Habib Khalkoub is released from prison and marries Zari, who is a singer; Amir Khan, who is the manager of the cafe, fights with Habib to take back Zari; But he is shot by an unknown person. Habib is convicted and taken to the central prison by train. The train derails and Habib runs away. But in the newspapers is written that Habib was killed.

A number of the mine workers have gone on strike. Ebraam, who is the workers’ representative, is forced—under the employer’s threats—to sign a contract that makes conditions even tighter for the workers. Overcome with shame and guilt, Ebraam hangs himself, and the townspeople force his wife and his sons, Aslaan and Salim, to leave their home. They move south, and years later Aslaan, by working at the Port Authority, manages to provide Salim with the means to study. Salim goes to the capital to continue his education, and Aslaan enters the service of Farrokh in order to steal the property of Teymour, the port’s contractor.

Siamak is a thief who is working for Abbas Khalkoob. He lives with his gambler friend Tagfgdfzhi in a rented room. One day Siamak pickpocket a guy in the bus but Reza steals it from him. This leads these two to know each other and fall in love.

A man from a respectable and rich family is fascinated by a derelict woman. He intends to marry her, and despite his family’s disagreement, he does it. But the former lover of the girl remains intrusive, until she kills him to defend herself. She becomes imprisoned, but after being released from the prison, the family of her husband finally accept her.

Habibollah Khan and his daughter Maliheh complain to Amir about his nephew Hashem. Hashem, a close friend of Amir and delaying his marriage to Maliheh, is involved in a devious plot. Amir, engaged to marry Azar and a driver for a mining company, carries the miners’ wages to the mine at the end of each month.