Terence and Marina are married couple. They have a daughter, and couple is seemingly happy. Once, Terence is sent to study in the city. When he returned to his native kolkhoz, he realizes that he is not interested in living with uneducated and narrow-minded woman. He makes these claims to Marina and leaves, applied for a divorce. Left alone, Marina gets immersed in books and increases her skills in order become the mistress of her fate once and for all.