The settlement is almost completely destroyed, and the sly chairman Kovrigin from a neighboring collective farm takes advantage of the situation, inviting them to work for him during the planting season.
The women rebuild homes, gather tools, mow, clean, and work hard.
Kovrigin calls the district executive committee chairman Kosteko, hoping that he will see the villagers' unpreparedness for the planting season and send them to his farm instead.
When the chairman arrives, the villagers greet him proudly, not showing their hardships but demonstrating their capability to restore the settlement.
In the fall, the villagers harvest their first crop on the liberated land, and in the spring, they greet the returning soldiers who come home with victory.