Transmigrate and Be Reborn as an Old Lady 穿越重生成老太太

1. 1 老 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 Ling Yun灵韫Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing 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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   It's so good, I'm completely obsessed with it.

2. 2 疯 The Mad Old Lady Yang 疯狂的杨老太 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [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 20.1kReads8.5Score1kShelves
3. 3 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 16.6kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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   An old lady's rebirth story, very good.

4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1990s: An Old Woman Reforms Her Ungrateful Children 重生九零：老太太改造不孝子女 Moon Reflected on a Light Boat轻舟映月Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Rebirth] [Period setting] [Family squabbles] [Golden finger] [Building wealth] Yu Qiuying is reborn, returning to the years when she worked herself to the bone for her children. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her children and gave them everything, hoping they would have good lives. In the end, she received no gratitude, only their resentment. Her second and youngest daughters both blamed her for favoring her two sons. Her eldest son resented her for the rest of his life over somet 1.4kReads8.6Score111Shelves

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   An old woman's rebirth story: reforming her unfilial children.

5. 5 重 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 Qiu Yeqing秋叶青Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [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
6. 6 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 192.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
7. 7 老 The Old Woman Is Reborn, Beating Her Ungrateful Children with an Iron Rod 老太太重生，铁棒爆打不孝子女 Beneath the Flowers and Moon花前月下Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rebirth + Family Life + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Finger + Taking Down Scumbags + The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin] Also known as The Old Lady Is Reborn: She Leaves Her Husband and Sons and Torments Her Daughter-in-Law Old Mrs. Liu worked herself to the bone her whole life, squeezing every last drop of strength from herself to raise three sons. But once she grew old and could no longer help them, they kicked her around like a ball, treating her with nothing but disdain. One bitter 4.6kReads8.1Score389Shelves
8. 8 被 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 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (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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   These are all stories written by older women, they're really good, highly recommended! 🥰🥰🥰

9. 9 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 527Reads7.3Score102Shelves
10. 10 七 The Capitalist Matriarch of the 1970s, Winning with Her Children 七零资本家老太，带着儿女躺赢了 June Bean六月豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + elderly woman + capitalist + no romance] Su Qingru transmigrates into a book! She becomes the villainous cannon-fodder mother-in-law of the heroine in a feel-good novel about a powerful woman! The heroine is ruthlessly self-serving, putting herself first in everything. If Su Qingru were the heroine, this would be a pretty satisfying story. But she's not the lead. Her whole family are unlucky stepping stones and cannon fodder on the heroine's shamelessly triumphant pat 271Reads7.1Score112Shelves
11. 11 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 7.5kReads9.0Score768Shelves

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    Before chapter 200, I read it as a hilarious comedy, but it was during the divorce chapter that I suddenly woke up. From the beginning, I'd been clinging to the idea that "Old Mrs. Xia is reborn, awakens, and reforms her family." Even as I got increasingly angry, I always felt she would change them, implicitly accepting her maternal responsibilities. It seems this type of story usually revolves around a mother's cold heart changing her child's fear, leading to the mother's regret and successful reformation. The ending is usually a happy one. But the divorce chapter suddenly made me realize why a child's upbringing is the mother's fault, and why a mother can't give up on a child who isn't right. Is this actually another form of "misogynism" that I wasn't even aware of? From this point, my mindset shifted to hoping for Old Mrs. Xia's rise, returning to her true identity—Xia Yue'e. She might have a career, or not, as long as she's happy. But later on, it all seems like the same old nonsense, just with a different map from the chicken-chopping courtyard…

12. 12 老 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 Little Apple Is So Sweet小苹果真甜Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [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 7.7kReads8.8Score547Shelves

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    It's so good, I want to read more! Thank you for your hard work, author!

13. 13 窝 The Helpless Old Woman Got Rich After Leaving Her Husband and Children 窝囊老太抛夫弃子后暴富了 Zhou Xiaofan周小繁Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted (The short drama Reborn Grandma: Divorcing First is now streaming) [Rebirth + Fast-Paced Wish Fulfillment + No Romance + Family Life] Chen Baomei, a timid old woman who had spent her whole life putting up with everything, died. All her life, she had worked herself to the bone for her children, sacrificing everything to give them a better life. Then the family’s home was demolished, making them rich overnight. Before she could even enjoy the money, her sons and daughters-in-law had coaxed and che 47.7kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves

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    The most satisfying story about an elderly woman I've read so far. She decisively divorced her husband after obtaining evidence of his infidelity, used the compensation money to invest in real estate, moved out of the village, and bought a villa. After gaining custody of her granddaughter, she even changed her name. While raising her granddaughter, she encouraged her old friends to get their driver's licenses, buy cars, travel, and enjoy life. Regarding her children, her eldest daughter would transfer money to her when she needed help picking up her child, showing that affirmation of her daughter's value was paramount. What I particularly liked was that she truly let go of the past, avoiding further entanglement with her ex-husband. She viewed his life after the divorce with a more detached, spectator's attitude, only offering assistance when needed, rather than being a devoted servant. With more money and free time, she focused on self-improvement, learning martial arts and emphasizing both material and spiritual enjoyment.

14. 14 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Exiled Old Lady Empties Her Enemies' Supplies 重生七零，下放老太搬空敌人物资 Big Watermelon Is Sweet大西瓜甜Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted [Reborn senior woman + jade pendant dimension + clearing out supplies + tormenting scum and face-slapping + family protection + living well and eating one’s fill] Shen Junru is reborn three days before being sent down to the countryside. Her husband hasn't yet died a tragic death; her eldest son's family is still all together; her daughter hasn't fallen ill; and her youngest son hasn't yet lost his wife and ended his life in despair. She sees through her past life's enemy's scheme to get her jad 14.8kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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    🍁①The old lady is reborn three days before her exile. In her previous life, she was reported by her best friend, and her whole family was exiled. Her husband died tragically, her eldest son's family was wiped out in an earthquake while they were exiled to Tang City, her younger son's twins died one after another, her daughter-in-law couldn't bear the blow and followed her, her younger son eventually died of depression, and her daughter was also implicated and had a hard time in her husband's family... 🧸🧸After being reborn, she unexpectedly opens a jade pendant space, begins to hoard all kinds of goods, then empties her enemies' supplies, wipes out their savings, beats them up, and then goes to be exiled...

15. 15 下 The Capitalist Heiress Who Was Burned to Death After Being Sent Down Has Been Reborn 下放被烧死的资本家大小姐重生了 E Dai俄代Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Her uncle sacrificed himself. Her parents went missing. Her grandparents donated all their assets to save the country, yet in the end, the whole family still died a tragic death. The eldest daughter of the Zhu family was reborn, only to return to the time before she was sent away to the countryside. Ten years of trials in the apocalypse had taught her to see through human nature. Now that she was back, she would destroy every scheme and thwart everyone coveting what was hers. She would also save 9.2kReads8.4Score867Shelves
16. 16 下 The Sent-Down Granny Is Reborn: White Rice With Braised Pork 下放老太太重生：白米饭配红烧肉 Build a House起房子Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Granny Qiao was reborn seven days before her whole family was sent away to the countryside. Looking at her family, all still together, she saw that her son and daughter-in-law were alive, her two little grandchildren hadn't died, and her children were still in school. Everyone she needed to cherish and protect was right there before her. There was still time to put things right, and she wasn't alone, living like a walking corpse. So she took out her family's heirloom, only to discover that it co 28.7kReads8.8Score4.2kShelves
17. 17 退 Retired Auntie Transmigrates, and Her Daughter Strikes It Rich! 退休大姨穿越，闺女暴富了！ Yun Manxiang云曼香Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted After hearing the shocking news that her husband had died, Old Madam Su of the declining Earl’s household keeled over and died. When she woke up, the usually timid Old Madam Su had suddenly found her backbone. The concubine who had spent half her life causing trouble: “Waaah, husband, come back quickly! Madam is bullying me!” The illegitimate son waiting to take over his dowry: “Aaaah, Mother, please stop giving away our wealth! I’ll never defy you again!” The chief maid who betrayed her househo 3.7kReads9.3Score513Shelves

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    It's quite good. I rarely read this genre, probably because I'm not particularly interested, but this book is definitely readable. The aunt is approachable, has strong moral values, and is very kind. Her daughter is also nice. The plot is fast-paced and quite funny. It's a short story, which is perfect. Everyone should check it out.

18. 18 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 25.2kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    🌿Both of these are reborn/transmigrated stories about elderly women. Their children and grandchildren are selfish and scheming, so the old woman sets out to reform the family and discipline her unfilial offspring.

19. 19 荒 In a Famine Year, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Pond with Fish 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统满池鱼 Wen Yan雯颜Ancient Romance206k WordsOngoing Wei Guoguo, a modern independent woman who died suddenly after staying up all night, opens her eyes in the body of a 55-year-old grandmother in ancient times. Before her, three sons are red-faced as they argue over the family fortune, while two frail daughters huddle in a corner. “Mother, hand over your coffin money so we can divide it up!” the eldest declares, as if it were only right. Wei Guoguo throws open the coffin lid and sits up. “Divide the family? You think you’re worthy?” “Ding! Grandm —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The time-traveling old lady has a lucky charm constitution!

20. 20 恶 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 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.8kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    Ahhh, it's so beautiful!!!

21. 21 穿 Reborn as a Terrible Old Lady in the ’70s, I Steal the Heroine’s Fortunes 穿成年代极品老太后夺了女主机缘 Big Pig Trotter and Big Chicken Feet大猪蹄子与大鸡爪子Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + period setting + farming + no male lead + family life + farming) Xue Cuihua is an older web novelist whose stories never take off. After staying up all night to update her latest chapter, She closes her eyes, opens them, and finds herself inside the period rebirth novel she'd read, as the villainous grandmother of the female lead. With the female lead, who hates evil and sees her as an enemy, in front of her, and a lazy, ungrateful adopted son behind her, Xue Cuihua i 160Reads8.0Score—Shelves
22. 22 老 The Paralyzed Old Lady Had No One to Care for Her. She Died of Illness and Was Reborn in the Eighties 老太太瘫痪无人管，病死重生八零 Old Third's Wine老三酒Modern Romance136k WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Daily Life] [Transmigration] [Family Matters] [Farming] Granny Yang has transmigrated! In her previous life, her husband died in an accident. To raise their children, she endured humiliation and suffered countless scornful looks. At long last, all her children had settled down and her grandchildren were growing up. She thought she could finally enjoy her golden years! Who would have guessed that after she fell, not one of her children would come to visit? She couldn't even —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Beats the Ungrateful Wolf and Becomes the Richest 重生八零：老太暴打白眼狼当首富 The Galloping Macaque狂奔的大马猴Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Feel-good story]+ [Family life]+ [Face-slapping]+ [Entrepreneurship] On her deathbed in the hospital, Grandma Zhu finally sees everyone for who they are: the selfish faces of her children and the looks of disgust in her grandchildren's eyes. She spent her whole life scrimping and saving, devoting herself to her children. She raised five children and six grandchildren! But even in her final moments, she couldn't win a shred of filial devotion from her family. In the end, she 293Reads8.0Score—Shelves
24. 24 老 An Old Woman Reborn in the 1980s: All You Ungrateful Wretches, Get Out! 老太太重生八零：白眼狼们全滚蛋 Second Miss Wang旺家二小姐Modern Romance671k WordsCompleted Set in the 1980s + an elderly woman reborn in the 1980s + refusing to forgive ungrateful children + family and parenting + everyday family life + lucky streak + a lightly sprawling cast + learning to love herself Original title: The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s: Ungrateful Children, Get Out! (Not too many awful characters. The story later focuses on everyday life and family matters.) Wang Wanqiu was a joke in her past life! Gentle by nature, she was one of the few educated people in the neigh 1.2kReads7.1Score100Shelves
25. 25 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 Romance787k 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 25.7kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves

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    This book is about rebirth, changing fate, and getting rich.

26. 26 老 The Old Lady Leaves Her Husband and Children, Then Marries an Officer 老太太抛夫弃子女，转身嫁军官 Xisen Meow西森喵Modern Romance774k WordsCompleted [Eighties Era] [Rebirth Wish-Fulfillment] [Family Life] [Husband Chases Wife / Mother’s Regret] [Never Forgive] [Second Marriage to a Soldier] When Yu Peilan was young, she put her husband through college, raised four children on her own, and cared for her mother-in-law. She never imagined that her husband and children would all turn out to be ungrateful. They ate her food and used her money, then looked down on her as an uncultured country bumpkin, saying she was no match for her husband’s firs 135kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves

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    The first book features Yu Peilan, reborn in 1983. Looking at her ungrateful family members demanding money, she sneered, "I'm not putting up with this anymore!" In her past life, she worked tirelessly to support her husband's education and raise their children, only to be despised. Now, given a second chance, she decisively files for divorce. It's a very good book. Although the female lead is older, she still has the courage to start over despite her current difficulties. A great read! 💕💕 [Already added to my wishlist] [Added to my bookshelf]

27. 27 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1970s: Every Strike Against My Adopted Daughter Is Fatal 老太太重生七零：刀刀刀养女的命 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Mingxiang had cancer. The moment she transferred her assets to her daughter, the girl turned on her and threw her out. Only then did Yu Mingxiang learn that the girl wasn't her biological child at all. Her wicked adopted daughter had killed her entire family! After dying a miserable death in the street, Yu Mingxiang opened her eyes and found herself thirty years in the past, half a month before her whole family was sent to the countryside. Her adopted daughter was stand 59.5kReads8.7Score6.7kShelves
28. 28 老 The Old Ancestress Is Not to Be Trifled With 老祖宗她不好惹 Plain Tea, Gentle Words清茶淡语Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Grandmother Story + Farming + No Romance. The heroine is smart. Strongwoman Qiao Xin inexplicably becomes the 36-year-old matriarch of the Qiao family. Overnight, she gains three sons, daughters-in-law, and a bunch of grandchildren. From the start, although all they have is three shabby thatched huts, Qiao Xin says she doesn't have to go through the hardships of marriage or the pain of childbirth. As long as the whole family pulls together, none of it is a problem! But what can 4.4kReads9.1Score457Shelves

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    Each book is excellent, with its own unique highlights.

29. 29 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 86kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
30. 30 老 The Old Madam Is Reborn and Goes on a Killing Spree 老夫人重生后杀疯了 My Mind Wandered Again又走神了Ancient Romance709k WordsCompleted It wasn't until her sixtieth-birthday banquet that she learned all her efforts had been a joke, and her forty-four-year marriage had been nothing but exploitation. Now that she had another chance at life, she would make them all pay... 3.1kReads8.9Score319Shelves
31. 31 穿 I Became a Middle-Aged Princess Consort, and Dashing Is My Style 穿成中年王妃，飒爽才是我个性 Jing Si Yi荆四一Ancient Romance423k WordsCompleted Feel-good comedy + absurd palace intrigue + absurd household drama + the leads don't fall in love Young Gu Xinrou transmigrates into the body of a middle-aged princess consort. Her husband, Prince Jin, is a notorious flirt with seven concubines, and he even brings his mistress home. Unable to leave, Gu Xinrou refuses to put up with any misery and takes an unconventional approach: every day, she wants to beat up the prince. If she's unhappy, they fight it out. Facing the crowd, Gu Xinrou gives a 5.6kReads9.1Score515Shelves
32. 32 大 The Madam Only Wants to Lie Flat 大娘子只想躺平 Sheng Mian盛眠Ancient Romance721k WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + everyday life + transmigrating into a book + the steady, gradual progress of a woman in her thirties living in ancient times] After transmigrating into a book as a marquis’s daughter-in-law, she finds herself middle-aged, with elders to care for and children to raise. Her mother-in-law dislikes her, her cold husband is alive but as good as dead, and she never sees him. His concubine keeps making a fuss to get attention, while her three biological children are cl 10.2kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    There are other old ladies too.

33. 33 老 After My Spouse Developed Alzheimer's 老伴得了阿兹海默症后 Chestnut Blade栗子刀15k WordsCompleted After My Husband Developed Alzheimer's 6.6kReads—Score108Shelves
34. 34 老 My Partner Wants to Abandon Me? Then Let Them Die Poor 老伴要抛弃我，穷死活该 Yun Xiaoxi云小溪8k WordsCompleted My spouse wants to abandon me. I deserve to starve to death. 233Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 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 545Reads8.3Score100Shelves
36. 36 克 The Husband-Killing Old Lady Lives in Luxury and Is Doted On 克夫老太太，她吃香喝辣有人宠 Little String of Coins钱串儿Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted farming + Hilarious imperial exams + Single elderly woman + Sensible child-rearing] She transmigrates: Grandma farms, grandson takes the imperial exams. In her previous life, Xiufen was a little old lady enjoying her retirement, taking a stroll whenever she felt like it. The original Xiufen was a poor woman who had remarried four times. Just after transmigrating, Xiufen is faced with the death of her fourth elderly husband. Everyone says it was caused by that wicked old woman, he 1.9kReads9.2Score185Shelves

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    Reincarnated as an old woman, she's no ordinary old woman.

37. 37 穿 Reborn as a Steamed-Bun Mother-in-Law, I Quickly Rise to Become the Matriarch 穿成包子婆婆，翻身秒变老太君 Scallion Pancake小葱饼Ancient Romance389k WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a poor old country woman. Her only son died in battle, her daughter-in-law is timid, and three little grandchildren are crying to be fed. On top of that, her in-laws are scheming against her at every turn. The difficulty is maxed out from the start. Su Yunqi says the strong don’t fear a challenge. She can cry and shout her way through an argument, and in a fight, she can take on everyone. Her in-laws are left trembling in fear after she puts them in 620Reads8.8Score—Shelves
38. 38 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 6.7kReads9.2Score553Shelves

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    Beautiful old lady stories

39. 39 侯 A Plot to Rebel in the Marquis's Manor: I'm the Old Madam, and I'm Panicking 侯府谋逆：穿成太夫人的我心好慌 End of the Winter Month冬月末Ancient Romance672k WordsCompleted After Rong Enqing dies suddenly, she enters a book and becomes the grandmother of the heroine, a background character: the Dowager Lady of the Marquis of Shunan’s household. Rong Enqing had planned to lie flat, keep her head down, and live to a ripe old age. Who knew that everyone from her father-in-law to her son was faking their deaths and plotting treason! Meanwhile, she and the entire marquis’s household have become sitting targets, out in the open! She’s panicking. What should she do? After 388Reads7.8Score101Shelves
40. 40 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 8.5kReads9.0Score747Shelves
41. 41 我 I Watched My Grandson Die Beneath the Wheels 我眼睁睁看着孙子死在车轮下 Ah Zui啊醉9k WordsCompleted I watched helplessly as my grandson died beneath the wheels of a car 115Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 九 The 1990s: After the Old Lady Gives Up, Her Luck Soars! 九零：老太婆摆烂后却气运爆棚！ Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance513k WordsCompleted Liu Chunhua's life was a miserable one. She lost her husband in middle age and her son in her later years. All her life, she worked like an ox for her lazy, gluttonous younger son's family. Her son and daughter-in-law were lazy and greedy. No matter, she would scavenge through garbage to feed them. Her grandson was a delinquent, idle and addicted to gambling. No matter, she would sell everything she owned to pay off his debts. For the sake of this family, she spent all the compensation money her 339Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    🌲These are all novels about elderly women being reborn in the past. ①The elderly woman is reborn a week before her family was buried in the underworld. She uses her family heirloom with a spatial ability to pack supplies and go to the countryside. The family enjoys their time in the underworld and waits to return fully recovered.

43. 43 重 Reborn in the Eighties: Old Lady Li Leaves Her Husband and Son 重生八零，李老太她抛夫弃子 Truly Mighty真威武Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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 34.2kReads8.8Score4kShelves
44. 44 亲 Even My Own Mother Dared to Freeze Me to Death: Reborn in the 1980s, My Fate Takes a Turn! 亲妈都敢冻死，重生八零好轮回！ Xiao Xue潇雪Modern Romance100k WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Family life] [Light ensemble cast] [Ordinary people] [Everyday life] (The fists-and-kicks edition: if you don't like it, let's fight.) Jin Shaorong is reborn, back in the days before her children literally froze her to death. Decades of giving everything she had left her utterly spent, yet in the end it had all been for nothing. Her eldest son's family needs her, and expects her to serve up delicious meals every day when they get off work. Her second daughter is full of 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A reborn old lady lives a different life this time, writing her own book, haha.

45. 45 穿 Transmigrated as a Short-Lived Old Woman, I Lie Flat to Avoid Being Mistreated 穿成短命老妇咸鱼躺平才不受气 Sunny Every Single Day天天天天天晴Ancient Romance521k WordsCompleted No romance. The heroine is past menopause and enjoying her retirement; her greatest pleasure is teasing her grandsons and saving up dowries for her granddaughters. The original owner was a farmer's widow. Her eldest son in the capital sends her a pension, while her younger son and his family live nearby, obedient and devoted. At just 48, she's already living the retirement life office workers can only dream of. She even has three lively, adorable grandsons. This life is so wonderful it feels lik 454Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Various kinds of old ladies, all from the same time travel, but with different lives.

46. 46 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. 67.7kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
47. 47 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 16.3kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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    An old lady who is not perfect

48. 48 穿 Reborn as an Ancient Grandma, I Stockpile Supplies for the Apocalypse with My Granddaughter 穿成古代老太带孙女末日囤货 Gu Dong谷咚Ancient Romance692k WordsCompleted [Traveling Back and Forth Between Ancient Times and the Apocalypse + Special Abilities and Farming + Stockpiling in a Pocket Dimension + Adorable Mutated Plants and Pets + No Romance] Jiang Yue died in the apocalypse in her previous life. She never expected that when she opened her eyes again, she would be a middle-aged peasant woman in her forties. Having no food was bad enough, but the village's last well had also dried up. Before Jiang Yue could figure out what to do, she and her little gr 163Reads7.6Score—Shelves
49. 49 恶 The Reborn Wicked Mother-in-Law: All She Wants Is to Make Money and Spoil Her Daughter-in-Law 恶婆婆重生：只想搞钱宠儿媳 Hot Pot Without Chili火锅不加辣丶Modern Romance127k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Chen Xiufen tried to ingratiate herself with a rich young lady and personally drove her devoted daughter-in-law to her death. After her son married the heiress, Chen Xiufen never expected that the woman would look down on her country-bumpkin mother-in-law. Not only did she demand that Chen Xiufen separate from her son, she also seized her house and kicked her out. In the end, Chen Xiufen froze to death! When she woke again, it was the day her daughter-in-law was giving birt —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    💥This is a great book! The protagonist drives his dutiful daughter-in-law to her death, tries to marry a rich heiress, gets kicked out of his home, and eventually freezes to death. He's reborn, vows to make amends, brings his whole family rich, and tears apart the villains. The plot is fast-paced.

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