The action takes place between two wars in a Banat village. The boy Kola is married to a much older girl in order to increase property. The story of a single woman who is unhapilly in love with Ilija goes in parallel. He is also secretly in love with her, but his parents don't allow him to marry her. Kola is sick and unexperienced, and his young woman falls in love with another man. When her father dies, Kola moves to her house. In the meantime, single woman is accepted to Ilija's house, but not for long, because they have no children. They throw her out and she murders herself. Kola has served the army and returns stronger and more mature. His wife now falls in love with him, but he tortures her, revenging for the past. Their son is born on April, 6-th 1941.