He has an instant reaction and an accurate eye, strong muscles and a cold mind. His friends call him simply Ellie, and the "fathers of the city" are behind him, as if behind a stone wall. However, he is not the master of his fate either...

A woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.

In the Kazakh village live Dzhumagali grandfather with his grandson Achan six years, still in its infancy have been orphaned. It is not easy they have, even though the boy had learned to fan the samovar, do the dishes and go after the cattle. But the old man for a long time and seriously ill, and he knows that he is not a long stretch. So I decided Dzhumagali part with her beloved grandson - sent him to the city to stay with relatives while he stayed to live out his life in the village.

Life turns out to be much simpler and more down-to-earth than we think about it.