Alyosha is a graduate of a pedagogical school who goes to another city to work at a local technical secondary school there. He faces various problems and rumors and has to fight with prejudices of the society. After an unfair action of his colleagues towards one of the students, he steps on her side. Alyosha even proposes to her, but Natasha, who has already had an unsuccessful marriage behind, doesn’t agree. After some time he understands that he loves this woman sincerely and wants to live in that city.