Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes. School awaits.

Rachel, worried about her fiance Ali, goes to the front unaware with Ali. Ali asks Rachel to return home but he refuses and decides to stay at his father's house in Abadan. Ali thinks that he should only think about the war, but his commander warns him that he should also think about his family. Ali and Rachel start living together in Abadan and Rachel works as a relief worker. Ali goes to the front line and while everyone thinks that he has been martyred, the news of Ali's life is conveyed to Rachel by a wireless.