The Kazakh shepherd Bair finds a fabulous treasure in the steppe: a stone pot that doubles everything you put in it. Bair is a poor man without rights who has been cheated by the rich cattle herder Galzan and robbed of his wages. Now he sees an opportunity to make himself and his friends happy with this pot. But the greedy Galzan manages to take possession of the pot with cunning and trickery. The shepherd must now summon up a great deal of courage and cleverness to outwit him...