An Old Lady Is Reborn and Deals with Family Life: If Her Children Are Ungrateful, She Kicks Them Out 老太太重生，家长里短，儿女不孝就不要，丢出去

1. 1 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 5kReads8.1Score437Shelves

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   🌴These two novels, featuring an old lady's rebirth, everyday family life, and chaotic daily life in the city, are incredibly popular on Douyin.🍀💫The first one is a truly satisfying read! The female lead is capable of recognizing her mistakes, and she'll punish or scold those who deserve it,🌺discipline those who need discipline, and express gratitude when appropriate. It's been a long time since I've seen a normal person in a novel.

2. 2 重 Back at Fifty, My Ungrateful Children Kneel Before Me 重回五十岁，逆子逆女都跪下 Yue Sheng悦盛Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming. (A silver-haired woman’s story set in a bygone era, focused on everyday family life. If it’s not your thing, please don’t complain.) At ninety, Li Qingxiang was paralyzed on one side. Her eldest son and daughter-in-law abused her, forcing her to live in a pigsty, where she froze to death on a snowy night. When she opened her eyes, she was fifty again. Li Qingxiang decided to change how she raised her children, ditching her image as a doting mother and becoming a 5.6kReads8.7Score454Shelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in 1990! The Old Lady Beats the Unfilial Brats to a Pulp 重生九零！老太太爆锤极品不孝子 Shui Yizhou水亿洲Modern Romance46k WordsOngoing [Period] [Nineties] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [Ensemble Cast] [Beating the Unfilial Descendants to a Pulp] Granny He spent her whole life pouring her heart and soul into her children, only to end up starving to death on the street in her old age, with no one to claim her body. When she was young, she and her husband willingly worked like beasts of burden, giving everything they had to support their children, hoping only that they would live well in the future. But her favoritism toward her unfilial e 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very realistic period drama, very much in line with the realities of the 1990s, definitely worth reading! [Requesting more updates!][Shocking!]

4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Taking Down the Worst and Getting Rich Through New Agriculture 重生八零，撕极品，搞新农业暴富 Sweet and Tangy Orange香甜酸橙子Modern Romance160k WordsOngoing [Reborn in the 1980s as an Old Woman | Splitting the Family and Cutting Ties | Taking Down the Vile In-Laws | Farming Her Way to Wealth | The Whole Family Turns Their Lives Around] Su Xiulan is reborn in a poor rural village in 1982. In her previous life, she worked hard all her life, only for her in-laws to drain away everything she had saved from years of farming, leaving her with a tragic end. Given another chance at life, she resolves to divorce and cut ties with her family, then focus on bu 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Reborn in the 1980s + Farming to Get Rich + Extreme Family Division + Slapping Scumbags in the Face + Don't Use Filial Piety to Pressure Me + Getting Rich + Fighting Extreme People + Old Lady's Counterattack + Everyday Family Matters [Add 1 to Bookshelf]

5. 5 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Grandma Takes Her Unfilial Descendants to Task 重生八零：老太太棒打孝子贤孙 Dazzling Flower Hua惊鸿花花Modern Romance513k WordsCompleted Raising children to support you in old age? What a joke! Liang Chunmei was bedridden with paralysis. Her children quibbled over a thousand yuan in medical bills, and none of them would pay. She died with regrets. Reborn, Liang Chunmei decided to live for herself for once. All those dutiful children and grandchildren could get lost. Her eldest son holds out his hand for money? Get lost. Her second son looks down on the family's poverty? She cuts ties with him! Her ungrateful youngest daughter wan 189Reads7.1Score104Shelves

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   I've read a lot of stories about old ladies who are reborn, but I really like these few that feature women who are both witty and good at making money. I'm following them closely! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

6. 6 老 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 Yeye Ya椰椰呀Modern Romance216k WordsOngoing 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
7. 7 老 An Old Woman Reborn in the 1980s: She Abandoned Her Husband, Her Son, and Her Daughter 老太重生八零：她抛夫弃子又弃女 Er Xi耳夕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, Feel-Good Fiction, Family Life, Face-Slapping, Taking Down Scumbags] In her previous life, Old Madam Zhou devoted herself wholeheartedly to her children. She raised five sons and daughters, helped them make something of themselves, bought them houses and cars, and then raised fifteen grandchildren. She spent her entire life working herself to the bone for her family, only to break her leg, become paralyzed, and be starved to death. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to th 7.3kReads8.2Score789Shelves
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 75.9kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
9. 9 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 10.5kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
10. 10 婆 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 A Mushroom一枝蘑菇Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted 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 15.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
11. 11 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 34.6kReads8.8Score4.1kShelves
12. 12 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 194.4kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves
13. 13 老 An Old Woman Reborn! I Kick My Scumbag Husband and Adopted Son Off the Family Register 老太重生！渣夫养子全踢出户口本 Yan Mo颜墨Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted [An old woman who doesn’t go easy on anyone + whipping her ungrateful sons and daughters-in-law into shape + mother and daughters join forces for face-slapping] Granny Yang has worked herself to the bone all her life and is plagued by illness. Her son and daughter-in-law give up on her treatment and plan to bury her alive! Only as she lies dying does she learn that her eldest son isn’t her own. Her mistress and her worthless husband conspired to destroy her two daughters, while the ungrateful lo 260Reads8.4Score—Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Granny Li Pummels Her Terrible Family 重生七零：李老太爆锤全家极品 Qian Jiajiajiajiajia钱佳佳佳佳佳Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 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! 10.1kReads7.9Score975Shelves
15. 15 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 52.7kReads8.6Score3kShelves

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    I've recently become obsessed with the "old lady rebirth" series. Although the stories differ and involve various social classes, they're all equally satisfying! Watching parents deal with their ungrateful children is so cathartic! [Laughing][Laughing]

16. 16 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Old Madam Gu Abandons Her Sons and Daughters 重生八零：顾老太太她弃子又弃女 Happy Gold Coin快乐的金币Modern Romance111k WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1980s + reborn + feel-good revenge + family drama + no golden finger + ensemble cast] Gu Nanzhi, an old woman, is reborn in an era when her children still need to drain her dry and make her sacrifice everything for them. In her previous life, she gave her all to this family: her job, her house, and her savings. She raised her children to adulthood, helped her sons marry and have children, and found her daughter a good family to marry into. She gave everything she had to lif 124Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Takes Out the Ungrateful Ones in One Fell Swoop 重生八零：老太太把白眼狼一锅端 Koi Huohuo锦鲤火火Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Completed + no golden finger + family life + ensemble cast + period setting + reborn + feel-good revenge] Li Qiuyue, known as Old Madam Li, had three daughters and three sons. She spent her whole life working herself to the bone for them, showing particular love for her two youngest boys. She emptied the family's savings to put them through university and get them good jobs, even sacrificing the lifelong happiness of her three daughters. She also burdened her eldest son from a young age with th 999Reads7.8Score102Shelves
18. 18 老 After Starving to Death, Granny Returned to the 1980s to Beat Her Son and Daughter into Shape 老太太饿死后，重回八零打儿揍女 Free Sparrow自由的山雀Modern Romance145k WordsOngoing {Period Setting + The 1980s + Reborn + Feel-Good Story + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Family Life} Zhu Xiuyun, who had been starved to death by her own children, is reborn in an era when her old man is still alive. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her sons and daughters, never imagining that she would spend her final years starving to death in misery. Zhu Xiuyun decides not to make the same mistakes again. This time, she and her old man will live happily together, without 5Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in 1970: The Matriarch Plays Favorites 重生七零，老太要偏心 Qiqi the Cat Who Drinks Coffee喝咖啡的琪琪猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhang Cuihua knew that being a stepmother wasn’t easy. Having grown up under a stepmother herself, she swore she would become a good one. After her husband died, she raised her two stepsons, cared for her daughters-in-law during their postpartum confinement, and helped raise her grandchildren. At her husband’s deathbed request, her dutiful children and grandchildren promised to support her in her old age. She completely forgot about her own daughter, who had been widowed young. Raising two child 576Reads7.3Score102Shelves
20. 20 打 After Beating My Husband, I Curse My In-Laws as Unfilial Brats. The Children Can't Escape Either 打完丈夫骂公婆不孝子女也别逃 Sweet Meow Meow喵喵甜Modern Romance345k WordsOngoing [Rebirth+Period Setting+Feel-Good Revenge+A Touch of Ensemble Cast+Some Events Based on Real Life+Family Drama] Shen Meiqin is 47. She has been married into the Liu family for nearly thirty years, working tirelessly like an old ox. If she hadn’t gone to deliver things to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she would never have realized that, despite all she had done, nobody cared about her. Heartbroken, she left with her things, only to be hit and flung aside by an oncoming truck. But that was 10Reads6.5Score—Shelves
21. 21 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: My Ungrateful Kids, Get Lost 穿到八零：白眼狼儿女都滚远点 Brew the Tea茶要泡开Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [Has a pocket dimension] [No romance] [Family and household matters] Liu Yanrong had a house, a car, and savings when she unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel. She became a recently widowed old woman and was saddled with four ungrateful children. In the original story, the old woman divided up her husband’s compensation among the children and kept none for herself. She sold her house to buy apartments for her two sons and helped raise their children, only to end up homeless and starvin 180Reads8.0Score—Shelves
22. 22 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 22.1kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
23. 23 老 An Old Woman Reborn in the Eighties: Tearing Into Her Ungrateful Children! 老太重生八零：手撕白眼狼儿女！ Bouncy Glutinous Rice糯米跳跳Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + feel-good + a touch of ensemble cast + family life + no golden finger + ungrateful children] Zhou Xiuqin never imagined that even as she lay dying, her son would marry her off again, all for a bride price of five thousand yuan! After being driven to death by her own son, she opened her eyes and was reborn, back in the days when her unfilial son and daughter were still in the palm of her hand. In her previous life, she had worked herself to the bone raising five childre 252Reads6.0Score—Shelves
24. 24 梁 Granny Liang Is Reborn in the 1980s and Quits Her Job 梁老太重生八零，她撂挑子不干了 The Coal Ball Is Very Quiet煤球很文静Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Reborn in the 1980s + silver-haired heroine fiction + satisfying revenge against villains + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + fighting, scolding, and going wild + rising in status + ensemble cast) (Also known as: Reborn to Become the Most Evil, Wicked, and Notorious Old Lady) The spineless Liang Airong was so timid and useless that her five children all suffered. Her obedient, filial eldest, Ye Huazhen, and her third child, Ye Huashan, both died young. Of her three surviving chi 16.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    🍎🍎🍎The reborn old lady in this book is so cool! She slaps with such force, treating her children, sisters-in-law, and brothers-in-law without discrimination. After all, she was enslaved by them in her past life. If it weren't for respecting elders, even a mother-in-law wouldn't escape her fate. She's not afraid of cursing or leading "trouble" [laughing and crying emojis][laughing and crying emojis][laughing and crying emojis]

25. 25 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    These three books are all by elderly women, and these women are all incredibly capable, managing to keep their children and grandchildren completely under their thumb. Every character in each book is vividly portrayed. The books aren't frustrating at all; in fact, the key point is that they aren't frustrating. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. The words in each book are worth savoring.

26. 26 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 7.7kReads8.8Score558Shelves

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    Both of these are stories where: ① The sons are unfilial and ungrateful, so the father abandons them all, divorces them, and raises his daughter alone. ② The eldest son steals money to support a widow, the second son forces himself on a female educated youth, and the youngest daughter is love-struck, so the father abandons them all, ensuring his daughters-in-law are well-fed and that the whole village prospers. Both stories feature constant physical violence; a single disagreement can escalate into a full-blown brawl.

27. 27 村 The Village Chief's Wife Is Wild and Unhinged, and I'm the Strongest in the Village 村长夫人癫又狂，制霸全村我最强 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + The 1970s + Family Life + Elderly Couple Reborn Together + Food and Farming] After her children drove her out of the house and she froze to death, 63-year-old Zhao Ailan was reborn. She returned to the year her son stole money to support a widow and her daughter planned to elope with a freeloader. Fine, fine, fine. All four of them are ungrateful brats, are they? Zhao Ailan went straight to the hospital and made sure her unborn youngest son was sent back to be reborn first. The 1.8kReads8.7Score150Shelves
28. 28 夫 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 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [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 26.3kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves

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    I highly recommend these two novels featuring elderly women reborn in the past! The women aren't saints! They mercilessly torment their scumbag sons and daughters!! 👏👏💖💖

29. 29 张 Granny Zhang Reborn: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, She's Gone Berserk! 张老太重生：杀杀杀杀，杀疯了！ Tang Xiaoxi唐小汐Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Granny Zhang thought she was a good mother and mother-in-law. When she was young, she had no one to help her. Determined to keep her children from going through the same hardships, she did everything she could for them, giving money when it was needed and pitching in whenever they needed help. She never held back. She helped all six of her children build families and careers, then raised several grandchildren. When she was in a car accident near the end of her life and received three million in 269.3kReads8.9Score20.4kShelves

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    I highly recommend Grandma Zhang's book. It was the first time I'd read a period novel focusing on everyday family life. Grandma Zhang's book isn't suffocating at all. Several unfilial children are all disciplined and obedient. Some of the more obedient children stay by Grandma Zhang's side, but they aren't spoiled. They're made to work and strive for self-improvement. At the same time, as the plot develops, the "misunderstandings" between the old lady and these obedient children from her previous life are also resolved.

30. 30 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 58.1kReads8.7Score6.6kShelves

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    [Add to Bookshelf] Book Recommendations, I'm Xiaoguai [Add to Bookshelf] 1. *The Old Lady Reborn, A Life of Adopted Daughters*: An old lady is reborn in the 1980s with a spatial ability. She gets rid of her ungrateful adopted daughter, finds her biological daughter, and the whole family lives a quiet life in the countryside. 2. *The Eighty-Year-Old Widow Reborn*: An elderly widow is reborn and bound to a matchmaking system. She not only helps many couples find happiness but also changes the fate of her children, helping them find their other halves. 3. *Waking Up, I've Become the Mother of 705 Children*: The female protagonist transmigrates, has no romantic partner, and learns to educate her children through trial and error, beating up those love-struck brats, disciplining unruly kids, and leading her whole family to a good life!

31. 31 9 Stabbed to Death by My Own Grandson at 99: Reborn to Spoil My Granddaughter 99岁被亲孙捅死：重生狂宠孙女 Light Rain Passes, Small Lotus Leaves Turn微雨过小荷翻Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Grandmother protagonist + family and neighborhood life + 1970s A runaway ox charges into the courtyard with a crowd of people in tow, catching an adulterous couple in the act. Yang Yuzhen, reborn at forty, pats her ample chest and vows to change her fate. She kicks out her scumbag husband, abandons her ungrateful children and grandchildren, and takes her granddaughter to join her eldest son in the military. In her previous life, her eldest son died tragically on a mission. This time, she’ll save 5.2kReads8.8Score633Shelves

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    The first four books are all about an old woman who is reborn and disciplines her unfilial children. They're all about beating and scolding, and she's incredibly sharp-tongued [laughing and crying emoji]. She's especially good at cursing, especially the first one, the one with Wu Zhi Qiu, it cracked me up [laughing and crying emoji]. The last book is about someone who transmigrates to ancient times and becomes an old woman who abandons her unfilial son's family, makes a fortune, and has extremely high fighting skills.

32. 32 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 130.9kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves
33. 33 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
34. 34 当 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 Damn卧草Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [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 640Reads7.5Score107Shelves

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    In the original novel, he was a troublemaker; after being reborn, he enjoys fighting anyone who disagrees with him.

35. 35 恶 My Villainous Mom Goes on a Rampage in the 1980s While I Lie Flat and Watch 恶女亲妈在八零乱杀，我躺平吃瓜 Sui Wu碎无Modern Romance482k WordsOngoing [Dear readers, the rating just came in, so it's naturally low. It'll slowly go up~] [Getting rich in the 1980s + family squabbles + a warm ensemble cast + the whole family dotes on her] He Yingying finds herself inside a novel set in the 1980s. Her birth mother is the vicious female supporting character, a stumbling block in the romance between the male and female leads. That's because her scumbag dad is the male lead, and her aunt by marriage is the female lead. He Yingying's reaction: “My brai 9Reads8.1Score—Shelves
36. 36 重 Reborn in the 1980s: An Elderly Couple Teams Up to Teach Their Ungrateful Son a Lesson 重生八零老头老太携手整治不孝子 Zhi Xian'er芷仙儿Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The rating just came out, so it's low. Feel free to ignore it. I'll do my best~ [Period] [The 1980s] [Light ensemble cast] [Reborn] [Feel-good power fantasy] [No golden finger] Wu Yulan is reborn, returning to the moment just after her old man got into trouble. Zhao Dashan is reborn too. Remembering how his wife struggled like a spinning top after he died, he decides he won't die this time around. Wu Yulan has five children. The eldest, Zhao Deyu, is just as selfish and cold-hearted in this life 360Reads7.9Score102Shelves
37. 37 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 Sweet and Sour Orange Fish糖醋橙子鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.6kReads9.0Score759Shelves

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    This is amazing! The female lead was starved to death by her son and daughter-in-law in the dead of winter. She's reborn and will retaliate against anyone who dares to displease her!

38. 38 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    Fourth, the old lady was reborn. In her previous life, it was her least favorite daughter-in-law who offered her some warmth. After her rebirth, she could treat her children however she pleased, discarding them one by one. Her eldest son wanted to be pampered, but she simply sent him away without giving him anything. Her youngest daughter wanted her to support her through repeating her studies and buy her a job, but she directly enrolled them in rural work assignments. She was only kind to her daughter-in-law; everything her daughter-in-law said was reasonable, she told her all her money, and even bought her a house. [Laughing and crying emoji]

39. 39 老 An Elderly Woman Reborn in the Eighties: She Leaves Her Husband and Children Behind to Pursue a Better Life 老太太重生八零，抛夫弃子奔小康 Wen Yanyan文宴宴Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Period drama + 1980s + reborn + everyday family life + feel-good revenge] In her previous life, Old Mrs. Zhang divided up the family property early, letting her three sons live comfortably. In return, they treated her as a burden and refused to support her in her old age. The eighty-year-old woman froze to death beneath an overpass on New Year's Eve. Now she's reborn at a time when her children still depend on all her hard work. The old Mrs. Zhang, once blind to the truth and foolishly trusting 876Reads7.2Score105Shelves

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    These are my 9 favorite novels. I can't fall asleep until I see the latest update. I'm quite picky; I won't read them if the female lead is unpleasant, the plot is unsatisfying, the writing is bad, or there's no logic.

40. 40 送 I Sent Grandma to Prison! The Old Lady Divorces and Strikes It Rich 送老婆婆入监狱！老太离婚发大财 Watermelon-Flavored Sparkling Water西瓜味的气泡水Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Period] [Light ensemble cast] [Domestic and family drama] [Women’s rise] [Feel-good power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] Granny Zhang has lived a life of hardship. Her husband drank and beat her, and was a womanizer and a gambler. For the sake of her six children, she worked herself to the bone all her life, believing they would be there to rely on, so she did everything she could for them, pouring her heart and soul into raising them. When she was young, she could earn money and look after her 93Reads6.4Score—Shelves
41. 41 重 After Being Reborn as a Heartless Old Woman, My Wicked Children Regretted It! 重生老太狠心后，孽子们后悔了！ A Cloudy Camphor一只云桉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Face-Slapping] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Family Life] [The rating was just posted, so it may rise.] Xu Guiying spent her life working hard for her five children and raising her granddaughter, who had cerebral palsy. After retiring, she set up a dumpling stall to help make ends meet. Then someone beat her so badly she was gravely injured, and she was diagnosed with cancer. Her children and grandchildren had leached off her their entire lives, yet they all made excuses and refu 1.1kReads7.7Score101Shelves
42. 42 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 38kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
43. 43 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 1.5kReads8.6Score119Shelves
44. 44 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Granny Li Goes on a Rampage to Discipline Her Children 重生八零：李老太发疯整治子女 Zhou Xixi周喜喜Modern Romance560k WordsOngoing [Period setting + 1980s + reborn + wish fulfillment + abusing scumbags + face-slapping + making a fortune] Eighty-year-old Li Xiuying is reborn. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her six children and raised seven grandchildren. Then, just before the end of her life, a car accident left her with an amputated leg. Her children argued so fiercely over her medical bills that their faces turned red, and not one of her grandchildren even visited her in the hospital. Desperate, Li Xiuying se 42Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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    [Era] [1980s] [Small Group Portrait] [Rebirth] [Refreshing Story] [No Cheat Code] Wu Yulan was reborn, right after her old man's accident. Zhao Dashan was also reborn, remembering his wife's miserable and busy life after his death. He decided he would never die again. Wu Yulan had five children. The eldest, Zhao Deyu, was equally selfish and cold-hearted in both his past and present lives. The second, Zhao Lijuan, lived a miserable life, selling herself at a high price to raise money for her father's surgery, and ultimately died from domestic violence. The third, Zhao Dehou, was honest and simple-minded. The fourth, Zhao Dehai, was cunning, lazy, and idle. And the youngest daughter, Zhao Limei, was indifferent and always invisible.

45. 45 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Grandma Li Has the Whole Family Wrapped Around Her Finger 重生八零：李老太拿捏全家 Han Yuesu韩约素Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Period + The 1980s + Reborn + Feel-Good Fiction + Family Life] Granny Li, who had been biased toward one child and died a miserable death in her previous life, has been reborn! First, she saves her husband, then her two daughters. She also makes up for all the motherly love she failed to give her second son and her daughters. You’re wondering how much she’ll make it up to them? Until they’re stuffed! As for the rotten eldest son and his wife, they’ll spit out everything they took from me and gi 1.4kReads8.0Score112Shelves
46. 46 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 Gardenias Fragrant for Ten Miles栀子花开十里香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score150Shelves
47. 47 醒 I Woke Up as the Mother of Five Children in the 1970s 醒来，我竟成了七零五个孩子的妈 After Sailing Through a Thousand Sails千帆历尽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Farming, a heroine who shines on her own and builds a career, no romance. In this resource-poor decade of the 1970s, you needed grain coupons to buy food and meat coupons to buy meat. Once the heroine’s space comes into play, she has everything she needs to get rich through speculation. Her husband dies in a mining accident, leaving behind five unruly children. A good-for-nothing’s daughter wants to marry into the family and be treated like a queen? Not a chance! A scheming city-educated youth t 497Reads8.4Score—Shelves
48. 48 九 The 1990s: The Reborn Old Lady Won't Put Up With Ungrateful Brats 九零：老太太重生，不惯白眼狼 Chu Xu楚旭Modern Romance396k WordsOngoing Shen Qingnan spent her whole life providing for her family, caring for her husband and looking after her children. She even retired early so she could devote herself to serving the whole family hand and foot. But when she fell ill and collapsed, not one of them took her to the hospital. They watched her suffer, all eager to see her die. Only then did she realize she couldn't count on her children or her useless husband. They were all ungrateful wretches. When she opened her eyes again, she was r 140Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    ☘️Meets requirements, personally tested and edible🌿The old lady worked hard her whole life🪴and when she got sick, there was no one to take her to the hospital🌸After being reborn, she will no longer be a workhorse🍃Living for herself☘️Nothing earth-shattering🍁Just everyday family matters

49. 49 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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    These two books are about a mother-in-law who is reborn to make amends to her son and daughter-in-law.

50. 50 踹 Dumping Her Ungrateful Children, the Old Lady Finds Her Own Happiness 踹掉不孝子女，老太太独自美丽 Dayu Turned into an Orange变成橘子的大宇Modern Romance572k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhou Meifen worked herself to the bone raising five children, indulging them and caring for them in every way. She would have torn the flesh from her own bones to feed them, yet she raised a pack of ungrateful brats. After she got cancer, they kicked her around like a ball until she died full of bitterness. When she woke up, she was back twenty years in the past. This time, let’s see how she deals with those little brats. Before she was reborn, her eldest daughter had her l 1kReads7.4Score104Shelves

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    ☂️①A satisfying read: The protagonist dedicates her entire life to her children, only to starve to death in the end. Reborn, she refuses to suffer any more hardship. She'll fight back against her husband, son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and son-in-law, leaving none unpunished.💤 ​​☂️2️⃣The content doesn't quite match the title. All five children achieve considerable success in the end. After her rebirth, the female protagonist stops taking on too much responsibility, abandons her desire to help others, respects the fate of others, and lets her ungrateful children from her previous life handle their own affairs, taking responsibility for their decisions. She shows them that parents cannot be their support. Each child learns gratitude after experiencing setbacks. Education is a two-way street; changing the parenting style changes the children's fate, and in the end, all five children achieve success.

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