After returning from the army, Ivan Zakharov spends the night with his lover Taney, the daughter of a district police officer. In the morning, Father Tani sees the two of them and demands that Ivan marry the girl. Ivan is forced to agree, although in another city he is expecting a pregnant bride Olya. On the wedding day of Ivan and Tanya Olha arrives in the village, she sees that her lover has deceived her. She begins premature birth.

It's been 20 years. Olga marries Fyodor, a noble man who marries her and adopts her child. They have two children: the eldest Ivan (son of Olga) and the younger Rita (joint daughter). Ivan has a one-namesake, a charming village guy at karate classes, whom he once brings home to introduce to his family. It turns out that this is the son of Tanya and Ivan Zakharov, who died shortly after the wedding.