A story about an extremely honest and straight man.

At the age of 43, landowner Kirsanov is visited by his son Arkady, a recent university graduate, accompanied by the self-assured young doctor, Yevgeny Bazarov. Kirsanov's older brother, Pavel Petrovich, and Bazarov quickly develop mutual dislike. A few days later, Arkady introduces Bazarov to the young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Odintsova, who immediately captures Bazarov's interest.

The war is ending. In the Belarusian village of Pokolyubichi, liberated from the Germans, there are only women and old people, so teenagers have to work on an equal basis with adults. The boys Sanka and Ivan are constantly drawn to feats. When there were rumors in the village that some kind of ghoul was hiding in the forest, the guys decided to catch him and become famous for it. It's good that the district police officer came to their aid in time. After all, Afonka, a former policeman armed with a German machine gun, turned out to be a ghoul...

A young woman tries to prove herself after being appointed to a team leader in the kolkhoz.