He said one of the main reasons he decided to move is the better standard of education in the county town. In the village, pupils started in the first grade when they were 10 or 11, but his children studied at kindergarten in Madoi when they were 3 or 4.

Paltse has never celebrated his birthday, as he was born to a poor farming family, but he now never forgets to buy a birthday cake for his children.

"I'm not disappointed that I didn't have a single birthday cake when I was a kid. But now, I want my kids to have what I didn't have," he said.

Tashi has a bigger dream. He hopes that his four children can be enrolled at universities before they return home to contribute to environmental protection and economic development in the area. As he spoke these words, he smiled, gazing into the distance at the grassland, the lake and his home.