The villagers are shocked by the marriage of the wealthy Ain to Hassan the farmer. Ain throws the wedding in the village in order to avoid gossip. Diyaa sets Ibrahim's house on fire.
Hassan takes over the mayorship at the instigation of Ain after the death of the mayor. He takes care of the expenses of his burial, which raises resentment between Hassan and Fahim Al-Banhawy.
While Ain travels to Cairo, Hassan brings a psychiatrist to Reda's house, who meets Haniyeh and admires her. Fahim approaches Fathy and Ibrahim exploiting a dispute between the latter and Hassan, and he offers to become a partner with Diyaa on a project.
As he becomes filled with arrogance, Hassan turns against Ain, and he refuses her interference in solving the problems of the people. Diyaa escapes from the house. Hassan hits the worker Fathy in front of Haniyeh for defending her after her quarrel with the head watchman.
After Fahim's insult to Hassan, he releases Fathy, who decides to leave the hamlet with Haniyeh. Hassan becomes increasingly oppressive with the people of the hamlet and falsifies the reality of the situation before the sheriff.
Hassan's men return Fathy and Haniyeh back to the hamlet. Ain notices Hassan's neglect of her. Ibrahim leaves his inheritance with Bilal until Diyaa's return. After Hassan sends some of Al-Banhawy’s men for the draft, the latter looks for a way to avenge Hassan.
Ibrahim dies, and rumors circulate that the mayor is the one who got his money. Bilal asks Fathy to find Diyaa to hand over his inheritance. When Fahim invites the mayor over to his daughter’s wedding, Hassan and Ain are suspicious of the matter.
Bilal discovers the whereabouts of Diyaa from his daughter Zeinab. The mill explodes during the wedding, which makes the sheriff turn against Hassan. As Fathy is arrested, the police look for Bilal.
When Fathy is accused of stealing the mill’s income and burning it, he flees. Bilal returns after he hands over Diyaa's inheritance. Hassan brings Haniyeh and her children to his home, but while he is traveling, Ain throws her out because of her jealousy.
Haniyeh returns to her home under the watch of Hassan’s men. A verdict is issued in absentia against Fathy. As Hassan confronts Fahim that he knows that his family burned the mill, he tries to harass Haniyeh.
As rumors spread about Haniyeh and Hassan’s relationship, the quarrels between Hassan and Ain increase. Hassan reveals to Haniyeh that Fathy had divorced her without her knowledge. The sheriff is transferred from the station. After his recovery, Diyaa returns to the village.
Fathy kidnaps his children to the mountain. As the new sheriff takes over the case of the kidnapping of Haniyeh's children, Hassan's position becomes at risk, and the complaints against him increase.
Ain collapses because Hassan wants to marry Haniyeh, as she plans to take revenge on him. Haniyeh marries Hassan in exchange for returning her children. Ain reveals the annulment of Haniyeh’s divorce.
As Fathy burns the hamlet, Hassan loses the mayorship. Hassan refuses to give up his obsession with Haniyeh, who reconciles with Fathy. Fahim becomes the new mayor and kills Fathy through Hassan, so the people arrest him.