Looking for Stories with an Elderly Heroine, a Grandma 求女主是老太太的，做奶奶的

1. 1 贺 Granny He Is Reborn! Unfilial Children, Get Lost! 贺老太重生！不孝儿女滚滚滚滚滚 Yi Yuan Meng亿缘梦Modern Romance896k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out, so don’t take it too seriously, everyone] [Period] [Reborn] [Early 1990s] [Feel-Good Fiction] [Family Life] Granny He was born to toil! She raised five sons and two daughters, yet never got to enjoy a peaceful life. In middle age, her husband died unexpectedly. To help her children start families and careers, she sold the house and split the relocation compensation among them, then helped raise her grandchildren. But then… In her old age, she took a fall, broke her leg 2.7kReads8.0Score135Shelves

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   This old lady, she slapped me across the face without warning, hahaha, recommended.

2. 2 快 Quick Transmigration: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Determined to Do Good 快穿之恶婆婆她一心向善 Tomato Fish Stew番茄鱼煲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 4kReads9.3Score310Shelves

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   Both are about transmigrating to different eras and becoming a mother-in-law. There's no forced pandering; the characters are well-developed, and transmigration exists in various historical periods. The first one just finished, the second is an older work, so you can read them without worry. [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: Why Do I Always Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law? 快穿：总是穿成恶婆婆怎么办 Hopeless Waiting无望的守候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 4.9kReads9.4Score414Shelves
4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 Sweet and Sour Orange Fish糖醋橙子鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.6kReads9.0Score759Shelves

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   Both books feature an elderly woman as the main character. The first one is quite funny and meaningful in the beginning, while the second one has a very clever female lead, haha.

5. 5 六 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！ Xia Chen夏沉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 25.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves
6. 6 重 Reborn in 1990! The Old Lady Beats the Unfilial Brats to a Pulp 重生九零！老太太爆锤极品不孝子 Shui Yizhou水亿洲Modern Romance46k WordsOngoing [Period] [Nineties] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [Ensemble Cast] [Beating the Unfilial Descendants to a Pulp] Granny He spent her whole life pouring her heart and soul into her children, only to end up starving to death on the street in her old age, with no one to claim her body. When she was young, she and her husband willingly worked like beasts of burden, giving everything they had to support their children, hoping only that they would live well in the future. But her favoritism toward her unfilial e 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Highly recommend it, especially the first one; it feels like stepping back in time 🍉😎

7. 7 恶 Cruel Mother-in-Law? I Flip the Table, Change Heirs, and Rise to the Top 恶婆婆？我掀桌换子登高位 Yuan Manshi元满时Ancient Romance324k WordsCompleted In the twenty-fifth year of Chengping, Lu Zhiwei, abandoned and scorned, died in a deserted temple where no one would ever find her. The only one by her side was Wei Ming'an, the son of a concubine she had once saved. As she lay dying, she remembered the misery of being cast aside, driven out of the capital, and left to die of illness in a strange land. She remembered the look in her daughter Wei Qingwan’s eyes before she died, and the tears that fell from Wei Ming'an’s eyes as he held her hand. 1.2kReads8.2Score115Shelves

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   The first book is about an old woman who died in a deserted temple, is reborn, faces her enemies, raises children, and has no romantic partner; the second book is about a top talent agent who transmigrates and raises children. Both are highly recommended, especially the second one!

8. 8 穿 I Became the Crown Prince’s Grandmother, and I’m Helping My Whole Family Build Their Reputations 穿成太子外祖母，我带全家立人设 Fu Tang'er福棠儿Ancient Romance872k WordsCompleted No romance, feel-good story, raising children, transforming the whole family After an accident, Shi Ying transmigrated to the Great Yong Dynasty and became the Old Madam of the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence. Her daughter was the empress, and her grandson was the crown prince. Her late husband had been the emperor’s teacher. It all sounded incredibly grand. But what happened? The crown prince died young, and the empress was deposed. Her younger son was defeated in battle and taken prisoner. Her eld 12.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
9. 9 八 I Woke Up in the 1980s with Seven Kids, and My Wicked Mother-in-Law Fainted in Terror 八零睁眼七个娃，恶婆婆吓撅过去 Red Robe赤衣Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, System, lucky charm, wealth and prosperity, food, raising children, everyday family life, lighthearted comedy, daily life] After a car accident, Cheng Wenyin wakes up as a nasty mother-in-law in a small fishing village in the 1980s. She opens her eyes to three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and a youngest son who is bedridden and paralyzed. The shock knocks her out cold. Only after binding to a System does she realize she’s transmigrated into a period novel. The System’s 1.4kReads8.4Score158Shelves

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   A 27-year-old single woman dies tragically in a car accident and is chosen by a system to become a villainous modifier. She transmigrates to a small fishing village in the 1980s, becoming a 48-year-old wicked mother-in-law. She gains three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and a paralyzed young son—all from a family of deceased villains. Fortunately, she possesses a lucky shop; watch how she modifies villains and builds her fortune. (There are some extreme characters, but not many.) [Era + System + Cheat Code + No Romance + Food + Slice of Life]

10. 10 我 My Grandmother Is a Bit of a Character 我家祖母有点皮 Nalan Young Master纳兰小哥Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing In the battle to defend the southern frontier, Marquis Wu'an, his three sons, and one daughter-in-law fought to the bitter end. All five members of the family gave their lives for their country. When the old madam heard the terrible news, she fell gravely ill and never woke again. But when the person in the bed opened her eyes, she was Qi Lin, from a thousand years in the future. The family was renowned for its loyalty, but all that remained was a bunch of unruly children. With no grown men left 93.1kReads9.1Score17.7kShelves

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    This book tells the story of a family of loyal martyrs, whose sons all perished, leaving behind seven grandsons. The female protagonist runs a kindergarten to teach her grandsons, beats up her sons, punches her brothers, assaults ministers, and even attacks envoys. It's a heartwarming and joyful tale.

11. 11 老 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Woman Gets Rich After Splitting Up the Family and Cutting Ties 老太重生八零，分家断亲一路暴富 Qianshou Er千手儿Modern Romance780k WordsOngoing [The Eighties Granny: Cutting Ties, Making a Fortune, and Becoming a Business Legend] [No-Nonsense Granny] [Breaking Up the Family] [Family Squabbles] [Building a Fortune] [Racing Through the Business World] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [A Touch of Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Mu Yunzhi slaved away for eighty years, only to discover that every one of her dutiful children had died horribly, all because two ungrateful wolves had been scheming behind her back! Reborn in 1983, the old lad 26.5kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves

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    The old lady was reborn and immediately separated from her family, cutting ties cleanly. She didn't waste time with her awful children, but instead focused on doing business and making money, leading a prosperous life and enjoying it to the fullest.

12. 12 穿 After Becoming the Duke's Dowager, I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 穿成国公老夫人后我把不孝儿孙全踢了 Li Sanye李三爷Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Qin Yun transmigrates into a book, and from the start, her whole family is being stripped of their possessions and exiled? Looking at this roomful of unfilial descendants, Qin Yun thinks the whole family has brought this on themselves. The eldest son's family is corrupt and lawless, and their servants commit acts of violence, bringing disaster upon the household. The second son's family is weak and hidebound, yet they pride themselves on being upright scholars. They presume to criticize the crow 1.7kReads9.1Score361Shelves

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    I think this book is particularly good. Although the children are annoying at the beginning, they all grow a lot after experiencing exile and other things. It contains family affection, love, and patriotism. The most satisfying part is that the female lead saved the emperor when she was young, and the emperor was very grateful and regarded her as his mother, supporting her!

13. 13 不 Oh No, the Old Ancestress Beat Up the Emperor 不好了，老祖宗她把皇上打了 Ten Bowls of Congee粥十碗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Mu Qingyuan, a modern PhD in education, accidentally transmigrated into the body of an old woman in the Great Yong Dynasty. Though the old woman was a Duchess and even the emperor had acknowledged her as his aunt, that didn't change the fact that she'd gone from a young maiden to an old lady with sagging breasts! After spending a few days in a daze, Mu Qingyuan reluctantly accepted her new identity. She had just prepared to enjoy the privileges of being a venerable matriarch in ancient times, wh 2.1kReads8.1Score244Shelves

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    A modern-day education PhD, a young woman in her prime, transforms into an old lady with sagging breasts. Her unfilial children and grandchildren are constantly teetering on the brink of having their household registrations revoked. The protagonist resolves to reform her unfilial children and grandchildren.

14. 14 九 The 90-Year-Old Matriarch Runs the Family: Putting Her Useless Children and Grandchildren in Their Place 九零老太掌家：专治极品儿孙 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration + a lightly ensemble cast + no golden finger + no CP + the 1990s + everyday family life + lighthearted comedy Zhang Hongying transmigrates to the 1990s, only to find herself in the body of an infamous old country woman. But that's fine. She's convinced that under her leadership, the whole family will go out and earn money while she sits back and happily collects it. Anyone who won't listen can get lost. But how did the family end up getting paid for a demolition relocation while t 12.6kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Wearing these clothes will make your daughters amazing, absolutely fantastic! The old lady will be a true authority, and your son will be alright, I guess.

15. 15 穿 I Transmigrated into a Seventies Grandma, Surrounded by Four Sons, Four Daughters, and a Houseful of Grandchildren 穿成七零老太，四儿四女子孙满堂 Chang Le v长乐vModern Romance352k WordsCompleted #Family squabbles, everyday life, no black market, building wealth, no romance# Yang Qiaoying never expected that when she opened her eyes again, she would have become a widow in 1974, a sprightly fifty-three-year-old with an adopted son who was married with children of his own, four sons, four daughters, and a house full of grandchildren. But having lots of children isn't always a blessing. Her youngest son insists on getting two hundred yuan to pay the bride price for his girlfriend. Yang Qiao 8.9kReads8.8Score741Shelves
16. 16 偏 After My Favoritist Grandma Was Reborn 偏心奶奶重生后 Better Stay Up Late Early熬夜要趁早Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s] [Toddler-Raising System (A Human Toddler Observation Diary)] [Super-Strong Woman] [Reborn] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Romance for the Main Character] [Family Life] (The rating is low because not many people have read it yet. It'll go up.) Qiao Xia Li thinks the world became much more interesting after something called the “System” appeared in her head. It's like the immortal grandpa from a story, able to conjure all kinds of delicious food and fun things she's never seen before. Most impo 4.7kReads8.9Score558Shelves
17. 17 随 Joining Her Husband's Army on the Island: Mountain Delicacies and Seafood with Chicken and Duck 随军婆婆上岛：山珍海味配鸡鸭 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation is now streaming on Hongguo. (No pocket dimension, no romance, army life on an island, everyday life, family matters, raising children, food, capitalist daughter-in-law) In her previous life, Chen Guilan looked down on her daughter-in-law for being a capitalist's daughter and on the hardship of life on the island. She refused to join the army and care for her pregnant daughter-in-law, choosing instead to stay nearby and look after her pregnant daughter. But her daughte 11kReads8.4Score955Shelves
18. 18 穿 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 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔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 12.6kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    In both stories, the female protagonist transmigrates into the body of an old woman, reforms the whole family, and together they embark on a happy life!

19. 19 穿 After Reborn as a Duke's Old Lady, I Became More Brazen and Much Happier 穿成国公老夫人没素质后开心多了 I Love Cheese我爱芝士Ancient Romance732k WordsCompleted No CP + a heroine who’s done with love, romance, and even menstruation!!! Song Qiyao, a single woman who died from overwork in the modern era, woke up as the old madam of the Duke of Guo’s household in the Great Rui Dynasty. She had no parents, no husband, and no children. Her only adopted son was the current emperor, Emperor Xuanzhi. In the Great Rui Dynasty, she was practically the Empress Dowager. In her previous life, Song Qiyao had spent her whole life striving for financial freedom. At las 5.9kReads8.8Score664Shelves

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    In both stories, the female protagonist transmigrates into the body of an old woman, straightens out the whole family, and together they embark on a happy life!

20. 20 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫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. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
21. 21 被 Reborn After Her Top-Scholar Son Burned Her Alive 被状元儿子烧死后，老太太重生了 Young Master Jinxiu公子锦绣Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn / feel-good power fantasy / farming / building wealth / doting on his granddaughter In her previous life, Old Madam Huang had let greed cloud her judgment. She forced her eldest son to risk his life working in an illegal coal mine, then sold his daughter for silver. Her eldest daughter-in-law fell to her knees and beat her head bloody, but it still wasn’t enough to get the child back. That very night, she hanged herself, taking both her own life and the baby’s. Her eldest son dragged hims 1.4kReads8.1Score169Shelves

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    The old lady is reborn and dotes on her granddaughter, killing the ungrateful wretch; it's a very good read.

22. 22 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 194.4kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves

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    In both of these books, the female protagonist is an old lady.

23. 23 穿 I Became a Biased, Wicked Mother-in-Law, but I Use My Supermarket to Support the Whole Family 穿成偏心恶婆婆，我带超市养全家 Cheng Yan Cheng成言橙Ancient Romance214k WordsOngoing [Female Lead, No Romance] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Pocket Space] [Family Life] [Building Wealth] [Everyday Farming] Lin Wan opened her eyes and found she had transmigrated into the body of a notoriously biased old woman. Biased? Not on her watch. She splits up the family, sets up a stall, farms the land, and builds a new house. She doesn't just want to turn the Chen family's dirt-poor life around. She also plans to lead the whole village to bountiful harvests year after year. (The heroine w 5.1kReads—Score394Shelves

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    Recommended! New novel, female protagonist transmigrates.

24. 24 老 Reborn Granny: I Fight Back, and I Live Life on My Own Terms! 老太重生，不服就干，活得舒坦！ Three Leather Jackets三个皮夹克Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Family and everyday life] [Feel-good fiction] [No golden finger] [Get rich] [Cutting ties] In her previous life, Song Shiying spent her whole life working hard without complaint, only to face a miserable old age. Reborn into a new life, she decides to live however makes her happiest... 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An old woman is reborn in a wish-fulfillment novel. In this second life, she will no longer give unconditionally to her children. Anyone who makes her unhappy will suffer.

25. 25 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.3kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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    This is really good, I've rewatched it several times!

26. 26 开 I Won’t Sell My Granddaughter: From the Start, the Old Woman Gets Rich with a Supermarket 开局不卖孙女，老妇靠超市暴富 Little Lamb Mo Mo小羊墨墨Ancient Romance552k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book+Farming+No Romance+System] Supermarket owner Meng Lan was content to lie flat, but she must have been lying too flat: when she opened her eyes, she had become the novel’s villainess, who shared her name, along with three daughters, three sons, and a whole bunch of grandsons and granddaughters. From the start, she was selling her own granddaughter. Meng Lan shouted, “I’m not selling my granddaughter!” Looking at the bare-walled house and remembering the tragic fate of th 1.2kReads8.4Score150Shelves

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    Highly recommended! Both are no-romance + delicious food. Highly recommended! Both feature the female lead transmigrating into an older woman's body; the second one features a wicked older woman…

27. 27 穿 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 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金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 31.1kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves

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    I read the last one a long time ago. The first one I listened to while cleaning the house during renovations when I was looking for something to read.

28. 28 恋 Love in the Late Hours 恋恋晚时光 House Cat Cat Cat Cat宅猫猫猫猫Modern Romance664k WordsCompleted (Silver-haired heroine, no forgiveness and no getting back together, completed) Bai Yuwan is sixty this year when she accidentally discovers that her husband has been cheating on her for ten years! It all started with a package that should never have been opened. Every New Year’s Eve, her husband, Sun Zhenwei, claims he has to work overtime. In reality, he’s enjoying a candlelit dinner with his first love to celebrate the New Year! He even bought her a house! And Bai Yuwan? She spent her whole l 4.1kReads9.0Score434Shelves

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    🪷🪷🪷60-Year-old Bai Yuwan dedicated her life to her family, only to discover her husband was having an affair with his first love of ten years. She decisively divorced him and traveled the country, where she met an older, domineering CEO and had a whirlwind marriage. Her past sacrifices, which had been met with betrayal, have now led her to a new life and happiness. Her ex-husband is envious, and the entire village is jealous—this story full of twists and turns is right there in the title! Come read it! 😉

29. 29 穿 A Widow’s Good Life in Ancient Times 穿成老妇后在古代吃香喝辣 Le Yiqiu乐忆秋Ancient Romance289k WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + cute pets + System shop + everyday family life] Ma Yufen, a married, childless, 40-year-old woman, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a nearly fifty-year-old widow with four sons and two daughters. Her life of utter poverty leaves her desperate. Luckily, her modern-day pet dog has a shop and pocket dimension bound to it, and it transmigrates right along with her. With this golden finger, Ma Yufen’s life starts to improve. To secure her retirement, she raises her c 6.3kReads8.9Score558Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates with her dog; the dog is her cheat ability, but later the protagonist also develops her own. It's a simple, everyday, heartwarming story with no truly awful characters.

30. 30 自 A Confident Old Lady Uses Reason to Win in a Melodramatic Drama 自信老太在狗血剧里以理服人 Sheli Who Loves Caramel Chinese Yam爱吃焦糖山药的舍利Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Wang Cuihua is a trendsetter at the cutting edge of fashion. At seventy, she’s still active in her square-dancing group. Her greatest hobbies, besides dancing, are watching short dramas. Who could have guessed that while watching one, the pathetic heroine would raise her blood pressure so much that she’d have an attack? In an instant, she was transported into the world of short dramas. From then on, the short-drama world got its strictest, sharp-tongued mother yet. She scolds the pathetic heroin 56.5kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves

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    These are all top choices, the best ones are highly recommended, and the extra episodes are also very touching.

31. 31 穿 A Country Woman Reborn as a Fortune-Teller with the Gossip System 穿成农村老妇，靠吃瓜系统当神婆 Mori Mori莫里莫里Ancient Romance393k WordsCompleted Xia Feng and Xu Yuan had been hoping to retire early. In the blink of an eye, they transmigrated into ancient times as peasant women, complete with a useless gossip System. With three sons, a daughter, and grandchildren doting on them, their retirement dream has come true. What? They can transmigrate back, too? The points they earn from gossip can be exchanged for modern currency! This beats working like a beast of burden any day! Using their gossiping skills to pose as spirit mediums, they soon 695Reads8.4Score112Shelves
32. 32 梁 Granny Liang Is Reborn in the 1980s and Quits Her Job 梁老太重生八零，她撂挑子不干了 The Coal Ball Is Very Quiet煤球很文静Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Reborn in the 1980s + silver-haired heroine fiction + satisfying revenge against villains + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + fighting, scolding, and going wild + rising in status + ensemble cast) (Also known as: Reborn to Become the Most Evil, Wicked, and Notorious Old Lady) The spineless Liang Airong was so timid and useless that her five children all suffered. Her obedient, filial eldest, Ye Huazhen, and her third child, Ye Huashan, both died young. Of her three surviving chi 16.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    Completed novel featuring an elderly woman; you won't regret reading it.

33. 33 老 The Old Ancestress Doesn't Want to Follow the Plot 老祖宗她不想走剧情 End of the Winter Month冬月末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 612Reads8.3Score100Shelves

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    Book 1: Old Mrs. Huang only realized after her death that she lived inside a book. In the book, she was ignorant and foolish, allowing her two branches of the family to commit heinous crimes, resulting in the entire family being raided and exiled. Reborn, she decided to change her own and her family's fate, preferring death to following the original book's plot. Book 2: Song Qiyao, a modern-day celibate who died from overwork, transmigrated into the body of the old lady of the Duke's mansion in the Great Rui Dynasty. Not only was she fatherless, husbandless, and childless, but her only adopted son was the current Emperor Xuanzhi, making her practically an empress dowager in the Great Rui Dynasty.

34. 34 恶 Reborn After My Own Son, the Cruel Empress Dowager, Stabbed Me to Death 恶毒太后被亲儿子捅死之后重生了 Ink墨色Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted The vicious Empress Dowager Jiang Mingzhu was reborn. In her previous life, to put her son on the throne, she poisoned and tried to assassinate the emperor, colluded with court officials, drugged a pregnant consort to make her miscarry, and plotted against the young crown prince. Every time she schemed, she put her own life on the line to grind her stepson's face into the dirt. But when the plot to put the son she'd worked so hard to support on the throne was exposed, he stabbed her in the back 19.7kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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    Super beautiful 🥰🥰

35. 35 老 The Ancestress's Quick Transmigration: Protect My Baby from the Ultimate Villain's Death Wish! 老祖宗快穿极品作死先护我崽！ It's 6是6Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After taking down the morally bankrupt Heavenly Dao, Mo Yan was assigned to raise the villainous kids who'd gone dark. Wasn't this just a bunch of old ladies raising children? No problem. She'd done it before. She raised kids with good values, and if anyone had a problem with it, she'd take them down! Plane One: The True Heiress Who Turned Evil The abused true heiress finally found her birth parents, only for her birth mother to call her an ungrateful wretch for disrespecting her adoptive parent 2.8kReads7.0Score249Shelves

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    This book is super good, my favorite, highly recommended!

36. 36 穿 Transmigrated Into a Terrible Old Woman, She Takes the Whole Family in Hand and Lives It Up 穿成极品老太，拿捏全家爽翻天 Confused Jingjing迷糊的静静Ancient Romance433k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, she finds herself in the body of an awful old woman. Surrounded by terrible children and grandchildren, she’ll show them how to keep the whole family in line and live the good life. Study? Their most basic values are already twisted. What’s the point of studying? Go home and farm. Don’t care about your wife and daughters? A beating will fix that. If one isn’t enough, make it two. Not acting like a proper big brother? Time for another lesson. 1.5kReads8.1Score101Shelves

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    1. After transmigrating into the body of a mean old lady, she embarks on a path of revenge, focusing on "using magic to defeat magic"—using even more extreme methods to deal with her awful family members. 2. An unknown actress transmigrates into the body of the matriarch of a noble family, using modern wisdom to resolve family crises. No romantic pairing, purely focused on career development. Those who enjoy palace intrigue and power struggles may enjoy this. 3. Transmigrating into the body of a wealthy and powerful old lady in the 1960s, the combination of a personal space and a life-value system makes her daily life of farming more interesting.

37. 37 穿 Reborn as the Marquis's Dowager, I Lead My Grandchildren to New Heights 穿成侯府老夫人带孙儿们再创辉煌 The One from Old and New Dreams新旧梦中人Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Political Intrigue + No CP] Shen Yuhua, a minor modern-day celebrity, transmigrates to ancient times after an accident and becomes the matriarch of the Zhenguo Duke’s residence. Faced with this sudden change in identity, watch as she uses her intelligence and acting skills to resolve the crises threatening her family and embark on a legendary journey! 578Reads7.1Score—Shelves
38. 38 穿 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 Like a Fleeting Life in Midsummer若浮生半夏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 526Reads7.3Score102Shelves
39. 39 退 Retired, Then Transmigrated and Forced to Save the Entire Marquis’s Household 退休穿越，被迫拯救侯府全家 Half-Moon Circle月半圈Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Golden Finger + Grandmother Has No CP, Grandchildren Do] Other people transmigrate: fall in love, build a career, become empress. Gu Fanghua transmigrates: clean up after her troublesome grandchildren. Her eldest granddaughter got pregnant before marriage and refuses to say who the father is. Her eldest grandson was framed, and her youngest grandson was made the scapegoat. The others are each waiting for their own unique death. Gu Fanghua: I just want to lie flat. Reality: N 134.6kReads8.8Score25.1kShelves

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    Investing in this is a sure win, everyone! It's incredibly good!

40. 40 冯 Granny Feng Is Reborn in the 1980s: Her Ungrateful Children Need a Lesson 冯老太重生八零，不孝子女欠收拾 Laughing Xixi大笑茜茜Modern Romance982k WordsCompleted Granny Feng had spent her whole life striving to be strong and doing everything for her children. But in her old age, not one of them cared for her. Her youngest daughter even hated her to the core. Lying on a cold bed, feeling the pangs of hunger in her stomach and the stinging pain of bedsores on her back and thighs, breathing in the stench of the room, she laughed. She laughed until she could not stop, until tears streamed down her face. If she had known that the children she had loved with h 8kReads6.2Score561Shelves

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    Historical fiction is fine, but this is a good read and highly recommended.

41. 41 开 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 Sunlight Behind the Old Window旧窗藏日光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 28.8kReads8.1Score2.8kShelves

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    This book is great!

42. 42 电 Chainsaw in Hand: This Old Lady Puts All the Haters in Their Place 电锯在手：老太她专治各种不服 Mu Qiyao幕七尧Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [No CP + Redeeming Villains + Elderly Female Lead + Powerful Background Character] After transmigrating into books 999 times, Song Wanru, a big shot in the book-transmigration bureau, can finally retire. She thinks she can pick any world, become a wicked seventy-year-old woman with no children, and live off the fat of the land until she dies. Instead, she keeps picking up one future unhinged villain after another. Villain Number One glares coldly. “Stay away from me.” The seventy-year-old woman 7.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    The female protagonist is a 70-year-old woman who transmigrates into a novel and becomes a powerful figure. She redeems the villains, transforming them into industry leaders. Later, the villains team up to repay her kindness, making the female protagonist the most esteemed old lady.

43. 43 穿 Reborn as a Horrible Old Woman: You Want to Split Up the Family? Fine! 穿成极品老太婆，想分家？分呗！ Anji Little Monster安吉小怪物Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Transmigration + period setting + Taobao + personal space + transmigrate into a book After Li Qiuyan learned she had brain cancer, she lost hope and ran into the road to get herself hit by a car. After dying, she somehow got her hands on a black-clad underworld messenger’s phone. She tapped around on it and entered the cycle of reincarnation, then transmigrated into a period novel set in 1983. When she woke up, she discovered she had become an old woman. She had been in her late twenties, and no 8.8kReads9.0Score780Shelves

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    This looks good, ladies, you should check it out.

44. 44 七 The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院恶婆婆 Ye Xiu's Wife叶修老婆Modern Romance732k WordsCompleted [Period setting + wicked mother-in-law + family life + farming + both spouses transmigrate] Chen Suwen, who had healing, wood, and fire abilities, was hot-tempered and feisty. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a notoriously wicked mother-in-law living in a residential compound. A wicked mother-in-law? So she didn’t have to rein in her temper, force herself to compromise, or worry about acting out of character by being nothing like the original owner? She’d transmigrated from the apocal 5.1kReads8.1Score242Shelves

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    A couple travels back to the 1970s after the apocalypse, and their everyday life unfolds.

45. 45 西 The Li Family of Xishan 西山李家 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The once-prosperous Marquis’s Estate was so destitute it could barely afford its next meal. Then, overnight, she transmigrated into the body of the estate’s Old Madam. No household intrigue or palace scheming for her. She was a skilled farmer, ready to take on the world. She reclaimed barren slopes, planted watermelons, expanded her sweet potato fields, and turned wasteland into a treasure trove. Others laughed at her ridiculous schemes, but with her farming know-how, she raised the entire estat 6.4kReads8.1Score708Shelves

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    In this book, the modern-day son chooses not to have children, but a flood washes him away to ancient times. He then uses his "golden touch"—a seed shop—to build a fortune in ancient times, making his wealth primarily from growing seedless watermelons.

46. 46 穿 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 Sleepless Little Lamb小绵羊不眠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 15.9kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves

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    [You should savor it!] Transmigrated into the body of a wicked mother-in-law, she single-handedly leads her entire family to prosperity! The romance is satisfying! Not at all frustrating, and grudges are never held grudges! Most importantly, her husband dies at the beginning! Not many unnecessary plot points—a truly empowering female protagonist story! [Laughs]

47. 47 穿 After Transmigrating, My Spouse and I Started to Lie Flat 穿越后，我和老伴开始躺平 Chronicler of the Human World塁写人间事Ancient Romance682k WordsOngoing Li Jianguo, a retired teacher in his sixties, and Wang Xiufen, a retired mediator, transmigrate into the Great Yong Dynasty and land in the worst farming household around. They become Li Laoshi and Zhang Cuihua, a farmer and his wife in their thirties, timid and ineffectual. The family they inherit is a wreck, every member prickly, broken, and falling apart. A mysterious Record of Inheritance appears in their minds. It carries the previous owners’ memories, combines them with the wisdom and li 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tired of young people's time-traveling adventures? Watch this elderly soul-transmigrating duo, who'll crush any dissent! A retired teacher and seasoned mediator in their sixties find themselves transmigrated into the bodies of a weak farming couple, inheriting a dilapidated household and disastrous children: the eldest son is lazy and gluttonous, the second son is obsessed with martial arts, the third son, a scholar, is crushed by his parents' demands, and the twin daughters are cold and selfish. A mysterious "Inheritance Record" foretells: "A rebellious son becomes a dragon, the family is in turmoil, only then will things end well." The modern-day elderly couple refuses to tolerate this! They set up a food stall, clear land for mining, and develop their own water-based iron smelting technology. With half a lifetime of wisdom, they dismantle the ills and soothe hearts: teaching the lazy to be diligent, the arrogant to moderation, the repressed to be tolerant, and the heartless to feel warmth. They witness the impoverished family rise from ruin to prosperity, the unruly children be transformed into capable individuals, and the whole family rise to become a prominent clan! #AncientFarming #ElderlyTimeTravel #FamilyRise #FamilyLife

48. 48 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 Gardenias Fragrant for Ten Miles栀子花开十里香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves

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    The first and second are about mothers, the third is about an old lady. Changing regrets.

49. 49 重 Reborn in 1970: Selling Gourmet Dishes, I’m Destined to Win at Life 重生七零卖大菜，人生赢家定是我 Earn Money to Raise a Dog赚钱养狗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 6.8kReads9.2Score563Shelves
50. 50 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.8kReads8.6Score826Shelves

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    [The mother-in-law is the real protagonist!] The mother-in-law is an all-around agricultural expert (fake), and the daughter-in-law is a specially appointed translator for the military. This mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo is simply invincible! Watch how they work together to make their lives thrive and slap those waiting to laugh at them in the face. No melodramatic love triangles, just wholehearted dedication to development. This kind of positive and satisfying story is truly rare these days!

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