"A film about the eradication of the remnants of the past in the interfamily relations of Georgian Muslims who lived in Adjara - the autonomy of the Georgian SSR in the 1920s, when the most insignificant incident could become the beginning of a bloody feud. Adjara, 1920s. A chicken knocked down by a boy becomes the cause of a quarrel between two families. Ismail is a member of one of the warring families. Komsomol members keep him from an act of blood revenge against Jemal, a member of another family. But it happens that in a shootout, Ismail's brother kills Jemal's brother. In the fall, Ismail goes to study in Tiflis, where Jemal is also going to enter the university. Jemal's father demands that his son avenge his brother's blood. The Komsomol members of the institute manage to reconcile Ismail and Dzhemal. When they return home for the holidays, with the support of local Komsomol members, they manage to reconcile their relatives. This event is accompanied by another important event - the women of these families throw off their veils. "