After returning from the army, Sasha learns that Tonya, whom he loves, met another guy, became a mother, is raising a child and works in an oil field in the Gomel region. Sasha goes to the oil field to see Tonya for a possible explanation.
Forwarder Gaidamovich was assigned to deliver a ton of watermelons through the impassable taiga to a distant drilling site. Gaidamovich nursed his valuable cargo like a small child: he covered it with tarpaulin, laid straw, but he brought only a mountain of broken watermelons to the rig. But the oilmen were not upset.
The soldier and the tracklayer Valya corresponded for more than a year. The girl said in her letters that she allegedly worked as a teacher and tried to “appropriate” qualities that she did not have, although in reality she was a sweet, good person. As a result, the soldier who came to Valya never recognized her, and Valya was ashamed to admit her deception...
