After a long absence, the young guy Kesha returns to the village. His father and younger brother are waiting for him. Kesha — twenty-seven. He has time behind him. He returned and wants to just live — find some work, save up money, and then decide what to do next. His brother Tima is only seventeen. He has a school behind him, he dreams of going to college — on a «budget». And everything seems to be going according to plan. Tima gets high scores at the introductory, Kesha gets a job in a gold mining artel. But very quickly, Kesha is «thrown» by prospectors, and he is left without a job and a future and decides to take revenge. He steals the gold and goes on the run. But not alone, but together with his younger brother.