In winter, heavy snow falls, and snowflakes dye the earth with a layer of silver.

In the Duchy of Saxony, in the mansion of the knights of Lonco.

The fireplace was blazing, and the heat from it baked the room.

A long, historic table sits in the middle of the room.

Three women were sitting at a table.

The woman at the top is a middle-aged woman dressed in a bright dress and a thick fox skin, with thin lips and cold eyes, full of meanness.

In front of her was a basin of milky milk for washing her face, a glass of red wine, and a plate of baked crispy yellow bread.

Next to this woman was a young woman, also dressed in luxurious clothes, although she had a bit of a posture, but her face was full of arrogance and pride, which made people feel disgusted at the sight of her, and in front of her, there were also warm milk, wine, and yellow bread.

Diagonally opposite the woman sat a girl.

The girl had her head bowed, her clothes were slightly old, and patches could be seen, and in front of her lay a basin of water, and a glass of water, and a pitiful amount of black bread.

The girl ate the black bread in small gulps, without saying a word, and occasionally raised her head and drank a sip of water, so that people could catch a glimpse of her beautiful appearance, and the look at her cautious appearance made people feel pity.

But among these people, there is absolutely no middle-aged woman who sits at the top of the list.

She looked at the beautiful girl, the coldness in her eyes became stronger and stronger, and finally, after taking a sip of wine, she finally couldn't help but say, "Sophie! ”

"Oh! Yes, Mother! The Qingli girl, known as Sophie, heard the voice of the middle-aged woman, like a frightened rabbit, raised her head in a panic and looked at the woman with a little fear.

If time could be repeated, a few years ago, she would not have agreed to her father marrying this woman back home.

However, her father was gone, and her remorse was naturally useless.

This woman is now the reasonable and legitimate mistress of the family.

The mean, middle-aged woman, out of nowhere, took out a coat as thin as paper, threw it to Sophie casually, like a charity, and said, "Listen, you put on this garment and go to the forest to pick a basket of blueberries for me, I want to eat it!" ”

"Oh my God!" Sophie's eyes widened, "How can there be blueberries in winter?" The ground was frozen, and the snow covered everything. Besides, how could I go out in such thin clothes? It's so cold outside that you can even freeze the breath you exhale. The wind will blow into the garment, and the thorns will hang it up. ”

The middle-aged woman was furious and glared at Sophie viciously, "You dare to talk back to me? Hurry up and give it to me! If you don't pick a basket of strawberries, you don't want to come back! ”

Sophie's face suddenly showed bitterness, and she looked at the young woman opposite her, who looked like a good show, with pleading eyes, and said, "Mary, please, our mother, don't let me go out in such a cold weather!" At least, wait for the weather to get a little warmer. ”

The young girl known as Mary raised a disdainful smile on her lips and said, "That's my mother, not your mother, Sophie, don't scream!" Besides, my mom wants to eat blueberries, and you, as her stepdaughter, have been raising you for so long, shouldn't you give something? ”

"Raising?" Sophie was so aggrieved that she couldn't speak when she heard these shameless words, these things were originally her family's, her dead father's belongings.

She couldn't help but think of the scene when this middle-aged woman spoke to her kindly a few years ago.

"Listen, tell your dad that I am willing to marry him, and from now on you will be able to wash your face with milk and drink wine every morning, while my own daughter can only wash her face with water and drink water."

However, no matter how great the regret is, time will not flow again.

The middle-aged woman, who is Sophie's stepmother, took a piece of hard black bread to Sophie and said coldly, "Don't say that I treat you badly, this is your ration for the day." ”

Sophie silently took the hard black bread in her arms, lifted the basket, and then was driven out of the house by the middle-aged woman, and walked lonely to the nearest forest.

The servants of the house all looked at the distressed young lady with distressed faces, but none of them dared to make an actual move.

The means of this mistress of the family, no one dares to understand!

It was cold and snowy outside, and not a single green grass could be found.

The snow wind was like a knife, and the knife scraped on Sophie's white and tender cheeks.

Sophie shivered, walking in this white world.

Her body was getting colder, her eyes were getting more and more confused, and her hands and feet were getting weaker and weaker.

Just when she couldn't hold on anymore, suddenly, a small white house appeared in the forest in front of her.

There is a window in the wall of the house, which is open.

Through the window, Sophie saw three white-bearded dwarfs less than two-thirds her height, looking around.

Seeing Sophie, the three white-bearded dwarfs, their eyes also showed joy, and smiled at Sophie.

Sophie was surprised, it wasn't once or twice that she had been driven into the forest by her stepmother, but she had never seen the house before, and she had never seen the three white-bearded dwarves before.

But you can't lose the etiquette of being a human being, which her deceased father has always taught her.

The three white-bearded dwarves smiled at her, and Sophie greeted them, and walked briskly to the front of the hut and knocked lightly on the door.

The hut had a bit of a stiff feel to Sophie, but at least it was manageable.

The three whitebearded dwarves inside shouted "Come in," and Sophie walked in.

There was a burning stove in the little house, and there was a long bench beside the fire, and the three dwarfs sat down and beckoned Sophie to sit down.

Sophie thanked her and walked on, she really needed the fire.

The heat of the flames slowly banished the chill from her body, and Sophie felt very comfortable, and her stomach rumbled.

Sophie then took her little bread and put it around the fire to bake it slowly.

When the dwarf saw this, he said, "Give us a little." ”

"Okay!" Without any hesitation, Sophie split the toasted soft bread in half and gave them halves.

The three dwarfs divided the bread that Sophie had brought out, and their eyes flashed with satisfaction.

They asked Sophie, "Why did you come to the forest in this thin garment in the winter?" ”

Sophie had no doubt about it, and when the three dwarves asked, she replied honestly, "I have to pick a basket of strawberries, or I won't be able to go home." ”

"Oh!" The three dwarfs looked at each other and stopped talking.

When Sophie had finished her bread, the three dwarfs unceremoniously handed Sophie a broom and said, "Go and help us sweep the snow off the back door." ”

Sophie, a kind-hearted girl, picked up her broom and walked to the back door.

But when she went out, the three dwarfs discussed: "She is so lovely, and she has given us bread, what should we give her?" ”

The first dwarf said, "My gift to her is: she is becoming more beautiful every day." ”

The second dwarf said, "My gift to her is this: she spits out gold as soon as she speaks." ”

The third dwarf said, "My gift to her is: a king will marry her as queen." ”