Looking for a Family Slice-of-Life Story About an Old Woman Reborn in Her Youth 有没有老太太重生到自己年轻的时候家长里短文

1. 151 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Dutiful Children Can All Get Lost 重生八零：孝子贤孙都滚蛋 Tea Withering in April四月茶靡Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [1980s] [An elderly woman is reborn] [Family life] [Ensemble cast of ordinary people] [No golden finger] Old Madam Li spent her whole life working herself to the bone. She bought houses for her children, lived apart from her husband so she could help them, and looked after her grandchildren. Who could have guessed that her old age would end in such misery? Her husband suffered so badly from stomach cancer that he writhed in pain. They couldn't even afford painkillers that cost just a few dimes, 720Reads7.3Score103Shelves

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   An 80s-born old lady's rebirth story! She subdues her bloodsucking children until they are obedient! [Heart][Already hooked] In the 1980s, Old Lady Li is reborn! In her previous life, she poured her heart and soul into her children, helping them buy houses and raising their grandchildren. However, her husband died of stomach cancer without money for medicine, and she herself died from being angered by her children… After her rebirth, she immediately starts to vent her anger! Her third son, who wanted to freeload off her? His legs are broken and he's out! Her scheming ex-daughter-in-law? It's either her or him! Her love-struck youngest daughter? She needs to wake up and go to university! While dealing with her bloodsucking children, she rewrites her eldest son's fate of sacrifice, pampers her eldest daughter-in-law, and helps her eldest daughter open a restaurant and become a successful businesswoman, embodying the philosophy of "refined egoism, living only for herself" to the fullest! Watching her ungrateful children from her previous life gradually become filial, the old lady lives her own life, the satisfaction is off the charts! #Rebirth #Period #1980s #SatisfyingStory #TomatoNovel

2. 152 老 I'm Reborn, and I Won't Stay a Widow! Ungrateful Children, Get on Your Knees 老娘重生不守寡，不孝儿女都跪下 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted (A long-suffering stepmother is reborn and takes on the whole family by herself. She won’t take a single bit of disrespect or lose out on anything. She’s determined to enjoy life!) She spent her whole life being the family workhorse, seeing her parents-in-law off, raising five stepchildren, and then helping raise her grandchildren. Just before she died, the husband who had been dead for decades came back! Not only did he return with a fortune, he was also going to take their five children to 4.6kReads8.5Score536Shelves

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   In this book, the protagonist is a widow in her previous life, only to discover her husband is still alive when she dies. She is then abandoned and murdered by her stepson and stepdaughter. Reborn at 28, she's no longer a stepmother. It's quite satisfying. So far, the serialized version is fine. The male lead only appears later in the story, and the romance develops relatively late as well.

3. 153 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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   The female protagonist travels back twenty years. At only twenty-five, she's a mother of three: her eldest daughter is six, her youngest four, and her son is just over a month old. This time, for her children's sake, she decides to use her past life's experience to buy and speculate on real estate to get rich, striving for the wonderful life of a landlady. As for men, she'll keep them if they obey, and kick them out if they don't!

4. 154 重 Reborn into a Sweet Military Marriage: The Fire Chief Wraps an Arm Around My Waist 重生军婚甜蜜蜜，消防队长揽腰宠 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Rebirth + Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance] Entrepreneur Tang Xiaoxiao lived to the age of eighty. After she died, she was told that the firefighter who rescued her during an earthquake had spent the rest of his life disabled by a leg injury he suffered while saving her. Was she going to help her lifesaver heal his leg, or be reincarnated? What a question. Of course she'd help him heal! After being reborn, Tang Xiaoxiao goes to the countryside in her lifesave 13.8kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves

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   An octogenarian is reborn at 18, a sweet and romantic story. She later joins the army. The male lead is a shy young man at first, but later showers her with sweet words and kisses. 😘

5. 155 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: Protecting Her Daughter-in-Law and Building a Fortune 恶婆重生：护媳发家致富 That Damn Cat她喵的Modern Romance717k WordsCompleted Li Shulan, who had tormented her two daughters-in-law to death, finally got what was coming to her: she fell into an outhouse and drowned. After death, she didn't disappear right away. Her spirit drifted to her two sons, only to see them blame each other over their wives' and children's deaths, before both died young. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day after her sons' weddings. Given a second chance at life, she finally saw the error of her ways. Why should her daughters 7.6kReads7.7Score950Shelves

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   The first book tells the story of an elderly woman who is reborn and takes care of her daughter-in-law after her son goes missing. Knowing he's still alive, she supports her daughter-in-law's graduate studies, single-handedly raises her grandson, earns money, and buys her daughter-in-law a house, while secretly disdaining her son. The second book tells the story of a woman who is reborn and suddenly realizes her mistakes, treating her daughter-in-law well. The third book tells the story of a woman who works hard to earn money for her child's education.

6. 156 暖 A Sweet Military Marriage: After Rebirth, the Beloved Darling Marries Her Ex's Cousin 暖暖军婚：团宠重生后嫁前夫表哥 Golden Candy金色糖果Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted After her last remaining loved one died on the operating table, Lan Jinqiu, drained of life and full of regrets, died and was reborn at eighteen. Her family was still alive. She hadn't yet married her scumbag ex-husband, lost the chance to become a mother, or endured the pain of losing her family and growing old alone, consumed by regret. She still had the chance to start over. In this life, all she wanted was to protect her family, make a good life for herself, find a beautiful love and a happy 232Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   Both stories involve the female protagonist being reborn into her younger self, before her tragic fate unfolds. She changes her own destiny and, in time, the fates of her loved ones. Personally, I prefer the second book. Although many details are questionable, the protagonist's courage in changing her own life and the children's destinies makes it worth reading. [Kissing emojis]

7. 157 精 Back from the Psychiatric Hospital, No One in My Family Gets Away 精神病院归来，全家一个都别想跑 Furiously Opposed炸毛对对Modern Romance466k WordsCompleted [Angst First, Then Payback + No Relying on Men + No Forgiveness + No System, No Omnipotence] Li Qing was reborn in 1999, in her third year working at a psychiatric hospital! Kidnapped from her hometown as a child and sold to the countryside to be raised as an adopted daughter, she was constantly beaten and berated by her adoptive parents. Her greatest dream was to find her biological parents. As it turned out, she really did find them. They were not only from Shangjing, a major city, but also be 2.6kReads8.8Score260Shelves

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   An old woman's rebirth and revenge: ① Unfilial children, reborn to settle scores with all enemies; ③ The real and fake heiress, thoroughly used in her past life. Reborn for revenge, breaking free from constraints, living a different life.

8. 158 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A Female Spirit Medium Builds a Temple for the Five Immortals 重生八零：女出马仙建了个五仙庙 Falling Flowers in Wind and Rain, Worry-Free on the Road落花风雨陌上无忧Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted The ratings have just come in, and they'll slowly climb. [Period setting + rural life + Northeast China's Five Immortals + family squabbles + women fighting] Pure feel-good escapism. Ma Yumei wakes from a nightmare to find herself in the familiar, shabby house. The joy of being reborn and her hatred for her past life mingle in her heart. She silently vows that this time, she won't be a pushover for anyone to bully. Those who wronged her will pay! Family shame should stay private? Pah! The whole 2.2kReads8.8Score241Shelves

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   This is a new novel, and I find it quite interesting. The female lead fights and scolds when necessary, and her husband is also quite perceptive.

9. 159 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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   An old lady is reborn back in time! ✨After her death, Old Lady Huang discovers she lives in a book and is controlled by the world's will, becoming a tool! Remembering her family's tragic end, the reborn Old Lady Huang is determined to change their fate, but what can she do when the world's will forbids her from speaking?! ✨Reborn fifteen years in the past, Liu Shulin's first act is to cut off the source of the tragedy and then thoroughly punish her useless son! Want to marry that source? Don't even think about it! ✨In her previous life, she was neglected by her husband, forced to adopt her legitimate son, and the son she painstakingly raised turned out to be an ingrate. She was ultimately driven to her death by anger, and her 20-year-old mansion was handed over to someone else! This time, reborn, she won't do it again!

10. 160 重 Reborn in 1980: I Take Down My Scheming Sister-in-Law First 重生80，开局先刀心机大嫂 Anji Little Monster安吉小怪物Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted Family squabbles, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, an overstock goods platform, and building wealth with the children When Zhao Fengying is almost sixty, her husband Zhou Guoxing dies in a car accident. The driver responsible is ordered to pay her family 840,000 yuan in compensation, and Zhao Fengying plans to split the money among her three children. But then her sister-in-law, Li Yanli, actually sues her, claiming that her son Zhou Tao is entitled to a share too. Zhao Fengyin 2.1kReads8.1Score178Shelves

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    🐶🐶 First book: An old man died and received 840,000 yuan in compensation. The sister-in-law, with her son, claimed the old man had slept with her mother-in-law, who testified that she received 30,000 yuan. She gave the mother-in-law 300,000 yuan, thinking she would give it to her own children after her mother-in-law's death. However, the younger daughter took the family's money back to the sister-in-law's house, claiming to be the sister-in-law's daughter. The sister-in-law died of anger. After being reborn, she stopped her sister-in-law from switching sons and found evidence of her sister-in-law's infidelity and murder of her older brother. Second book: An old lady from the apocalypse, the main character is a madwoman. Except for her two daughters, everyone is a bad person. Third book: In her previous life, she burned her entire life for the good of her children. One day, she lost a leg and starved to death. After being reborn, everything is for herself.

11. 161 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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    They're all about transmigrating into the body of an old lady or being reborn to educate children. There's also quick transmigration; I've read some of it, and others I read a bit of and thought were very good.

12. 162 四 Four Sisters Reborn: How Did You All End Up Getting Poorer? 四姐妹一块重生，你们咋越过越穷 Little X from the Mountains山里来的小叉叉Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Household intrigue + both leads are each other’s only partner + ancient-language romance, punishing scumbags] After Shen Yanning was reborn, she discovered that all three of her older sisters had been reborn too. Her eldest sister wept and made a fuss, insisting on a divorce because her husband’s family would kill her. Her second sister abandoned a match between families of equal status, determined to change her fate: “I’m the heroine. What have I got to fear?” Her third sister was the boldest. 4.8kReads9.0Score586Shelves

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    🔥[Please follow] This is the book for you!💥 The female lead is reborn before her marriage. Her eldest sister causes a divorce, her second sister breaks off the engagement, and her third sister thinks she stole the female lead's title of Duke of the Nation, but turns out she's just a stable boy. [Eating melon emoji] In the end, the female lead still ends up with the Duke of the Nation from her previous life. [Please follow emoji][Please follow emoji][Please follow emoji]

13. 163 大 The Mighty Old Lady Transmigrates Into a Book, Farms, and Takes Out Her Whole Family Without Favoritism 大力老太穿书种田后平等创死全家 Little X from the Mountains山里来的小叉叉Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted [Farming + space System + satisfying revenge + punishing scumbags + an old lady] Fu Qingfeng dies in a zombie horde at the end of the world and transmigrates into a book. But she’s not the heroine. She’s the vicious old neighbor who gets tortured to death by the heroine, and from the start she’s bound to a low-level System. The day she transmigrates into the book, the heroine also transmigrates with a high-level System in hand. Fine. We’ll each do our own thing, and stay out of each other’s way. 45kReads8.7Score6.7kShelves
14. 164 除 Frozen to Death on New Year’s Eve, the Old Woman Is Reborn and Abandons Her Son and Daughter 除夕夜被冻死，老太重生抛子弃女 Su Ziqing苏子青Modern Romance420k WordsCompleted [Silver-Haired Protagonist + Period Setting + Family Life + Elderly Woman Reborn + The Whole Family's Regret] On New Year's Eve, when the whole family should have been together, seventy-year-old Su Meizhen was thrown out by her children and died miserably on an icy, snow-covered street. She thought death would bring her freedom, but unexpectedly, she was reborn in the 1970s. In her previous life, she had given her all for her children, only to end up with no one to care for her in old age or bur 104Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The old lady is reborn, takes care of her son and daughter, and tells them to get lost if she threatens to take care of them in their old age. It's a very realistic story.

15. 165 重 The Reborn Matriarch Goes on a Rampage, Filling Her In-Laws' Ancestral Graves 重生主母杀疯了，婆家祖坟埋满了 One Thirteenth十三分之一Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ex-Husband Is Obsessed with His Widowed Sister-in-Law? Divorce Him and Marry a Powerful Official [Reborn to Take Down Every Backstabbing Wolf] [Love-Chasing Redemption + Never Looking Back] In her previous life, Mu Yunshu poured every ounce of herself into the Lou family. But as she lay dying, she saw her aloof, taciturn husband making solemn vows to her elder sister-in-law in his arms. Their adopted daughter, whom she had cherished for years, was there too, clinging to the old 27.4kReads9.0Score4kShelves

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    Here it comes! [Learned][Learned] The old lady poured her heart and soul into this family, only to discover that her scumbag husband was having an affair and that she was even raising someone else's child. After being murdered by these people and reborn, she refused to stand for it!! Anyone who dared to trample on her and do as they pleased would regret it!

16. 166 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 Little White Down小白毫Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 470Reads—Score107Shelves

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    I highly recommend it! It's really well-written!!! I love it!!! The plot is completely engaging, the characters are vividly portrayed, and there's no dragging or sentimentality. I highly recommend it!!! It's my favorite type of story!!!

17. 167 苏 Granny Su Is Reborn in the 1980s: Days of Teasing Cats and Dogs 苏老太重生八零：招猫逗狗的日子 Xiao Jinli Man小锦梨漫Modern Romance588k WordsOngoing [1980s] [Reborn grandmother’s comeback] [Strong female lead] [Metaphysics] Grandma Su raised three sons and a daughter, struggling through a lifetime of hardship. In her old age, she was lonely and had no one to rely on. Her second son, who had been cursed, seemed to have forgotten her, leaving her the poorest and loneliest ghost around. In the second year after her death, the offerings she received in the underworld were either rotten fruit or a few tiny pieces of meat and filthy clothes. Furi 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A great book! Old Mrs. Su, with three sons and a daughter, toiled her whole life, only to end up lonely and destitute in her old age. Her second son, cursed by a spell, forgot her and became the poorest, most lost ghost. Two years after her death, all she received in the underworld were rotten fruit, a few small pieces of meat, and dirty clothes, infuriating her. She floated back to the human world, only to find her cat being chased and beaten: "That stinky cat, always stealing things!" It limped away, clutching a small piece of sausage… "Meow, I'm sorry, but my sweetie wanted Mommy to have the first sausage of winter."… Reborn, Su Luo suddenly transforms, her appearance completely different, utterly abnormal! Her beloved second son is kicked out of the house. Her half-paralyzed youngest son, Wang Chuanjin, is a tech tycoon? Her missing youngest daughter, Wang Chuanbei, is a violent war goddess? Su Luo transforms into a master of metaphysics, exorcising evil spirits, divination, and talisman drawing, tearing apart the culprit who stole her family's fortune in her past life! Disobedient? The ancestor of the underworld comes to discipline her at night; she's violent and has powerful backers!

18. 168 恶 A Tyrannical Mother-in-Law Takes Charge: Buy Us a House or Get Out 恶婆婆当家：逼买婚房不嫁就分 Mark Subia马克苏比亚Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A touch of ensemble cast + Family life + Raising kids + Secretly everyone's favorite + A wealthy woman's life] In the eyes of her peers, Zhou Hongyu was an oddball: she insisted on enjoying a life she hadn't earned, was arrogant and overbearing, and was always in a league of her own when it came to being unhinged. One day, she had a dream. After enjoying a lifetime of comfort, she'd have two sons and two daughters, yet end up homeless, living off whatever she could scavenge from the trash! Her 2.1kReads7.5Score164Shelves

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    This one, I think it's alright.

19. 169 重 Reborn in the 1960s as a Mother 重生回六十年代当孩子妈 The Frail Hammer弱不禁风的铁锤Modern Romance280k WordsCompleted Yang Shuzhen, an eighty-six-year-old woman who had been bedridden for years, was reborn on the verge of death. She returned to the impoverished, backward 1960s. Looking at her six children, none of whom ever made life easy for her, she remembered the painful, wretched, and failed second half of her life, spanning more than fifty years. Yang Shuzhen woke up! This time, she had to forge her own path! Depending on a man and pinning her hopes on her children were no match for making a life of her o 40Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    This is essentially being reborn back to one's younger self.

20. 170 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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    I seriously doubt if the author has a wonderful mother-in-law! Otherwise, how could she write about the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship so well? The mother-in-law here is practically every daughter-in-law's dream mother-in-law! Not only does she not pressure you to have children or cause trouble, but she also helps you with your career, tears apart difficult people, and spoils you like a treasure! After reading this, all I want to ask is: Where can I find a mother-in-law like this?

21. 171 恶 The Reborn Wicked Mother-in-Law Will Stand Up for Her Eldest Daughter-in-Law This Time 恶婆婆重生，这次必给大儿媳撑腰 Writing What I Like to Read写点爱看的Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [1990s]+ [Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law]+ [Everyday Family Life]+ [Gourmet]+ [Building Wealth] Li Ruifen had worked hard all her life, but as she lay dying in a hospital bed, all she faced was misery and despair. The hospital repeatedly informed her that she had unpaid bills and would have to leave. Yet the younger son and his wife, whom she had longed to see, never showed up. The only one keeping vigil at her bedside was her eldest son, a bachelor who had been a heavy drinker for years. As 6.2kReads8.8Score915Shelves

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    🌻① Yu Mingxiang, in her previous life, suffered from cancer. She had just transferred her assets to her daughter when her daughter turned on her and kicked her out. Only then did she learn that her daughter wasn't her biological child and had even harmed her entire family [angry]. Fortunately, fate intervened; after dying tragically on the street, she was reborn thirty years in the past, just as her adopted daughter wanted to study abroad. Yu Mingxiang immediately launched a powerful counterattack [powerful counterattack].

22. 172 重 Reborn as the Richest Man 重生之成为富一代 Yu Jun Says Nothing豫君不言Modern Romance132k WordsOngoing Xu Wenjun dreams herself back thirty years, to when she was only thirty, already a mother of three, living in a bare-walled house and weighed down by enormous debts! In this life, watch her turn the tables against all odds and rise to the top! 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The old lady regains her youth, raises children, and becomes wealthy again—it's wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!

23. 173 重 Reborn: Speculating and Making a Fortune in the 1980s 重生，我在八十年代投机倒把 Mo Bai么白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she woke up, Jiang Xiaoxi had returned to 1987, to the age of eighteen. Her grandmother was still alive, her parents were young, her sister wasn’t sick, and she hadn’t married a jerk. Everything was wonderful. Given a second chance at life in an era ripe for rebuilding, how could she not make something of herself? See how Jiang Xiaoxi, reborn, uses every opportunity to make money and change her life. 4.6kReads8.9Score398Shelves

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    [Heart] The first four books are about old ladies being reborn in their younger days, and the fifth book is about old men being reborn in their younger days. If you had a chance to start over, what would you choose?

24. 174 饥 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 Clouds and Books, Faintly云书淡淡Ancient Romance1.3M 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 1.9kReads8.2Score131Shelves

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    The first book tells the story of a woman who, in her past life, caused the tragic deaths of all her children. Reborn, she transmigrates to a modern tourist attraction as an NPC cleaner, where most of her colleagues are powerful figures from various worlds, such as the First Emperor, Emperor Taizong of Tang, and so on. The second book tells the story of a woman who, because her son couldn't relay messages, caused trouble for her wife and mother. Reborn, she makes amends by having her wife take care of her grandson, while her son and grandmother are ignored. This son is a complete disaster in daily life. The third book features a female protagonist who is reborn, and her in-laws' antics are particularly funny and hilarious, a truly deceptive story. The fourth book features elderly people who are both reborn and then educate their unfilial children.

25. 175 重 Reborn as a Mother-in-Law: My Transmigrated Daughter-in-Law Hasn't Arrived Yet 重生婆婆，我那穿越的儿媳还没来 Jiang Duoyun姜朵云Ancient Romance382k WordsCompleted In her past life, Qin Yuefeng thought her youngest son, a scholar, was the one with a bright future. When her eldest son died, she ignored his pregnant widow and three granddaughters. She never expected that her daughter-in-law, driven out of the family home, would thrive against all odds, then put the past behind her and care for Qin Yuefeng, who had become paralyzed, until the end of her days... Qin Yuefeng was ashamed and remorseful. At last, she died. When she opened her eyes again, she was 239Reads8.7Score—Shelves
26. 176 孤 The Lonely Old Couple Came Back and Went on a Rampage 孤寡老头老太回来杀疯了 Mimi288米米288Modern Romance471k WordsOngoing [No Formulaic Plot] [An Elderly Couple Reborn] [Time Travel] [Teaching Their Ungrateful Children a Lesson] [Reaching the Pinnacle of Life] In their previous lives, Qin Shufen and Zhao Yijun spent their whole lives working for their six children, only to end up alone in their empty nest. After handing over all their money and their house, they were driven into their old home and left to fend for themselves, until they finally died miserable deaths by drinking pesticide. Reborn in the 1970s, they 14Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Bringing My Kids to Fish the Sea! 重生八零：带着崽崽赶海！ Loneliness Is Coming孤独将至Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Raising a child, heartwarming and healing, farming story.] [This novel is currently unavailable. The main text has been extensively revised and no longer matches the live-action audiobook adaptation, but the overall story remains unchanged. Please understand.] In her previous life, the food-loving Tong Yao married a fisherman and gave birth to a son with an intellectual disability. The couple devoted their whole lives to raising him, working hard without ever getting ahead. Then, in their old a 303Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    The old lady is reborn back to her younger days.

28. 178 惊 Goodness! Reborn After Being Widowed, She’s Spoiled by a Powerful Man 惊！守寡重生后她被大佬宠坏了 A Deer Blossoms一鹿开花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period Setting + Rugged Man + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + System + Everyday Family Life) Lu Huaijiao is a rich beauty whose name suits her perfectly: delicate, gorgeous, and loaded with money. In her previous life, after someone schemed to send her to the countryside, she married Gu Changzheng, the fiercest and roughest man for miles around. Back then, she couldn’t stand this man, who seemed to have endless strength in every muscle. Three years into their marriage, he died u 7.1kReads8.1Score427Shelves

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    😎In her past life, the beautiful and wealthy Lu Huaijiao married the rough and uncouth Gu Changzheng and remained a widow for seven years. Reborn on her wedding day, she decides to treat him well. 💖A sweet life begins, and a love story unfolds between her tsundere attitude and her unwavering devotion. 😏

29. 179 开 Divorced from the Start: Returning to the Village to Fish for Treasure 开局离婚：回村赶海捕鱼捞宝藏 Siren Is a Fish塞壬是条鱼Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted (Beachcombing + fishing + taking down scumbags + family life) Fu Wan, a fisherwoman, has been reborn! In her previous life, after she was thrown out, her daughter was sold into the mountains. Her father went out to sea and was caught in a storm, his fate unknown. Her brother, whose leg had been pierced by a stingray and left him bedridden, killed himself. Her mother couldn’t bear the shock and took rat poison. But Heaven treated her kindly: not only was she reborn just before her divorce, but th 112kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
30. 180 重 Reborn in 1991: This Time, I'm Becoming a Doctor 重生91，这次我要做医生 White Sand in the Mire白沙在涅Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Xiaochuan dives into the water to save someone, then drowns and unexpectedly comes back reborn in his high school days. He earns his first fortune with stock subscription certificates. Knowing he has no talent for business, he only wants to dabble in stocks and buy a few houses, quietly make a fortune, do good deeds without drawing attention, fulfill his dream of studying medicine from his previous life, and live a life without regrets! 11.9kReads8.7Score913Shelves
31. 181 九 Nineties: At Fifty, I Beat My Scumbag Husband and Unfilial Son, Then Marry into a Wealthy Family 九零：五十岁锤爆渣夫逆子嫁豪门 Little Bai Bai Ascends to the Clouds小白白上青云Modern Romance214k WordsOngoing (Feel-good period drama + no golden finger + taking down scumbags + doting on daughters + ensemble cast + everyday family life) At fifty, Song Zhaodi, who had spent her whole life working like an ox for the Zhang family, discovered that her husband had been cheating on her. Even her second and third sons were Liu the Widow’s children. Her three daughters had been forced to drop out of school and suffered endlessly, while her ungrateful son beat her to death with two punches. The scumbag and the 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the old woman is reborn back to the time before she was beaten to death by her son.

32. 182 麻 A Sparrow Hopes to Become a Phoenix? The Real Heiress Just Chops Down the Tree 麻雀飞上枝头？真千金我直接砍树 Soft and Subtle浅浅淡淡Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Regret, No Forgiveness, All-Round Female Lead, Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] In her previous life, Yan Xia and the Gu family’s adopted daughter were kidnapped together. Her biological parents, all five older brothers, and even her childhood sweetheart boyfriend chose to save the adopted daughter first. Yan Xia was killed by her kidnappers. Reborn, she cuts ties with her parents and her worthless brothers, and breaks up with her childhood sweetheart boyfriend. She’s done putting up wit 49.2kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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    These books are all highly recommended. The first one is a time-travel story, recommended because it's really good [admiration][admiration]. It's about a female protagonist who becomes a wicked mother-in-law and disciplines her son and daughter-in-law. The next three are about female protagonists who are reborn in their younger selves, before all the tragedies happened, and change their fate [admiration][admiration]. The female protagonists are decisive, ruthless, and passionate—definitely worth reading [admiration][admiration][admiration]!

33. 183 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves
34. 184 万 The Rebirth of a Hated Old Woman: Raising a Thankless Wolf 万人嫌老太太重生之长成白眼狼 Moon Half, Three Ponds' Master月半三塘主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + intense push and pull + both leads are sexually inexperienced] Reborn on the very night she eloped, she refuses to repeat the same mistakes. Sixty years of suffering have taught her it’s time to live for herself. To avoid marrying a divorced man, she turns instead to Yuan Rongzhang, a battle hero destined to die young. Even if she ends up a widow, she’ll live with steely resolve and an unshakable fighting spirit! “Wait, Xu Jingmo, why are you standing so close? I ha 183Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    ① A sixty-year-old woman, devoted to protecting those she cared about, became universally disliked. Reborn at 19, she decides to be a carefree, ungrateful wretch. ② Old Mrs. Xia dedicated her life to her family, only to be kicked out of her home by her son in her later years and die on a rainy winter night. Reborn back to her youth. ③ Her husband went to work in the south, tricking her into divorcing him but not leaving the house. She toiled her whole life in his rural home, dying from exhaustion. Reborn back to the day she divorced her scumbag husband, she decisively turned the charade into reality, took the money, and left.

35. 185 六 A Sixty-Year-Old Woman Dies of Overwork, Then Is Reborn in the 1980s to Raise Kids in Style 六旬老太过劳死，重生八零养崽香 Jiu Hong九泓Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1980s + reborn + ensemble cast + family drama + no golden finger + feel-good growth story] After raising four children through self-sacrifice, Su Fengxia, now in her sixties, has a pension that should let her live comfortably. Instead, her children sponge off her, and she is forced to take hourly jobs to help support her son’s family. In the end, she works herself to death. Reborn in the 1980s, she decides to rewrite her fate. With her husband backing her up, she launches a cam 124Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn in the prime of life, the child is a little misguided, but there's still hope. Seize this second chance, balance your own needs with family responsibilities, and embrace the everyday joys and sorrows of family life with a positive and proactive attitude. [Heart emoji]

36. 186 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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    Three different types of stories by elderly women, so good!

37. 187 重 Reborn in 1990, I Traded My Ex-Husband for Eight Houses 重生九零，我用前夫换了八套房 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong leads x no pocket dimension x no System x loving family x building wealth x career first, romance later] Bai Zhenzhu is reborn on the very day she divorces her scumbag husband. The mistress pulls out a stack of cash and asks her: “How much do you want to agree to the divorce?” Bai Zhenzhu replies, “One hundred thousand. Not a cent less.” One hundred thousand to get rid of the scumbag, twenty thousand in divorce compensation, and twenty-four thousand in child support. Bai Zhenzhu takes t 20.4kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
38. 188 年 Period: Ding! Congratulations, Host, Your Sign-In Was Successful! 年代：叮！恭喜宿主签到成功！ Sanshi Is Running三石在奔跑Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + on-screen comments + sign-in System + no romance + punishing scumbags] When she died, she was surrounded by children and grandchildren, and she closed her eyes with a smile. But when she opened them again, thinking she’d returned to the days of her youth before marriage, she figured she would walk the same path as in her previous life and love her husband all over again... Unexpectedly, she saw on-screen comments. [What’s the opening plot again?! I think a matchmaker c 9.2kReads8.5Score724Shelves

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    ✨✨1⃣In short, having been given a second chance at life, Zhao Jinshu just wanted to live as freely as possible. However, Zhao Jinshu, upon her rebirth, never imagined that her second life would be so wonderful. Even the man from her previous life, whom she felt she had won over but not his heart, was different from the man in her past life.

39. 189 穿 After Reincarnating as a Half-Blood, My Reborn Grandma Won’t Let Me Slack Off 穿成混血后，重生奶奶不准我咸鱼 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Gu Manning wakes up as a baby. She had expected to suffer the same fate as in her previous life and be abandoned, but soon discovers that this life isn’t what she imagined. In her previous life, Lin Aihua adopted a child from her hometown because her son couldn’t have children. But the child turned out to be a jinx, and her son and daughter-in-law were constantly cleaning up after him. They both died in a car accident while dealing with yet another mess. Unable to bear the blow, Lin Aihua soon 1.5kReads8.6Score107Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of an adorable mixed-race child, discovered by her reborn grandmother. It's a heartwarming slice-of-life story with no awful characters or cheat codes. The female protagonist is a child model.

40. 190 豪 The Wealthy Heiress Worked Herself to Death, Then Was Reborn and Gave Up 豪门太太操劳而死，重生后摆烂了 Rock Sugar Plum冰糖梅Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted [Rich-family romantic angst + dual rebirth + regretful pursuit + rekindled love] Chi Rao has been in love with Huo Wenbin since childhood. Knowing she is not good enough for him, she keeps her feelings hidden. Then Su An'an enters the picture, and the normally calm, self-possessed Huo Wenbin seems like a different person as he and Su An'an bicker, make up, and break up. Only after Su An'an finds true love and decisively breaks up with Huo Wenbin to pursue it does Chi Rao dare approach him carefu 4kReads5.4Score176Shelves

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    🌿🌿The old lady is reborn in her younger days, before her husband was hit by a car and became a vegetable because of his white moonlight. She doesn't have to support the family and grow old with gray hair. In this life, she is still young and can get a divorce sooner instead of having to suffer with her scumbag husband.

41. 191 老 After I Died Peacefully of Old Age, I Was Forced Back to Work to Repay My Debts 老太我寿终正寝后，被迫营业还债 The Dog's Up to Something狗子有猫腻Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted I was about to be reincarnated, but the King of Hell said I still had debts to repay? The cycle of cause and effect sent He Yun, who should have been reincarnated, back to life in the body of the matriarch of a declining earl's household so she could repay a debt of fate. When she opened her eyes again, she had acquired several children who weren't her own. In this era, where more children meant more blessings, other families had a dozen or twenty children. But look at the Earl's household: In t 2.3kReads8.9Score170Shelves

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    Beautiful!

42. 192 重 Reborn: I’m Done Being a Good Daughter 重生，从不做好女儿开始 A Niu Who Loves Grass爱吃草的阿牛Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted The story of a peasant woman who, after being reborn, slowly comes to terms with reality and grows into the best version of herself. Li Xiaorong spent her whole life trying to be a good person. First, she tried to be a good daughter, then, unwillingly and against her will, let her mother force her into a marriage exchange for her brother. After her husband died in an accident, she listened to her mother and remarried, becoming the wife of a man with three children. She supported her husband’s ca 182Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Reborn back to the time when the marriage arrangement had just taken place

43. 193 首 The Commander Broke Off Our Engagement for His White Moonlight. Reborn, I Won't Marry Him 首长为白月光悔婚，重生我不嫁了 Jiang Youchu江柚初Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted [Reborn + spatial storage + the regretful husband pursues her to the crematorium, then realizes she's wonderful and gets face-slapped + one-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only] In her previous life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years. In return, she got three years of military marriage without seeing him. He didn't even come to see her after she gave birth to their daughter. Everyone said she had forced the marriage on him. His absence from their engagement banquet had ma 6kReads7.8Score264Shelves

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    🫧🫧The old lady is reborn back to her wedding day and decisively breaks off the engagement. In her previous life, Jiang Xiachu loved Lu Huaiyan for ten years! Unexpectedly, this resulted in a three-year military marriage with no contact, and he didn't even come back to see her after she gave birth to their daughter! Everyone said this marriage was forced upon her; his absence on the engagement banquet day proved everything! Opening her eyes again, she is reborn before they even registered their marriage. Jiang Xiachu publicly breaks off the engagement. Since he treats her like a younger sister, she should wake up, let go, and stop loving him!

44. 194 错 After Mistaking His True Love An 80s Commanders Hopeless Pursuit of His Wife 错认白月光后：八零首长追妻无望 Good Harvest丰年Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Military Romance in the 1970s] [Winning His Wife Back] [No Forgiveness] On the day Jian Sining was getting married, her grandmother was killed by her cousin, who had been driving without a license. Jian Sining wanted to make her cousin pay, but her childhood sweetheart and fiancé threatened to call off their engagement unless she dropped the matter. Jian Sining insisted on suing her cousin. Her fiancé switched brides on the spot and married the cousin instead. Just as Jian Sining was becoming a 12.6kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
45. 195 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: My Mother-in-Law from the 1960s Is Reborn 古穿今，六零婆婆是重生的 Qing Mu青 沐Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern transmigration + princely manor pocket dimension + reincarnated as a baby + ordinary male lead + reborn mother-in-law + mother-in-law with a beauty-enhancing golden finger + everyday family life] Wang Xiaoxuan, an illegitimate daughter of a prince’s household, was pushed down the stairs and killed. By the time she regained her memories, she had been reborn and her new family was too poor to eat or dress warmly. She missed her past life terribly, and then the image of the princ 3.3kReads7.7Score306Shelves

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    The old lady was reborn when her fourth son was about to marry the woman he loved, and she faked her own suicide. 🌿 In her previous life, because of her, her fourth son didn't get to marry the woman he loved! He was even cheated on by a woman with a system in the end. 🔥 Although she couldn't stop that woman from binding herself to the system again in this life, luckily her father managed to steal her from the system's daily check-in function. 🎉🎉

46. 196 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Ruthless Vixen Tears Her Evil Mother-in-Law Apart 重生八零：狠辣毒妇手撕恶婆婆 Shao Longzecheng绍龙泽成Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Period setting | reborn | feel-good story | family drama | ensemble cast | strong female lead | no golden finger] “Let her die in there!” Li Lanqin shivered in the woodshed as she heard her mother-in-law cursing her viciously. Only then did she realize that after more than twenty years of serving them like an ox and a horse, her fate was to starve and freeze to death! She had borne the Liu family three sons and three daughters, cared for young and old, and worked from dawn till dusk. All she go 280Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    A contemporary rebirth story about family life. After being reborn, the daughter-in-law has a sudden awakening and decides to stop being a slave. She tears apart her vicious mother-in-law, beats up her heartless husband, and disciplines her unfilial children.

47. 197 那 The Old Woman Killed by Her Eldest Daughter Is Reborn 那个被长女干掉的老妇重生了 Like a Flower如花花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chunhua was muddleheaded and unlucky. She spoiled her younger brother, favored boys over girls, and grew estranged from her husband. After her eldest son went missing, she spent the rest of her life in a daze. It wasn’t until she lay alone in a hospital bed, ignored by everyone, and saw her badly injured eldest daughter scream at her in despair that she finally understood how terribly wrong she had been. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day her eldest 244Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    An old woman's rebirth story #[Sending hearts][Sending hearts] Yang Chunfang, betrayed by life, died bitterly in the woodshed. She toiled for her family in life, only to be betrayed by her husband and disobedient by her children, and subjected to verbal abuse demanding to know the whereabouts of her food coupons and property deed. Fate smiled upon her, and she was reborn in the 1970s, before all the tragedies began. This time, she will no longer passively accept her fate.

48. 198 明 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Rabbit Purple Moonrise兔紫月上Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 87.9kReads9.3Score11.3kShelves

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    🍀1. Song Chuyu was a hopeless romantic in her past life 😱. In this life, she returns to the time when she first met her husband and rewrites her life. Her new husband is very humorous 😘 and has a great mind for planning 😍. 🍀2. A very different kind of time travel story. Although she returns to the past, her young heart lives in an old body 😭😭😭. The theme is very novel and it's very enjoyable to read 😊😊😊😊. 🍀3. The story is very realistic and down-to-earth. The character descriptions are also very well done, and the language is humorous. It's very immersive.

49. 199 八 The 1980s: Transmigrated as Granny Shen, I Choose to Give Up 八零：穿成沈老太，我选择摆烂 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [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 228Reads8.3Score—Shelves
50. 200 不 If I Don’t Spend Money, I’ll Become a Fool [System] 不花钱就会变痴呆【系统】 Not Late 11不晚11Modern Romance628k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + a woman’s growth + family life + tycoon System + older woman pursues younger man] In her previous life, Hong Xiuxiu devoted everything to her son. After developing dementia in old age, she was despised and died alone outside. Reborn at age forty-two, she returns to 2010, just after her husband’s death and before her son starts bleeding her dry! Not only has she been reborn, she’s also bound to a System that only lets her spend money on herself. Spend 10,000 yuan in ten minutes Learn t 6.1kReads9.2Score611Shelves

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    Highly recommended; the only book I read every day.

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