The young officer fall in love with the daughter of the landlord, when the officer’s brigade took up quarters at the village. But parents refused completely to marry their daughter with him because of the poverty of the officer. And the landlord had already prepared the bridegroom for the daughter, and he's ready to stop all the relations of lovers. Whether the officer's batman ( Shelmenko) to help him in this situation. The batman has the reputation of the swindler and the joker.