Ancestral Land

A woman goes into labor and her husband is not able to leave work; she gives birth to a baby boy; before the husband arrives, she takes a young baby girl under her wing after the baby's mother died during labor.

The youngest son starts being able to walk again; however, he becomes bullied, leading him to fight another boy; Alenka learns some heartbreaking news, leading her to do something crazy.

Alenka continues to pursue acting; with Alesha's wedding coming up, she learns she must head back to the village; Alesha takes in a young boy and helps his family; Stepka gets in a brutal fight with the man that Varvara is seeing.

Alenka is met with heartbreak again by the same man from when she was young; on her way home she catches Varvara and Stepka.

Stepka falls in with an unsavory group of robbers; drama unfolds surrounding the play that Alenka wants to be cast in.

Varvara is beaten by her new husband; he sends her to the city to sell meat, where Stepka spots her; they have an emotional reunion, where Varvara tells him how they are really not blood related.