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Stories Where the Female Lead Becomes a Wicked Mother-in-Law! 女主穿成恶婆婆的文!

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  1. 1 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 50.9kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
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  2. 2 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆,统领全家逃荒 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 10.6kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
  3. 3 In the Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Storeroom with Meat 荒年全村啃树皮,我有系统满仓肉 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 92.2kReads9.4Score11.8kShelves
  4. 4 Reborn as a Wicked Mother-in-Law? I'm Here to Stand Up for My Daughter-in-Law 穿成恶婆婆?我来给儿媳妇撑腰的 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [There is a golden finger, no CP, no CP, no CP. Important things are said three times.] [This story is all about warmth. If you're looking for an intense, dramatic face-slapping story about punishing villains, please look elsewhere.] Across three thousand small worlds, there is a group of troublemakers. They are sharp-tongued and unreasonable, stirring up trouble and driving wedges between people, selfish to the core. They wreak havoc in their sons' and daughters-in-law's lives, leaving families 4.6kReads9.3Score324Shelves
  5. 5 Reborn as a Wicked Mother-in-Law, I Take My Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成极品恶婆婆,带着全家去逃荒 Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Yin Tao nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard someone call her Old Madam Li. Had she really transmigrated into a widowed old woman? Only after opening her eyes did she realize she was a woman in her early twenties. ...Wait, what were they saying? Trading children for food? No, trading grandchildren for food? They were in the middle of a famine! Before Yin Tao could even sort through her memories, she rescued her grandson. Once she had taken in all of the original own 706Reads8.2Score100Shelves
  6. 6 After Reincarnating as a Terrible Mother-in-Law, I Raise Kids and Hustle My Way to the Top 穿成极品婆婆后,带崽卷成首富 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration + ensemble cast + no romance + widow’s comeback + System + reforming awful family members + family squabbles + making a fortune Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story “Smack!” Ye Wen slapped her abusive eldest son to the ground. “Lay another hand on your wife and I’ll break your legs!” After waking from a deep sleep, modern executive Ye Wen found herself transmigrated into the body of a notoriously awful old woman in ancient times, and bound to a [Reformation System]. If she could 5.7kReads7.7Score558Shelves
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  7. 7 Quick Transmigration: Becoming a Mother-in-Law in Every World 快穿,去每个世界做婆婆 Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted [No Male Lead + Family Life + Mother-in-Law Quick Transmigration] Miao Cuilan is about to celebrate her fiftieth birthday when she dies suddenly of a heart attack. A Good Mother-in-Law System binds itself to her and sends her to different worlds to be a mother-in-law or enjoy a leisurely retirement. Her original self took her long-suffering daughter-in-law for granted, even though the poor woman had worked like an ox for the family for decades. After Miao Cuilan transmigrates, she changes her wa 682Reads7.2Score—Shelves
  8. 8 Transmigrated as the Ultimate Wicked Mother-in-Law 穿越之极品恶婆婆 Ancient Romance270k WordsCompleted The sharp-tongued, stingy Li Xiaoxiao has transmigrated into the body of Li, a forty-seven-year-old widow from the Qin family in the village. Luckily, she hasn’t run into any horrible people, because she’s the feared, horrible mother-in-law everyone avoids... 1.6kReads8.8Score101Shelves
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  9. 9 Quick Transmigration: Why Do I Always Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law? 快穿:总是穿成恶婆婆怎么办 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Mo Lin gets a job at the Plane Protection Bureau. His work is to forcibly transmigrate into the bodies of people who hinder the development of three-dimensional planes, helping others while padding his own pockets. Those whose bodies are taken over are forcibly expelled, so if you don't like that premise, don't read. The protagonist has no romantic pairing. This isn't a romance, and there's no melodramatic cast of awful relatives or overpowering golden finger. The story is warm and low-key. The 6.5kReads9.3Score487Shelves
  10. 10 This Wicked Mother-in-Law Won’t Reform, and She Won’t Serve Her Unworthy Children 恶婆婆不洗白,渣儿女们她不伺候 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming, family squabbles, building wealth, a woman transmigrates into a book as an older mother-in-law] After staying up all night reading a novel, I opened my eyes and found myself transmigrated into a book. Talk about bad luck. Of all people, why did I have to become her? I ended up as the silly, sweet heroine’s stepmother, the villainess’s biological mother, and a wicked farm wife with a whole brood of useless kids. Zhang Jing complained, “Well, this is great. No more nagging me to get 875Reads8.9Score107Shelves
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  11. 11 I Accidentally Transmigrated, and the Girl Became a Grandmother. I Can Take It 不小心穿越了,少女变祖母,我忍 Ancient Romance590k WordsCompleted Lin Yueya, a tattoo artist, opens her eyes after an accident to find herself a rural woman in ancient times, nearly forty years old. Her sons and daughters-in-law are kneeling all around her, calling her “Mother” again and again. Her vision goes dark, and all she wants is to transmigrate straight back to her own time. It seems the heavens can’t hear her cries. She spent over twenty years single in the modern world, in the prime of her life, only to suddenly become more than a decade older. And i 120Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  12. 12 Transmigrated into the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿成极品恶婆婆 Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted A top-tier female artist transmigrates into the body of a fierce farm wife in ancient times, and not just any farm wife, but a terrible mother-in-law who favors sons over daughters and is about to drown her newborn granddaughter. Under the fearful stares of the whole family, Zhang Lanlan beckons her over: Come here, come on, don't be scared. Come with me, and I'll give you meat~ 1.1kReads9.1Score101Shelves
  13. 13 After the Divorce, the Villainous Stepmother Brings Blessings to the World! 和离后,反派后娘福载天下! Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Su Xin peered into the secrets of fate and discovered that her terrible luck in this life was because someone had stolen her fortune and the merit she'd accumulated over a hundred lifetimes in her previous one! As she was pondering how to fix it, a bolt of lightning sent her back to her previous life. From the start, her stepfather had already packed her off to become someone else's stepmother. A wild System suddenly bound itself to her, too. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven troublesome k 27.5kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
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  14. 14 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太,别人逃荒我开荒 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 107.4kReads9.5Score13.4kShelves
  15. 15 When I Transmigrated into a CEO Romance as the Wicked Mother-in-Law 当我穿成霸总文里的豪门恶婆婆 Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + power fantasy + wealthy family + putting scumbags in their place + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Fu Yining transmigrates into a book, landing in a novel about a domineering tycoon who chases his wife after losing her. But she isn’t the wife being chased. She’s the tycoon’s mother. When she opens her eyes, she catches the tycoon’s first love sobbing in his arms, while the heroine lies on the floor, framed by that woman. The furious male lead, the tycoon: “Mo 2kReads8.5Score115Shelves
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  16. 16 Three Terrible Sons Kneel Before Me and Call Me Mom 三个极品儿子跪在我面前叫妈 Ancient Romance701k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + old woman + power fantasy] Lin Tao transmigrates into the body of an old woman worked like an ox and forced to drink muddy water! She has four elders above her, three little ones below, and nine grandchildren, every last one of them! Being an old widow with yellowing eyes and wrinkled skin would be bad enough, but she’s also stuck with a family full of troublemakers! The eldest son abuses his wife and sells his daughter. He even kills his own mother for her coffin mon 198Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  17. 17 No Redemption Arc: I’m a Wicked Old Lady, and I’ll Raise My Grandkids Scientifically 拒绝洗白,穿成极品老太我科学养崽 Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [Farming + family life + adorable kids + no romance] Lin Tao transmigrates into the body of a mean-spirited old widow with a face full of wrinkles. She is still a young maiden, yet somehow she has become the mother of four foolish grown sons and one little crybaby. With two elders above her and five children below, plus four grandchildren, the whole family is living off her! The eldest is hopelessly lazy, the second is a total womanizer, and the fourth steals chickens and dogs and loves to gambl 397Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  18. 18 I Became the Wicked Mother-in-Law, Then the Whole Village’s Pillar of Strength 穿成恶婆婆后,我成了全村顶梁柱 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The heroine has no romantic pairing. She's all about her career, not love!] A leading medical expert opened and closed her eyes, only to transmigrate into a book and become a widowed old woman with six sons and three daughters! None of her children amounted to much: one was a gambler, one selfish and narrow-minded, one dull but honest, and one a weak-willed doormat… With personalities like that, no wonder they all ended up as cannon fodder in the original story! They'd accepted their fate, but 2.6kReads9.2Score248Shelves
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  19. 19 Quick Transmigration: The Bewitching, Beautiful Nanny 快穿之千娇百媚的奶妈 Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Quick transmigration + No CP + Feel-good power fantasy + No Mary Sue Li Dazui is a nanny who transmigrates to different little worlds to take care of all kinds of characters. She looks after tragic heroines, vicious supporting female characters, chuunibyou CEOs, and sunny, righteous, outstanding male supporting characters, among others. A tragic heroine has her kidney stolen? Don't worry, the nanny will take that scumbag's kidney to make it up to you. A vicious supporting female character? Don't 2.8kReads9.2Score230Shelves
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  20. 20 A Good Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Self-Cultivation 好婆婆修炼手册 Ancient Romance4.1M WordsCompleted As an outstanding member of the Space-Time Administration, Jiang Cen has won the prestigious title of “Top-Performing Host” year after year. Everyone loves her, flowers bloom wherever she goes, and newcomers practically bow down in awe. Then one day, Jiang Cen gets tired of it all. She has seen it all and no longer wants to do missions; she just wants to enjoy her retirement. But what’s this Good Mother-in-Law Training Manual? What happened to retirement? Facing all kinds of daughters-in-law, Ji 408Reads7.7Score—Shelves
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  21. 21 The Marquis’s Mother Is Fiercer Than a Tiger, and She Leads Her Three Daughters-in-Law to Success 侯门婆母猛如虎,带飞三个儿媳 Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted Jiang Wanning transmigrates into a book. She becomes the scumbag male lead’s mother, a wicked marquise’s wife who helps a scheming white lotus bully the heroine. Remembering how frustrating it was to read the story and be unable to slap some sense into its characters, Jiang Wanning rolls up her sleeves and gives her eldest son, who wants to marry the white lotus as his second wife, a slap. “Smack!” Her eldest son stares at her in shock. “Mother, you hit me?” Jiang Wanning: “You favor your concub 6.5kReads8.6Score806Shelves
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  22. 22 I Reincarnated as a Toxic Relative and Made a Fortune with My Eight Sons 穿成极品,带着八个儿子发家致富 Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Raising Kids + No Romance + Shop] Lan Cuicui opens her eyes to find herself a terrible old mother. She has given birth to eight sons, yet somehow made a complete mess of their lives. To put her precious eldest grandson on the path to the imperial examinations, she bleeds the whole family dry. Watching her sons grow estranged and facing food that scrapes her throat, Lan Cuicui rolls up her sleeves and gets to work! How can they be starving when they live right beside a mountain? 3.2kReads7.7Score449Shelves
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  23. 23 Reborn as the Wicked Farmhouse Matriarch: Everyone in the Family Has a Secret Identity 穿成农门恶婆婆:全家个个带马甲 Ancient Romance253k WordsOngoing When Lin Yun wakes up, she finds herself a bedridden, half-paralyzed shrew of a farmwife. A girl in the bloom of youth has become a mother without a fuss, with a whole houseful of children thrown in: six kids, three daughters-in-law, and ten grandchildren. She originally planned to treat everyone kindly and keep the family harmonious, but her sons and daughters-in-law only respond to this approach by acting up. If they go a day without a beating, they start itching for trouble. Forget it. Not on 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 24 Before Her Good-for-Nothing Son Remarries, the Fierce Old Lady Defies Fate 回到废物儿子再娶前,极品老太逆天改命 Ancient Romance645k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + farming + elderly heroine + family life + no romance] At the age of fifty, Liu Shulin was literally angered to death by that good-for-nothing spendthrift son of hers! When she woke again and opened her eyes, she discovered that she had actually returned to fifteen years earlier! She was back just after her wastrel son had divorced his former wife and was preparing to remarry, before taking Yuan Xiao'e as his bride... Since she had been given a second chance, she could defy fate and ch 236Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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  25. 25 Transmigrating Through a Parade of Mothers-in-Law 穿越之婆婆大集锦 Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted Fang Cheng is unwillingly cast as one outrageous mother-in-law after another: the mother-in-law in an imperial-exam novel who sells her grandchildren to fund her younger son’s exams; the mother-in-law in a household-intrigue novel who pressures her son and daughter-in-law into taking her niece as a favored concubine; and the mother-in-law who demands good food and drink while fleeing famine. In short, she’s the worst of the worst. 8.8kReads9.0Score799Shelves
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  26. 26 The Old Ancestress Doesn't Want to Follow the Plot 老祖宗她不想走剧情 Ancient Romance552k WordsCompleted Only after she died did Old Madam Huang learn that she had been living in a book. In the story, she was foolish, ignorant, and all looks with no brains. Her younger son, a high-ranking official, should have been the one she relied on, yet she had somehow become obsessed with protecting her eldest and second sons. In the end, she let their two households cause a terrible disaster, dragging the whole family into confiscation and exile. During the journey into exile, her eldest and second sons foun 981Reads8.3Score100Shelves
  27. 27 A 1960s Grandma Leads Her Whole Family to Eat Well and Live Large 穿成六零老太带全家吃香喝辣 Modern Romance787k WordsCompleted Main character: Lu Wanwan The rating has just been posted! It’ll go up later!!! (See Chapter Two for the character relationships.) (Pocket dimension + family life + everyday stories of ordinary people + transmigrating into the body of a woman in her fifties) After Lu Wanwan caught her boyfriend and best friend doing something filthy, she was beaten and transmigrated into an old woman in the 1960s. When bad luck strikes, even water can get stuck between your teeth. “Beep beep~ Master, I’m Little 534Reads7.3Score102Shelves
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  28. 28 Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Character: Fists Are the Only Real Answer 穿成炮灰女配拳头才是硬道理 212k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Sent-down youth + Strong heroine + Teacher] Modern office worker Lin Wan got drunk, drove into a river, and drowned. Her soul was pulled into the body of a sent-down youth with the same name. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a village drifter trying to assault her. Lin Wan wasn’t about to put up with that. After beating him up and taking his money, she furiously scolded Zhao Youde, who was kneeling on the ground. “You’ve got some nerve, picking on me! And you think you c 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 29 I'm Losing It! I Woke Up as the Worst Mother-in-Law! 疯了,睁眼穿成极品恶婆婆! Ancient Romance505k WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + System + everyday family life + ordinary people’s daily lives + midwifery] Song Nuan, a top modern obstetrician-gynecologist, dies suddenly during a night shift and transmigrates into ancient times as Song Sulan, a forty-five-year-old woman. To her shock, she’s become the notoriously awful mother-in-law whom everyone in the surrounding villages despises! The original Song Sulan was sharp-tongued and cruel, mistreated her daughters-in-law, sold her granddaughter... She did 4.8kReads8.2Score539Shelves
  30. 30 A Chaotic Life Back in Ancient Times 穿回古代的鸡飞狗跳生活 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Kids + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy]: Transmigrating into a lovesick woman, Tang Zhuyun wakes up in the middle of a scene where she’s climbing into a man’s bed. She turns around and runs. Forget this bed, she’s not getting in! Who needs a man when her father is the top scholar, her brother is the top scholar, and even her son will be the top scholar? They’ll protect her, so she can do whatever she wants! As a master physician, she’ll focus on her career, save lives, and k 50.1kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves
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  31. 31 The Capital’s Unhinged Tough Guy and His Chaotic Daily Life 京城滚刀肉癫癫日常 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Meme humor + Absurdity + Unhinged antics + Lighthearted daily life + Invincible heroine + No official couple, ship whoever you want] Jiang Miao: Stop trying to help people. Just laugh at their fate. But then again, if the money's right, I'll gladly give your fate a couple of extra stabs! After dumping three High Gods, Jiang Miao is exposed and flees to the mortal realm. She takes over the body of the Xuan Yuan Marquis household's fake heiress, who has lost her memory. The marquis household is s 31.6kReads9.2Score4kShelves
  32. 32 I Woke Up as the Terrible Mother of Seven Sons 一睁眼,成了七个儿子的极品老娘 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No male lead + System + farming + family life] When other people transmigrated, they became princesses or young ladies, or at the very least, a peasant girl. But Song Chuxue transmigrated right into a flood, and on top of that, found herself with seven troublesome sons! At least she'd escaped the awful body she'd had in her previous life. And luckily, just when food was scarce, she got the essential transmigrator's golden finger: a sign-in System. 1.7kReads8.7Score154Shelves
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  33. 33 Transmigrated as a Madwoman in the Countryside, I Raise Kids and Enjoy Life 穿越农门疯妇,带孩子享乐人生 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A physically powerful heroine + getting rich through hard work Zhou Qiong was only trying to save someone from drowning. Who could have guessed that one plunge into the water would turn a modern, upstanding young woman into a crazy woman in ancient times who bites everyone she sees? Luckily, only her mother is crazy, not her father. Looking at the two lonely, sensible children who’ve been worn down by life, her heart aches. If she’s their mother now, then she’ll make sure they’re fed and clothed 67.1kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
  34. 34 Granny Yu's Daily Routine of Gossip and Retirement 郁老太的吃瓜养老日常 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + everyday family life + no romance + building wealth + heartwarming] The troublemakers are dealt with quickly. This is pure farming, with no court intrigue or powerful nobles. Modern young woman Yu Zhiqiu gets into a car accident and transmigrates into the body of an ancient peasant woman with the same name. Her husband is dead, they are short on money and food, and she has several troublesome children to care for. So what if they’re poor? Hard work brings prosperity. Everyone i 2.6kReads8.5Score306Shelves
  35. 35 After Crushing My Scumbag Husband and Wicked Son, I Got Rich Farming 虐翻渣夫逆子后,我靠种田暴富了 Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted [Transmigration / Wish-Fulfillment / No Romance / Strong Female Lead / Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place / Everyday Life / Building a Fortune] A satisfying story about never forgiving and never looking back Yang Qing had lived a miserable life. Her husband, Old Li, was violent and would beat her at the slightest provocation. Her children were cold and selfish, paying her no mind, and even her beloved youngest son had died on the battlefield. In despair, she ended her life with a 720Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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  36. 36 Four Ungrateful Children from the Start? I'll Become a Landowner Myself 开局四个不孝子?老娘自己当地主 Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Satisfying Read + Building Wealth + Pocket Dimension + Herb Gathering + Family Life] Chen Ru and her husband transmigrate to an alternate dynasty and find themselves saddled with four unfilial sons and a whole bunch of unfilial grandchildren. The original owner devoted herself to her children. She found wives for all four sons and raised their children, even bringing up a son who passed the scholar examinations. But in the end, they all believed that an old person who refused t 19.7kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
  37. 37 In a Year of Famine and a Fallen Kingdom, I Used My Space to Build a New Nation with Refugees 荒年国破,我靠空间带流民建国了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-led story of conquering the world] [The heroine's ultimate goal is to rule the world. She cares for the common people and helps them, ultimately reaching the pinnacle of life.] [No romance + invincible + pocket dimension + famine flight + recruiting underlings + empress] She used to be worth tens of billions, but just like that, she transmigrated. She ends up in the body of a hot-tempered widow, with a string of little brats in tow. The good news is that she has a pocket dimension and su 787Reads8.6Score175Shelves
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  38. 38 What?! I Became an Old Widow and Must Flee the Famine with My Whole Family 惊!穿成老寡妇,拖家带口去逃荒 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Famine Escape + Inventory Space + Infrastructure Building + Adorable Kids + No Romance] Song Jiao transmigrates and instantly finds herself promoted to grandmother, a widowed old woman fleeing famine with her whole family in tow. But after risking her life to save someone, she earns a merit space: a three-story supermarket stocked with food, drinks, clothes, and all kinds of necessities. She'll never have to go hungry on the road again. The catch is that each section of the space has to be unlo 822Reads8.7Score101Shelves
  39. 39 Reborn as a Wicked Mother-in-Law, I Cheat My Way Through the Great Escape 穿成极品恶婆婆,逃荒路上开挂了 Ancient Romance745k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + elderly woman + fleeing famine + fleeing famine + System] As a quick transmigration tasker, Tao Wan finally made it to retirement! She had been promised a comfortable retirement, enjoying life in a wealthy household, but when she opened her eyes, she had become the awful old woman Tao Wanniang. Tao Wan: ??? After a year and a half of severe drought, there was no food left at home, and her three grandchildren were crying to be fed. If they didn’t flee the famine, they wouldn’t s 53Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  40. 40 In the Famine Years, This Shameless Old Lady Supports Her Whole Family as a Cleaner 饥荒年,极品老太当保洁养全家 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The short drama based on this book, “In the Famine, I Scavenged for Trash to Feed My Family Meat,” is now streaming! Tian Yuerong was reborn. In her previous life, she had been a concubine in an official's family in the capital and had two sons and a daughter. After the principal wife died, Tian Yuerong was about to be made the new principal wife, but then her husband died too. With no one left to protect her, she was driven out to a country estate by the mistress of the main branch of the famil 1.8kReads8.2Score132Shelves
  41. 41 In a Famine Year, Grandma Sun Stockpiles Grain to Survive 荒年,孙老太囤粮度饥荒 Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted [Family life + farming + slow and steady progress + not a power fantasy + drought + no romance] “Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, give me one month. If you still want to split up the family then, the eldest won’t have to support me in my old age either!” Qiao Yu has become the biased old woman in a book. She looks down on girls as money-losing burdens while treating her own daughter like a treasure. To keep her son-in-law from divorcing her daughter, she even considers selling her 342Reads7.4Score—Shelves
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  42. 42 With a Farm in Hand, I Transmigrated Into a Wicked Mother-in-Law in the 1970s 身怀农场:我穿成七零年代恶婆婆 Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted When Qiao Mei wakes up, she has become a wicked, notorious mother-in-law in the 1970s. At just 38, she has two sons and two daughters. Qiao Mei looks at her honest, simple-minded eldest son, her good-for-nothing younger son, two daughters-in-law with completely different personalities, and her timid, insecure eldest daughter. She’s an older single woman who has never even held a man’s hand, and now, out of nowhere, she has four children. Qiao Mei can only look up at the sky and sigh. To make mat 53Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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  43. 43 After Becoming a Wicked Mother-in-Law, My Daughters-in-Law Fight to Support Me in My Old Age 穿成恶婆婆后,儿媳抢着给我养老 Ancient Romance726k WordsCompleted Completed. The short drama adaptation is now streaming, so come watch! (No romance! Farming + a pocket dimension + everyday family life with a touch of ensemble cast + building wealth + feel-good power fantasy + medical skills) Note: New novels naturally have low ratings when they have few words. The score will gradually rise, so don't worry~ After dying suddenly, medical PhD Wu Yulan transmigrates into the body of a sharp-tongued, vicious old woman. Old Madam Wu is notorious for her cruelty. Sh 22.1kReads8.3Score2.9kShelves
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  44. 44 What?! The Vicious Old Lady Strikes It Rich Thanks to Her Lucky Granddaughter 惊!极品老妇她靠锦鲤小孙女开挂了 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A fabulous old woman + a blessed granddaughter + building a fortune + raising children and crushing scoundrels + no romance] Yang Mei transmigrates into an unfinished farming novel, becoming the wicked, over-the-top grandmother of the little heroine, who is destined to turn evil. The original owner favored boys over girls, was stingy to a fault, and never listened to reason. Her granddaughter has an extraordinary background, and the villain is in for trouble. A ruined character image is no big 181Reads7.5Score—Shelves
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  45. 45 After Becoming the Mother of Three Scumbags, I Turned My Life Around 穿成三个渣男的亲娘后逆袭了 Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Hanxue transmigrated in a flash, and her nightmare began from the start! The original owner was a dreadful, foolish old woman. Her eldest son was dim-witted, her eldest daughter-in-law died giving birth to twins, her second son was arrogant, and her most cherished second daughter-in-law emptied the family coffers and ran away. Her third son was good for nothing and always getting into trouble, while her daughter eventually angered the heavens, leading to the whole family being exiled and d 248Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  46. 46 In the Year of Famine, the Spendthrift Old Lady Becomes the Village's Pillar 灾年,败家老太成了全村顶梁柱 Ancient Romance510k WordsOngoing [Farming + System + No male lead + Family life + Fictional setting, no need for historical accuracy] Ming Yanran transmigrates and becomes the notorious, spendthrift old woman of Pu Family Village. When disaster strikes, she cares nothing for her family's lives, leaving them all utterly disheartened. The villagers beg Heaven to take away the wicked old woman and spare them her torment. Eldest daughter: “The only thing my mother has left to offer is the family she was born into.” Second son: 16Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 47 How Can We Flee Before We’ve Even Started Living? 怎么还没生活呢?就逃荒 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + no golden finger + farming + fleeing famine + business + slow development (A slow-burn story that takes its time and lets things unfold naturally.) One day, Li Shulan wakes up to find she has become a farm wife. Her original self was quite a handful, and she has no golden finger or influential connections, so she has to rely on herself for everything. After working hard for over half a year, she’s finally on the verge of a better life, only for a snow disaster and war to hit. To sur 603Reads7.6Score—Shelves
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  48. 48 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生:从街道办到省委大院 Modern Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 25kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
  49. 49 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太:你你还有你跪下! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 21.4kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
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  50. 50 After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cruel Mother-in-Law, She Stops Making Trouble 穿书成恶婆婆以后,她不再作妖 Ancient Romance675k WordsCompleted She woke up to find that she had been reborn inside an unfinished, sugary romance web novel, as the future mother-in-law of its heroine. Remembering the tragic fate of the wicked mother-in-law in the book, she couldn't help but grind her teeth in fear. No, no, no! While the male and female leads were still young, she had to change her fate and make a fortune! [There is a couple, and the male lead is very devoted. Readers with strong feelings about romantic purity may want to skip this. Although 391Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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