Ivan Baikolov, regional secretary of the Communist Party, has to deal with all sorts of problems ranging from the operation of agricultural machinery to personal problems. From Lebiaje, the intervention of Pyotr Ivlev is requested to save the harvest from the imminent threat of rain. But the wife of the regional doctor comes to complain that her husband is cheating on her and an anonymous letter reveals that the doctor's choice fell on Ivlev's wife...
