Irina Raksha

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...

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.