Olavi, a farmer's son, leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger.
Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women when the eligible bachelor, doctor Eino Korpinen, takes a liking to her.
An adaptation of Frans Eemil Sillanpää's novel of the same title. Only a fragment of this film survives.