Head of the family Marcel Kiekens, a manure cart driver by profession, has his hands full with his brother Theo, a scrap metal dealer, and especially with the eccentric Gilbert, who takes care of the chickens and has a peculiar hobby: digging wells. "Their quiet life is in danger of being cruelly disrupted by their cousin and neighbor Odette," says Dan Key. "She dreams of joining the select circle of middle-class women. To impress chairwoman Florence, Odette quietly hopes to take over the crazy brothers' farm to expand her husband Bernard's small weaving mill. Want to bet she won't succeed?"

Master Gerard is retiring after a long career as a teacher. He has been fascinated for years by everything related to firefighters and at his farewell party he receives a statue of a fire truck as a gift. This gives him the idea not to just sit quietly at home and enjoy his retirement, but to try to join the firefighter squad as a volunteer