Four stories taking place in the countryside at the beginning of the 20th century tell about family relationships that fundamentally affect the bond to land and property.

In the first story Son, in order to maintain the economy, leaves to America to make money, while his parents and nurses are doing the property. In the second short story, he tragically interferes with the life of the aging bell and his daughters seduced by the gendarmer of the war. In order to maintain the property in the third short story, the daughter must submit to his father's wishes and marry the brother-in-law. However, the children and the children will reach for themselves as well as Mařka, who cannot take a man in the fourth story for his low origin of a beloved Toník from the farm.