Nikita returns to Zhuki after a year and a half to celebrate his demob. On the same day, the new governor Yudin Valentin Mikhailovich arrives in the village to meet the talented developers. At the festive table, he announces the news, which shocks the whole village.

Maslov steals the governor's phone, hoping to find information there for blackmail. Katya comes to Zhuki to see Nikita. Because of this, the secret that she has been stubbornly hiding from her father is revealed.