Boyka and Hristo are in love and they pledge to marry. Yovcho, the older brother of Hristo, is against. The nasty Stoyko also likes Boyka. Stoyko's matchmakers arrive and take Boyka away in a cart. At the same time Hristo together with some friends manage to free her. Hristo's father is keen on building a new house and wants to give some land to the newly-weds. But the rumor spreads around the village - the child which Boyka is expecting may not be Hristo's; didn't she spend a whole night at the Stoyko's house? Hristo begins to worry. When he speaks to his wife about his torments she is horrified. They have a quarrel and Boyka goes out. The drunken Stoyko admitted that he spread the rumor. Everyone goes out to look for Boyka. Soon they find her drowned in the millpond.