Tulpan plot
"She's the only girl for him."
After finishing his service in the navy, Asa travels back to the Kazakh steppe, where his sister and her herder husband live as nomads. To start his new life, Asa must get married before he can become a shepherd himself. His only hope for marriage is Tulpan, the daughter of another shepherd family. Poor Asa is disappointed to learn that Tulpan doesn't like him because she thinks his ears are too big. But Asa does not give up and he continues to dream of a life, which may not be possible on the steppe.