Karasai's parent Altynai prepares his son for subsequent participation in battles from an early age, teaching the boy various martial arts and skills. The boy willingly listens to his father's recommendations, and already in childhood he confidently uses a whip and a sword. When Karasai turns into an adult youth, a period of famine sets in, from which the relatives of the young man suffer. The guy leads the herds of his fellow tribesmen to fertile arable land, and soon aggressive Dzungars attack the lands of his people.
A young major named Azamat, accustomed to a comfortable city life, by coincidence, is sent to work as an akim in a remote village.
Aset, having learned the melody, would prefer to play it in the field with the company of his unlucky friends. But when he finds out that Aigerim will come to the concert, he decides to throw all his strength into the performance. However, it turns out to be not so easy to do with a broken dombra and such friends.
