The events take place on the territory of a small gold mining priisk, which is planned to be closed because the gold extraction plan has not been successfully executed for a long time. In difficult times for the village, Gennady Tomilin returns to his homeland after a 5-year business trip. He brings a present for his beloved Katerina, whom he believes should have been waiting for him. However, Katerina has long been married to geologist Sergey Romanov, who arrived at the priisk from the Northern capital.