lesson.