Looking for Stories About Elderly Women in the Historical Era, with No Romance 想看年代老太太文，无cp
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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
(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
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Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院
(Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo
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This Time Around, I’ll Be My Mother-in-Law’s Mother-in-Law 这辈子，换我当婆婆的婆婆
[Retirement-home director + soul-transmigration to the 1960s + the mother-in-law’s mother-in-law + the old woman who lived in my retirement home in my previous life becomes my daughter-in-law + high status and power + strong heroine + raising children + feel-good period drama + face-slapping the awful relatives + rewriting the family tree] Gu Weihong, a modern retirement-home director, transmigrates into the 1960s as the mother-in-law of the era’s most notoriously mean mother-in-law. Her daughte
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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
[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
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- 5 Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了 The drama adaptation, I Became a Legend as a Housekeeper After Retirement, is now streaming on Hongguo. [No CP] [Family and everyday life] [No golden finger] [Gets rich by working as a housekeeper for powerful people] [Leaves her husband and abandons her son and daughter] [Dotes on her daughter-in-law and granddaughter] [Silver-haired heroine] [Quits her job to become a housekeeper] [Plus-size, plain-looking heroine with a laid-back attitude] [Absolutely refuses to lose weight] In her previous l 25.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
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Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业
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
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My Name Is Wei Shufen! 俺叫魏淑芬！
Granny Wei is eighty-eight years old this year. She runs up the mountain every morning without even getting out of breath. Following the water pipe at home, she can climb all the way to the third floor with her bare hands! Wei Shufen, the Ancestor of Xuantian, failed her tribulation and arrived at Mount Dawang. She happened upon Granny Wei, who had just taken her last breath, and became her! After binding to a bragging System, she embarked on the road to the pinnacle of life! When her granddaugh
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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
[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
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Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起
[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
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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
(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
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- 11 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！ [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 25.2kReads9.3Score3kShelves
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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
(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
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The Mad Old Lady Yang 疯狂的杨老太
[Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Yang Has Had Enough] Grandma Yang died with her eyes wide open. She couldn't understand it. She had devoted her whole life to her family, swallowing her pride to serve her mother-in-law, care for her husband, and raise six children, both her own and those who weren't. She had even helped raise a whole brood of grandchildren and grandkids on her daughter's side, never taking a single day off. Yet when she became bedridden and unable to care for herself, her children
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Reborn in the 1970s: An Old Woman Takes Down Her Scumbag Husband and Ungrateful Children 重生七零：老太撕渣男打不孝儿女
[Reborn in the Late 1970s + Feel-Good Story + Family Feuds and a Fierce Old Lady + Later, She Buys Houses and Becomes a Landlady + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] In her previous life, she was an unpaid nanny, serving her husband and children until her stomach cancer reached its final stage, only to be dumped in the woodshed to die! Her husband held his mistress close and demanded a divorce, while her children fought tooth and nail over her property. “Good. Just great!” When she opened her eyes again,
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- 15 The Old Widow Returns to the Time Before Her Husband Died and Gives Up Her Son 老寡妇重回丈夫未亡时，不要儿子 Granny Fang was reborn in the 1970s. In her previous life, things had been utterly miserable! Her daughter-in-law, a young intellectual, abandoned her husband and daughter. Her eldest son took his daughter to chase after her, but the girl was kidnapped along the way, and the family was torn apart. Her second daughter fell for a worthless young intellectual in the village. He got into university and left without a word. Heartbroken, the second daughter went out to clear her head, fell into a rive 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I Went Back to the Eighties, and After My Divorce, I Built a Career with My Kids 穿八零，离婚后她带娃搞事业 Zhang Youdi transmigrates into a book, becoming Chen Xiaohui, a supporting character from a period novel she used to complain about. The first thing she does after accepting reality is grab a kitchen knife and divorce her bargain-bin husband. She doesn’t want to end up like the original character, having sons just to prove a point and giving birth to a whole string of children, only to spend most of her life complaining. In the opportunity-filled 1980s, Zhang Youdi rolls up her sleeves and sets 192Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn in the 1970s: The Troublemaking Old Lady Dumps Her Husband and Son 重生七零：搅事精老太太抛夫弃子 (Family life + no golden finger + no romance) Overnight, Wang Nan transmigrated from a young woman in her twenties into Grandma Wang, a woman nearly fifty. The good news: a house full of children and grandchildren. The bad news: an eighty-year-old shrew for a mother-in-law, and six selfish sons below her... Her husband, his face cold: “If it weren’t for the three kids needing someone to look after them... I would never have married an illiterate woman.” Her shrewish mother-in-law: “What sins did 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Betrayed by Cruel Relatives in the 1980s, I Make a Point of Cutting Them All Off 八零遭恶亲算计，我主打六亲不认 1980s + reborn + ensemble cast + family life + building wealth + no golden finger Xiang Shanyou spent her whole life being emotionally manipulated by her parents. She cared for her frail, irresponsible older brother, raised his three children, put her third brother through school and helped him find work and get married, constantly cleaned up after her troublemaking fourth brother, and paved the way for her overlooked younger sister to study abroad. She sacrificed her whole life for her family, 12.7kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
- 19 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn and Spoils Her Daughter-in-Law Rotten, Leaving Everyone Stunned 恶婆婆重生狂宠儿媳，大家惊呆了 [Complete. Read with confidence.] A reborn old woman takes on scumbags, rakes in money, and turns her life around. Cathartic, heartwarming, and tearjerking!… 129Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Granny Lin Is Reborn in the 1990s 林老太重生90年代 [1990s + reborn + family life + growing female lead + no golden finger + no male lead + building a fortune] The heroine of this story isn't a doting wife or universally adored beauty. She's just an ordinary person who caught a little good luck. Through sheer grit, she keeps pushing herself forward. Over the short course of a life, everyone accumulates regrets and things they can't accept. If Heaven really gave you a chance to start over, would you fall into the same trap again? Yang Xiufen alway 684Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 21 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
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After Her Own Son Starves Her to Death, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 老太太被亲儿子饿死后重生七零
[Satisfying revenge on scumbags + family squabbles + reborn in the 1970s + everyday rural ensemble] In her previous life, after being widowed, Huang Wanqing devoted herself entirely to her children and worked herself to the bone for fifty years! She helped her four sons start families and careers, raised eight grandchildren as an unpaid nanny, and even collected scrap to help with household expenses in her old age. But after a fall left her unable to work, they abandoned her in the old house, wh
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- 23 Frozen to Death Outside My Son's Home 冻死在儿子家门前 They say more children, more blessings, but Zhou Yanying had four sons and spent her old age in greater misery than people with no children at all. Those without children could receive state support as members of the five-guarantee households, and someone would even make sure they were buried after they died. She was surrounded by children and grandchildren, yet she froze to death right outside her son’s home, and no one even came to claim her body... 175Reads6.6Score104Shelves
- 24 I Worked Myself to the Bone for Fifty Years, and You Say I Deserve to Die? 操劳五十年，你说我该死？ [Reborn + family drama + a portrait of ordinary lives] [No golden finger, the protagonist is an ordinary person] In her previous life, Zhang Lanfen enjoyed a life of success for most of her years. She bore the Li family four strapping sons and two daughters. She had her husband completely under her thumb, earned her mother-in-law's favor, and worked herself to the bone to buy a new house and car for the family of her beloved second son. The whole family was thriving under her careful arrangement 6.7kReads8.0Score513Shelves
- 25 Reborn in the 1970s: Granny Li Pummels Her Terrible Family 重生七零：李老太爆锤全家极品 Li Jingui is reborn. A slice-of-life family story with a lightly ensemble cast and satisfying face-slapping. Fifty-year-old Li Jingui is reborn. Thinking about the foolish things she did in her past life for the sake of her three sons makes her want to slap herself. Fortunately, she’s been reborn, and there’s still time to change everything. In this life, she’ll set her family straight and crush every last troublemaker! 9.5kReads7.9Score910Shelves
- 26 Think I'm a Fool? Reborn in the Seventies, the Old Lady Throws Her Weight Around 当我冤种？重生七零老太作威作福 [Seventies era + ensemble cast + everyday family life + a fool finally wakes up + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place + satisfying read] A husband who gives everything, a biased wife, and a daughter blinded by love ruined this family! At seventy, with late-stage lung cancer and ungrateful children before her, Wang Shuzhen finally understood the truth of life. Rather than drag out a miserable existence, she might as well leave cleanly and decisively, so no one would have to hold anyon 625Reads7.5Score107Shelves
- 27 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 52.2kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
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Reborn in the Eighties: Old Lady Li Leaves Her Husband and Son 重生八零，李老太她抛夫弃子
Li Shuping had worked hard all her life, raised three children, and helped raise her grandchildren, yet she had never enjoyed a single day of comfort. Her family had never acknowledged all she had done for them. After her second daughter-in-law pushed her down and broke her leg, her children treated her like a burden and dumped her in a nursing home. With no children visiting and fees often unpaid, going hungry and getting beaten by the caregivers became part of daily life. Bedsores filled with
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- 29 Abandoned by Her Children, the Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s 被子女抛弃后，老太太重生八零 [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Family life] [A small-scale ensemble cast of ordinary people] [No golden finger] Xu Zhifang is reborn, returning to the 1980s, to a time when her mother-in-law bullied her, her husband beat and berated her, and the whole family depended on her. In her previous life, she was timid and blindly filial. Her husband always did as his mother said, and would either yell at or hit Xu Zhifang. After finally enduring until her sons had grown up and —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 After Freezing to Death, Grandma Qian Is Reborn and Beats the Whole Family Into Submission 被冻死后，钱老太重生打服全家 [Reborn in a Bygone Era + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Family Squabbles] In her previous life, Old Madam Qian poured her heart and soul into raising her three sons and two daughters. Even when she and her husband went without, she made sure her children and grandchildren had enough to eat and drink. She thought that after giving her family everything, even if she couldn’t enjoy a comfortable old age, at least she’d have a place to live and food to eat. But the truth was that her three sons 2.9kReads8.5Score233Shelves
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Transmigrated as a Wicked Mother-in-Law in the 1970s? I'll Split Up the Family and Make It on My Own! 穿成七零恶婆婆？直接分家单干！
The 1970s, wicked mother-in-law, Transmigration, space, Superpowers, no pairing, no pairing, no pairing, no redemption arc Liao Hongxia transmigrates to 1975 and, from the start, finds herself facing three daughters-in-law who are demanding that the family split up. In her past life, the original owner had worked herself to the bone raising her sons and grandsons, only to be locked out and freeze to death when she could no longer work. Reborn, she was once again driven to death by her daughter
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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
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
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- 33 Reborn as the Empress Dowager, I Just Want to Take It Easy 穿成太后只想咸鱼 “Pay attention: this is a story with a strong female lead, no male lead, and no romance.” After transmigrating, she became the most exalted woman in Yun Zhao. She thought she could live a carefree life of wealth and luxury, but danger closed in from every side, with pitfalls everywhere. It was not just her reputation at stake, but her life. The emperor dreams of ruling in his own right? Here, take the imperial seal. Go play by yourself, kid! The consorts are fighting for power in the palace? Tos 15.3kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
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Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi With a One-Hit-Kill System 四合院之带着秒杀系统的贾张氏
{Era setting + slice of life + ensemble cast + everyday family matters} A modern office worker transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard and suddenly finds herself more than ten years older. She never had a moment to rest amid the hectic pace of modern life, but after transmigrating to this extraordinary era with a one-hit-kill space, she becomes Jia Zhangshi. She declares that she has no intention of working hard for the rest of her life. To enjoy a comfortable retirement and change
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- 35 An Old Woman Cultivates Immortality, and Her Son Is Sacrificed to Heaven 老妪修仙，儿砸祭天 A no-romance, all-around prodigy in cultivation, alchemy, talisman-making, artifact forging, formation arrays, and beast taming. Liu Xu: “Men only slow down my sword. Cultivation is what matters.” If the ungrateful brat won’t listen, give him a beating. If one isn’t enough, give him three. If nobody loves my granddaughter, I will! If my precious grandson might be led astray, I’ll raise him myself! After fulfilling her promise to the original owner, Liu Xu lets loose and travels everywhere with h 2.1kReads8.9Score329Shelves
- 36 Mysticism: A Female Cultivator Reborn as a Wicked Old Lady, Living Life on Her Own Terms 玄学：女修穿成极品老太独自美丽 [Mystical arts, satisfying read, no romance] Su Ran fails to advance and transmigrates into the body of a shrewish old woman in another world. The original owner is a notorious local spirit medium who makes a living by swindling people. She's a selfish, lazy old woman. As soon as Su Ran arrives, she's nearly thrown in jail, and only escapes thanks to her ghost-catching skills. The family she rescues escorts her home with drums and gongs, only to find her five children setting up a memorial shrin 3.9kReads8.8Score423Shelves
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The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院恶婆婆
[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
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- 38 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 [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 192.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
- 39 Auntie Tao, Reborn, Has a Headache Every Day 重生后的陶大妈每天都在脑壳疼 Tao Qin thought, “I was too controlling in my last life, and my children never felt close to me. What if I try doing things differently this time?” Hey, it really works! I’m getting along better with the neighbors, too. Haha, every day is spent catching up on the latest gossip. 11.5kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
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The 1980s: Transmigrated as Granny Shen, I Choose to Give Up 八零：穿成沈老太，我选择摆烂
[Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + No Romance] Shen Huihui, an unmarried woman past her prime, had a bright future ahead of her. Then one dream transmigrated her into the body of an old woman. When this old woman was young, she devoted herself entirely to her children and never gave herself a thought. But in her old age, her children kicked her around like a ball. None of them was willing to support her for even one more day. Shen Huihui was furious. Now that she has become Old Madam Shen, she
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In the 1970s, I Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law from a Period Novel 七零我穿成年代文的炮灰恶婆婆
When Jiang Zhenying woke up, she found herself in the body of a doomed character in a period novel, with one, two, three... six grandsons and granddaughters to boot. She had transmigrated to the resource-starved 1970s and now had to raise so many children. Jiang Zhenying gave a bitter smile. “Heavens, are you messing with me?” Luckily, she could retrieve things she had wasted in her previous life through her dreams. She didn’t know whether to blame her past wastefulness for making the heavens se
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Quick Transmigration: I Don't Want to Keep Becoming the Scumbag's Mom 快穿：我也不想总穿成极品他妈啊
[No Romance] Moye Yan, sent to the Sunset Years task force for troublesome seniors, was as cool as ever: “No big deal.” As the saying goes, spare the rod and spoil the child. When it comes to the children of ungrateful ingrates, just beat them into line! In the first world, her ungrateful son paints her as an evil mother-in-law, and the whole internet turns against her? In the second world, her daughter marries a domineering mama’s boy and gets bullied mercilessly? Moye Yan rolls up her slee
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- 43 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Abandons Her Husband, Sons, and Daughters 重生八零：老太太弃夫弃子弃女 [Reborn in the 1980s + no golden finger + everyday life + family squabbles + ensemble cast] (Also titled: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Abandons Her Husband, Sons, and Daughters) Old Lady Li was reborn at the age of 43, when her entire extended family depended on her for their livelihood. In her previous life, she worked like an ox and a horse, serving the whole family and giving them everything she had. In her old age, bedridden and ill, her husband and his old flame hoped she would die, wh 9.8kReads8.1Score1kShelves
- 44 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 25.2kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves
- 45 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 [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 26.8kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
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Granny Returns to the ’80s: Dumping Her Scumbag Husband and Making a Fortune Selling Pickles 老太重回八零：踹翻渣男咸菜发家
(No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no golden finger) She’s reborn, and her younger daughter is about to be thrown into a living hell! Qin Sui’an was a timid old woman who had lived a miserable life. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the 1980s, right at the scene where her younger daughter is being tricked into a marriage! This old woman has had enough! After exposing the scoundrel who arranged the fraudulent marriage and kicking her useless husband to the curb, Qin Sui’
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- 47 Abandoned by Her Children and Left to Die, Granny Zhang Is Reborn in 1980 被子女抛弃惨死，张老太重生八零 (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 73.7kReads9.1Score8.3kShelves
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When the Mother-in-Law Takes Charge, Her Son Returns to a Shocking Sight 婆婆当家，儿子归来傻眼了
For the two years since her son got married, Yang Yufen never showed up. Everyone said she was a mean mother-in-law who looked down on her daughter-in-law, Qin Nian: she didn’t help when Qin Nian was pregnant, and she was nowhere to be seen when her grandson became seriously ill. It wasn’t until Qin Nian had an accident and the child died that Yang Yufen finally came to her senses. At the hospital, she saw her missing son with a homewrecker. She slapped him, only for the woman to shove her down
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- 49 Four Sons and a Daughter, Yet No One to Bury Me. This Old Woman Has Disowned Them All 四儿一女无人送终，老娘六亲不认 Song Chunxue had four sons and a daughter, yet not one of her children was by her side when she died. After death, she became the poorest, loneliest ghost around. The eldest son she once loved most treated her like a stranger. Her second son became a live-in son-in-law. Her third son, who was supposed to care for her in her old age, made his living away from home. When he came back, he had no spare money to buy her funeral paper offerings. Her fourth son arrived late, blamed her for dying at 34.8kReads8.9Score781Shelves
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The Whole Family Are Good-for-Nothings, Beaten into the Textbooks by a Centenarian Granny 全家废物，被百岁老太揍上教科书
Fu Ying devoted her life to her country, earning countless honors and leaving behind legends in every field, along with more big-shot disciples than anyone could count. At a hundred years old, she was forced into retirement. She asked someone to help her find her long-lost blood relatives, hoping to spend her remaining years surrounded by family. But when she returned to a remote mountain village, she discovered things weren't as wonderful as she'd imagined. Her nephew had died, and his dreadful
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