After the problem of littering has become worse, Madi suggests that the municipality official send new containers and some workers to pick up the trash. He also asks Monshed to tell his wife about it so she won't throw trash again on the street.
Madi wants to marry his cousin Fadela, but she refuses him because he is unemployed, while Wajih, her colleague, asks for her hand in marriage, which makes Madi want to kill him.
As Madi comes from abroad after receiving his doctorate, the villagers try to visit him, even his friend Obaid wants to buy a gift for him and meet him.
As Muhaisen marries two women, Madi tells one of them, which angers the former, so he rides his horse to Madi, arrests him, and tortures him.
Abu Sadiq decides to sell the house to pay off his debt to his neighbor Abu Salem, while the latter's wife tries to find out any personal information from Salem's mother about Salem's life.
Madi works as a ration distributor, but he takes the soap for himself, so the villagers decide to complain to the government. Madi also prevents a woman from taking the ration of her deceased mother.
Madi agrees with a state employee to cut off the electricity in the area so that he can sell the cables and share the profits between them, while no one in the village manages to figure it out.
Jabbar suffers from sinusitis, so Madi gives him some herbs and he recovers, after which he tells the villagers that Madi treats diseases with herbs, and Madi's wife helps him.
As Madi works as an observer of the goods that enter the village, including gas and foodstuffs, he writes the names of the people who use them and informs the state.
Madi works as a barber in the village but is unable to get customers because he doesn't master the profession, so he cheapens the prices, but to no avail.
Madi and his wife search the things of his deceased father, but he does not find anything of value, so he keeps dreaming that he has found a treasure.
As Madi sells second-hand European clothes, young men and women buy from him, but Hardiya gets angry at her daughter for buying cloth that do not fit the village, so she tears them, upon which Madi demands that she pay for the cloth.
Madi tells Nabaa that life's problems should be dealt with simply and by singing. Also, he tells her how he overcomes life in prison by singing.
The officer asks Madi to cooperate with him to arrest the gang, while somebody takes advantage of Nabaa's naivety and takes money and food from her.
As Abdel Halim visits the village with his family, Madi admires his daughter, Rana, and tries to get closer to her father and siblings.
Al Milla agrees with some thugs to cut off the water in the village and exploit the residents, while Madi wants to join them when he discovers the matter.
Madi is still in prison and the officer beats him for not cooperating with him, while his sister is still giving money to a guy thinking he is giving it to him.
Khatun asks Madi to find a buyer for the house she inherited from her pasha grandfather, but she then refuses and tells Madi that she owns several things that belong to her grandfather.
When a doctor is appointed in the village, all the people of the village go to him, but they do not allow him to treat women except in the presence of their men.
The men in the village guard it with weapons after some thieves try to infiltrate it, so Madi's wife is worried about her gold and asks him that they move from the village and buy a house in a safer place.
Khatun admires Madi, but her family refuses that she get into a relationship with anyone so that they could take over her property, while the state men try to take possession of her property as well.
When the Iraqi government decides to establish schools in all parts of Iraq, even in the countryside and villages, Madi rejoices because he wants to learn, but some of the men of the state want to take advantage of the situation.
Madi's father promises his son that he will sign over all his property to him, and Madi's wife searches for documents to ensure that he did so.
As Madi works as a scribe in the village, he writes complaints and sends them to the state, but the head of the state gets angry, so Madi convinces him that it is the complainant's formula and not him.
Madi loves Umm Tayyib and wants to marry her, but his mother refuses, so Madi begs her that she ask for her hand in marriage for him, but the two women quarrel and go to the infirmary.
Every time the Hajj tells his son that he will die, Madi does not believe him until he dies, so he grieves greatly for him.
Madi's brother wants Madi's share of the orchard and tells the workers that Madi owns nothing, but Madi buys his share and takes the whole orchard for himself.
Waheed sends messages every week to his cousins, Zakia and Wafia, and they grow fond of him, but when Waheed returns to Iraq, everyone notices that his behavior is feminine.
Madi's son returns to the village to tell his father that he has become a doctor, so the people of the village go to him to consult him, and he goes to the city to receive his certificate.
A businessman who was residing abroad wants to invest his money in a project in the village, but the villagers are afraid that areas of their land might be taken for the benefit of the project.
Madi buys all kinds of food in order to be generous with his lunch guests, but his wife does not cook everything, keeps things for herself, and asks him to buy more.