One day, a poor man goes to the household of a mother and a daughter, where he steals a gold and silver grinding mill to make himself very rich. When the rich man sees this, he feels so greedy that he also goes to the house to steal from the mother and daughter. However, the mother and daughter catch him, and he is given knots on his nose. In order to save the rich man, the poor man later steals the mother and daughter’s axe and tells the rich man's wife that to undo each knot will cost one fine yak. The wife does not want to give the yaks away, so tries to undo the knots herself. However, when the wife swings the axe, she unintentionally chops off her husband’s head.