Spring 1945. There are only a few days left until the Victory, but no one knows about it yet. People continue to live in tension, still listening to Levitan's voice with a sinking heart and mourning those who are still coming to the funeral.

Spring brings its worries: again, workers need to go out into the field, plow and sow… In the village of Marino, everything goes in turn. And here is Catherine - a young ambitious communist. On the instructions of the party, she heads the collective farm. Life in the village turns a proven idealist into an iron lady, a real boss who will defeat the enemy and establish the economy.