Hilda Ihben grew up on a farm in East Frisia. After losing her father at a very young age, she later moved away from the farm with her mother to live with her mother's new partner. Now eighteen, Hilda experiences her first crush; what starts as a fleeting infatuation slowly turns into something more. Jurino Pollmann is twenty years old and the youngest of three brothers; he lives with his family on a dairy farm in Großheide. Hilda and Jurino find each other and eventually discover that there is more connecting them than just their love for the land and the animals. Not only does a explosive family secret come to light, but it also causes considerable confusion and emotional turmoil for everyone involved.