Episode list

A young farm girl finds herself pregnant. She hides her pregnancy from her master, gives birth in secret and entrusts the newborn to friends. From now on, she'll have to work very hard to support her secret son.

Mathilde and her husband, who works in a minister's office, are not rich. Mathilde, however, loves beautiful clothes and her husband loves her too much that he lets her do anything she wants. One day they receive an invitation for an important party and she wants to look her best. She borrows a beautiful diamond necklace from her rich friend. The necklace is lost and she is too proud to tell her friend what has happened. She and her husband buys a replacement. The friend doesn't notice the difference. Mathilde and her husband spend 10 years to pay the debts. When Mathilde meets her friend again, her hair is all white because of the sorrow.The friend tells Mathilde that the necklace is a fake.

Clerk Cachelin has induced his daughter, the sole heiress of a wealthy old aunt, to marry one of his colleagues at the Ministry. The money will only be returned to the young woman on condition that a child is born within three years.

During the German occupation of 1870, two friends, nostalgic for their pre-war fishing trips, manage to bypass the dams to go fishing. Surprised by the Prussians, they find themselves arrested for espionage.

Young farmer Césaire marries Céleste against the wishes of his father, Amable. All winter long, Césaire toils to support the household. Eventually, he dies, leaving father Amable and Céleste alone.

Father Hautot is seriously wounded during a hunting trip. Before he dies, he reveals to his son that he has been having a secret relationship with a young seamstress for several years, and asks him to continue looking after her.

An innkeeper in love with good food suffers a stroke that leaves him bedridden. His wife, seeing him as useless, forces him to hatch eggs in front of all his friends.