A new story by the famous writer Leonid Kokoulin, author of the novels “Kolyma Pit”, “Waiting for a Happy Meeting”, “Arable Land”, “Girlfriend”, “Fire and Water”, the children’s book “Andreika”, is about a centuries-old Russian peasant his ability to live in harmony with nature, people, and his conscience. Young Siberian Grisha Smolyaninov goes with his father to winter fishing, gradually adopting from him not only the skills of a difficult and joyful life in the mysterious and unique Baikal taiga, but also a special perception of beauty. Dozens of details of hunting life, amazing in their accuracy and specificity, are remembered. The leisurely conversations between father and son about the roots of their peasant family and the meaning of life sink into the soul. And trust and friendship arise between father and son, and lead to home, to spiritual unity.