A house in the village, in the fresh air. Garden, vegetable garden, lake, fishing, forest, mushrooms... What else does a person need to meet old age with dignity? But man proposes, but fate disposes. The mysterious legacy of the former mistress of the house begins its invisible work. The hero of GG did not heed the warnings of his neighbors, drank at the wrong time, hit the wrong old woman with his elbow, slipped and fell into an unknown world. Through exhausting heat, hunger, and thirst, he reached the people. During his adventures, Voldemar constantly stumbles upon phenomena that are familiar to him, but completely out of place in the medieval, patriarchal Harkadar. Viscose fabrics are sold in markets, artisans use synthetic dyes, and high-born people indulge in hard drugs. Here, too, people who call themselves commissars are muddying the waters, demanding that everything be taken away from the rich and divided up. Committees of poor people are created in the uluses, and agitators outrage the popular mind. Kharkadar finds itself on the brink of civil war. And everyone, everyone without exception, wants something strange. The head of one of the powerful clans of Harkadar, Tygyn, entrusts our hero with the investigation of phenomena incomprehensible to himself...