the film tells the story of an old muslim man's wife died in a remote rural area in xihaigu, ningxia, in a nine-year-old drought. the old man and his son intend to kill the old cow who had been with the old man for more than ten years to save the nation on his wife's day. in the following days, the old man and his son took good care of the cow and showed that they were also indifferent.
