The chairman of the collective farm Zakhar Deryugin, having a family, fell in love with Manya Polivanova. Manya gives birth to a son from him. Zakhar is expelled from the party and removed from the post of chairman. His soul is hurt by this, but most of all he suffers because Manya decided to part with him and raise her son on her own. But the war began, and Zakhar goes to the front.