A young girl, María, has 17 “boyfriends” and a fiancé approved by her mother. On his deathbed, Don Eustaquio sends Arturo, a lawyer, in search of his wife Victoria and his daughter Maria, whom he abandoned under pressure from her family. Arturo finds them working in a toy store. Arturo inherits the house of his ancestors during his lifetime, but ten children live there and Maria decides not to take them out because she has cleaned it. However, Eustaquio recovers and marries Victoria, as well as María marries Arturo, on the condition of adopting the children.