Piotr Czerwiński wants his son to take over his estate. Grigory has other plans. He does not intend to take over the duties of an heir, which does not prevent him from asking his father for money at the same time. Another hero returns from the war, a young nobleman Alexei Kosacz. The mother of the man, wanting to repair the diminished property, plans to marry him to one of the wealthy noblewomen. Everyone is preparing for the party to Lidia Szeffer.