In the center of the plot lay a family drama familiar to many from the film of the same name by Vladimir Menshov, a forestry worker who is fond of breeding pigeons, who was injured at work and became the lucky owner of a ticket to the south. Being unattended by a loving, but strict and domineering wife, at the resort, Vasya unexpectedly meets Raisa Zakharovna, an employee of the personnel department of the same forestry enterprise. The femme fatale conquered the hero, which is why he spontaneously decided to leave the family, leaving his wife Nadezhda and three children.