16-year-old Emma has a dream - her boyfriend Tommy, has a completely different one. Emma is less at the slow small town life; Tommy wants to get married and buy houses like everyone else.
In the Ukrainian village of Konotop, the chief Centurion wants to marry a beautiful girl and asks for the help of a young witch.
Pep Gran, owner of a fish market, is still very much in love with his wife after 40 years. Without telling her, he hires a life insurance. After his death, in strange circumstances, the insurance company does not want to pay.
A group of children from the same neighborhood meet a few years later. When the day comes, they meet again and take stock of their lives.
The Happy Ghost girls are interested in the Grasshopper boys, but family tradition prohibits the girls from dating until their older domineering sister finds a husband.