Early in the morning, the village fishermens are fishing on the shore. Among them is Colas. Lisa, the widow Simone's daughter, comes from the poorly maintained house looking for Colas. When she finds him, they confess their love in peace. Their dance is interrupted by the widow Simon, who opposes their love, since Colas is a rather poor boy. She calls the submariners for help, then makes it clear to Lisa that she can't marry Colin because he's too poor. In order to save her property, Simone will find a rich bridegroom for Lisa. She puts Lisa to work and sends her into the house.

Fishermans shows their meager catch to Simone, who sells fish at the market every day. There is no way she can earn enough from stealing lately to support herself and her daughter. Meanwhile, Colin secretly loads the crate with stones and fishes, so that his catch looks mighty rich. He brags about it to Simone, who is immediately delighted, and even confirms to Colin that, by all appearances, he is a suitable suitor for Lisa. She pays to Colin for the fish, but when she tries to lift the crate, it is too heavy because of the stones in it. Simone finds out that Colin has tricked her and she became furious. Fortunately, Colin manages to escape. Simone goes to the market with a poor catch.

Villagers come to the market, and Colas joins them. The friends invite Lisa who dances with Colas. The rant is interrupted by the widow Simone, still furious with Colas. She gets even more angry when she sees Lisa with him. While trying to separate them in every possible way, which she does not succeed very well, Lisa throws a fishing net at Simone. Simone gets completely entangled in it, the villagers secretly mocking her try to rescue from the tangled web, but Lisa and Colin, as apparent saviors, tangle the web around Simone so much that they can no longer rescue her from it. Lisa and Colin run away, and the villagers call the craftsman, blacksmith and fishing net maker Thomas for help.

With considerable effort, Thomas manages to cut Simone out of the net. When he frees her, he asks her what happened and Simone tells him that her own daughter Lisa and her beloved Colas have entangled her in the net, but that there is no way she can let Lisa marry Colas, because he is too poor. After the death of her husband, the savings disappeared in a flash, and recently there are not enough fish to make any money with. Thomas, who likes Simone, tells her that he is rich, that he has a son named Alain, for whom he is looking for a bride. So he suggests to Simone that they make a bargain - the engagement and wedding of Lisa and Alain. When he dangles Simone with a generous purse of money, Simone happily accepts the bargain.

Now Simone is frantically looking for Lisa. When she finds her, she tells her that she has found a groom for her and can therefore prepare her for his arrival. Distraught, Lisa tells Colas what happened, and he immediately concocts a plot to trick Simone and prevent Lisa's marriage to Alain. Lisa agrees to Colin's script.

Simone prepares the garden in front of the house for the arrival of Alain. When everything is ready, Thomas arrives with a cart of money, but Alain, Lisa's suitor, is nowhere to be found. Out of fear, he hid among the money. When Thomas finds him, he encourages him to propose to Lisa. It turns out that Alain is a spoiled, shy and a little disturbed son of a rich man who does not fit in the situation. Much to Simone's surprise, Lisa takes the initiative and gets engaged to Alain. Simone and Thomas make a wedding bargain and agree not to postpone the wedding, but to marry Lisa and Alain on the same evening. Thomas and Alain leave to prepare for the wedding and find a notary.

Panic reigns in the market, as Simone has to prepare Lisa for the wedding. She orders the boys to decorate the house and garden and prepare food and drink, and asks the girls to help her prepare Lisa. She brings her wedding dress from the house, which is very old-fashioned. Simone and the girls dress up and do Lisa's makeup.

One of the boys breaks the news that Thomas and Alain are coming. While Simone greets them and meets her daughter's future husband, Colas's script begins to unfold in the background. Lisa secretly wears tacky make-up and arranges her wedding dress in tacky fashion. At the same time Colas secretly waits for the notary in front of the village, ties him up, dresses in his clothes, disguises himself and goes to the wedding.

The wedding begins. Simone and Thomas call the bride and groom, but when Alain sees Lisa wearing too much make-up, she is so scared that tries to run away. Fortunately, Simone catches him and the wedding ceremony takes place, in which a masked Alain appears as the notary. Everyone thinks that now Lisa and Alain are married.

The wedding celebration is suddenly interrupted by a storm that rages against the sea and the village. A strong wind uncovers roofs and throws boats onto the shore from the sea. Alain flees to an unknown place, and Lisa and Colas take advantage of the storm's fury and hide under a boat that was thrown ashore by the wind.

After the storm Simone and Thomas frantically search for Lisa and Alain. They assume that the newlyweds wanted to be alone, so they decide to leave them alone and stop looking for them. A spark of love now ignites between Simone and Thomas. Sitting on the boat under which Lisa and Colas are hiding, they promise each other their love. However, Simone tells Thomas that she will only marry him if, according to tradition, he richly rewards her. Thomas tells Simone that he will come back for her soon, to take her richly to his estate, and that Lisa and Alain should get Simone's house as a dowry.

Simone cleans up the aftermath of the storm in front of her house. When she lifts the boat and finds Lisa with Colas under it, she is surprised and angry. Lisa asks where Alain is. At this moment, Thomas returns with his son, whom he considers to have run away from his wife. Alain tells that he does not want Lisa as his wife, and Lisa also makes fun of Alain. Simone, who has seen what Alain is like and who has now been promised wealth by Thomas, tells her that it is quite clear to her that Alain does not want Lisa and Lisa does not want Alain, so for the sake of future marital happiness with Thomas, she suggests that they not be forced to keep the marriage. Simone and Thomas only see the problem in the fact that the marriage is officially concluded. At this moment the boys bring a tied notary to the market, which they found in a bush by the side of the road. He tells what happened to him and announces that the marriage between Lisa and Alain is invalid. Enraged, he recognizes Colas among the boys and says that he attacked him, tied him up, dressed in his clothes and played the role of a notary without official authorization. Simone laughs conspiratorially, while Thomas and the notary glare angrily at Colas. Simone resolves the dispute with his proposal: the notary should make money by concluding a double bargain. He should marry Lisa and Colas and her to Thomas. Thomas sees what his son is like and urges him on, and Simone does a national dance in flippers in honor of Thomas.

The raining begins. Simone and. Thomas, and then Lisa and Colas, who dance for everyone present in honor of the favorable outcome of the story.