A farm chairman Rodion Mihailovich Shishkin - a man with a complex character. He argues with high heads, which do not allow him to work, and do not tolerate injustice. But once another scandal he blew up has ended for him. with a promotion! They are waiting with trepidation for the arrival of a new chairman of the executive committee Shishkin in the district. Even asphalted for him a road "in order not to seasick." But when, instead of the big head, an honest chairman comes to the district, giving the state-owned apartments to pioneers, and buying a modest house for his own money, not everyone is ready to understand this.