After serving in the Royal Navy Manus Toon and Dries return to Amsterdam workingclass quarter the Jordaan Back home they find out things have changed while they were gone Manuss girl Jans has been unfaithful to him Toons father now rejects him on account of his dissolute life and barmaid Auntie Piet has been cooking up a scheme to ruin Dries relationship with his girl Greet