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- 101 The Old Madam Is Reborn and Goes on a Killing Spree 老夫人重生后杀疯了 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... 3kReads8.9Score32414d adds
- 102 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 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 2.3kReads8.9Score17014d adds
- 103 Transmigrated as the Early-Deceased Original Wife? I Just Want to Lie Flat and Be a Rich Woman 穿成早逝原配？我只想躺平当富婆 [Self-serving, haughty landlady + refined but wicked old-school cadre] In the prime of her youth, Jiang Yunchu had been struggling to make her way in the world. One day, she woke up to find she had somehow transmigrated into a book, into the body of a middle-aged woman from the late 1980s who shared her name. Not only did the woman have a son and a daughter, she was also expected to become a grandmother within six months! Faced with a household full of chaos, Jiang Yunchu only wanted to ride the 2.1kReads7.6Score11914d adds
- 104 Granny Liang Is Reborn in the 1980s and Quits Her Job 梁老太重生八零，她撂挑子不干了 (Reborn in the 1980s + silver-haired heroine fiction + satisfying revenge against villains + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + fighting, scolding, and going wild + rising in status + ensemble cast) (Also known as: Reborn to Become the Most Evil, Wicked, and Notorious Old Lady) The spineless Liang Airong was so timid and useless that her five children all suffered. Her obedient, filial eldest, Ye Huazhen, and her third child, Ye Huashan, both died young. Of her three surviving chi 16.7kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
- 105 From the Office to the Grand Estate, She Turns the Marquis’s Mansion into an Honors Class 从办公室到深宅大院，她把侯府改成“重点班” From the Office to the Grand Estate, She Turns the Marquis's Household into an “Advanced Class” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.4kReads8.6Score79314d adds
- 107 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Abandons Her Husband, Sons, and Daughters 重生八零：老太太弃夫弃子弃女 [Reborn in the 1980s + no golden finger + everyday life + family squabbles + ensemble cast] (Also titled: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Abandons Her Husband, Sons, and Daughters) Old Lady Li was reborn at the age of 43, when her entire extended family depended on her for their livelihood. In her previous life, she worked like an ox and a horse, serving the whole family and giving them everything she had. In her old age, bedridden and ill, her husband and his old flame hoped she would die, wh 9.1kReads8.1Score94914d adds
- 108 The Famine-Fleeing Grandmother: From Exile to Empress 逃荒祖母，从流放到女帝 Synopsis: [No romance + golden finger + carving out territory in a chaotic age] Mu Wanqing, who was useless and only knew how to eat, transmigrates into the body of an elderly woman in exile. Not only does a golden finger bind itself to her like a bandit, it also ties itself to her lifespan, making it hard even to die. She takes on disciples and earns points, but inflation in the points shop is downright outrageous. All she wants is to keep her head down until she dies of old age, but the wicked 1.1kReads9.3Score10714d adds
- 109 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 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 27.8kReads8.8Score4k14d adds
- 110 Four Ungrateful Children from the Start? I'll Become a Landowner Myself 开局四个不孝子？老娘自己当地主 [Transmigration + Satisfying Read + Building Wealth + Pocket Dimension + Herb Gathering + Family Life] Chen Ru and her husband transmigrate to an alternate dynasty and find themselves saddled with four unfilial sons and a whole bunch of unfilial grandchildren. The original owner devoted herself to her children. She found wives for all four sons and raised their children, even bringing up a son who passed the scholar examinations. But in the end, they all believed that an old person who refused t 29.6kReads8.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 111 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 [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. 50.1kReads8.7Score7.4k14d adds
- 112 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 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 7.2kReads7.7Score86714d adds
- 113 The 1970s: Grandma Lu Joins the Army with Her Daughter 七零，陆老太跟女儿随军去了 In her previous life, Old Madam Lu never married because of her health. She had no idea how she died. She was nearly eighty, but exercised regularly, had no high blood pressure or other illnesses, and still had a healthy appetite and all her teeth. Then, after just one night, she woke up in the 1970s, decades younger! Old Madam Lu racked her brain, unable to figure out what had happened. But since she was here, she would make the best of it. Besides, she had a biological daughter here, which cou 14.1kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 114 Reborn in the 1960s, Granny Beats Her Unfilial Son 重生六零，气得老太太拳打不孝子 Zhang Lan was reborn after her own son and his new wife sent her back to the countryside to fend for herself. In her final days, only her former daughter-in-law stayed by her side, caring for her with the help of her grandchildren. Zhang Lan asked herself: she might not have been the best mother to her son, but she had given him nearly everything she could. When he wanted a divorce, claiming their arranged marriage was a feudal relic, she played the villain and helped them split up. As a result, 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Transmigrating Through a Parade of Mothers-in-Law 穿越之婆婆大集锦 Fang Cheng is unwillingly cast as one outrageous mother-in-law after another: the mother-in-law in an imperial-exam novel who sells her grandchildren to fund her younger son’s exams; the mother-in-law in a household-intrigue novel who pressures her son and daughter-in-law into taking her niece as a favored concubine; and the mother-in-law who demands good food and drink while fleeing famine. In short, she’s the worst of the worst. 7.9kReads9.0Score80014d adds
- 116 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.1kReads8.0Score22714d adds
- 117 After Reborn as a Duke's Old Lady, I Became More Brazen and Much Happier 穿成国公老夫人没素质后开心多了 No CP + a heroine who’s done with love, romance, and even menstruation!!! Song Qiyao, a single woman who died from overwork in the modern era, woke up as the old madam of the Duke of Guo’s household in the Great Rui Dynasty. She had no parents, no husband, and no children. Her only adopted son was the current emperor, Emperor Xuanzhi. In the Great Rui Dynasty, she was practically the Empress Dowager. In her previous life, Song Qiyao had spent her whole life striving for financial freedom. At las 7kReads8.8Score79814d adds
- 118 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.7kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 119 Back at Fifty, My Ungrateful Children Kneel Before Me 重回五十岁，逆子逆女都跪下 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 5.5kReads8.7Score44614d adds
- 120 The Naive Senior Sister of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗的懵懂大师姐 The Naive Senior Sister of the Hehuan Sect —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Four Sons and a Daughter, Yet No One to Bury Me. This Old Woman Has Disowned Them All 四儿一女无人送终，老娘六亲不认 Song Chunxue had four sons and a daughter, yet not one of her children was by her side when she died. After death, she became the poorest, loneliest ghost around. The eldest son she once loved most treated her like a stranger. Her second son became a live-in son-in-law. Her third son, who was supposed to care for her in her old age, made his living away from home. When he came back, he had no spare money to buy her funeral paper offerings. Her fourth son arrived late, blamed her for dying at 34.6kReads8.9Score76114d adds
- 122 The Transformation of the Marquis’s Legitimate Daughter 侯府嫡小姐的蜕变之路 The Transformation of the Hou Mansion’s Eldest Legitimate Daughter 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Sinister Conspiracy 罪恶密谋 A Sinister Conspiracy 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 A Broken Family 破碎的家 A Broken Family —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 A Peach Blossom Spirit’s Journey Through the 1970s 桃花妖的七十年代之旅 A Peach Blossom Spirit’s Journey Through the Seventies —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 From Clashing to Comfort: Turning the Tables on Moral Blackmail 从针锋到暖光，反杀道德绑架 From Clashing Head-On to a Warm Light: Turning the Tables on Moral Blackmail —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 A Substitute Bride’s Adventures in High Society 替嫁新娘的豪门奇遇 The Substitute Bride’s Unexpected Adventures in High Society —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Leave Toxic Friends Behind and Embrace Happiness 远离伥鬼朋友，拥抱幸福 Leave Toxic Friends Behind and Embrace Happiness —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score14614d adds
- 130 I Worked Myself to Death as a Perfect Wife and Mother, Then Reborn, I Won Big by Slacking Off 贤妻良母操劳死，重生摆烂赢麻了 [Complete] [1980s Military Marriage + Cathartic Revenge + Portable Space + Adorable Kids + Vengeance + Family Life] In her previous life, Jiang Wan married Cheng Jinnian to repay a debt of gratitude. She donated part of her liver to save her gravely ill father-in-law, cared for her parents-in-law, and raised their eight unruly nieces and nephews into successful adults. The whole family lived a prosperous, happy life. She worked herself to exhaustion, lost two pregnancies, and was left infertile 9.4kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 131 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 132 The 1990s: You're Not Their Real Mother, So Why Spoil Them? 九零：又不是亲妈，谁惯着你们？ Zhou Yun had a bright future ahead of her when she transmigrated back to the 1990s. Her mother-in-law bullied her, coming around every few days to take money from her and give it to her younger brother-in-law’s family. Her good-for-nothing husband sweet-talked money out of her to keep a mistress on the side. Her eldest son spent all day working like a hired hand for his girlfriend’s family, but acted like a lord at home, never lifting a finger even when an oil bottle fell over. Her lovesick seco 6.7kReads9.1Score79514d adds
- 133 Reborn in the Eighties: Old Lady Li Leaves Her Husband and Son 重生八零，李老太她抛夫弃子 Li Shuping had worked hard all her life, raised three children, and helped raise her grandchildren, yet she had never enjoyed a single day of comfort. Her family had never acknowledged all she had done for them. After her second daughter-in-law pushed her down and broke her leg, her children treated her like a burden and dumped her in a nursing home. With no children visiting and fees often unpaid, going hungry and getting beaten by the caregivers became part of daily life. Bedsores filled with 33.6kReads8.8Score3.9k14d adds
- 134 My Name Is Wei Shufen! 俺叫魏淑芬！ Granny Wei is eighty-eight years old this year. She runs up the mountain every morning without even getting out of breath. Following the water pipe at home, she can climb all the way to the third floor with her bare hands! Wei Shufen, the Ancestor of Xuantian, failed her tribulation and arrived at Mount Dawang. She happened upon Granny Wei, who had just taken her last breath, and became her! After binding to a bragging System, she embarked on the road to the pinnacle of life! When her granddaugh 5.9kReads9.1Score80214d adds
- 135 Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院 (Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo 51.6kReads9.1Score4.7k14d adds
- 136 I Transmigrate into a Book as a Middle-Aged Woman, Just as the Heroine Tries to Steal My Golden Finger 穿书成大妈，女主正想抢夺金手指 [Transmigrate Into a Book, Period Setting, Pocket Dimension, Punish the Scum, No Whitewashing, No Forgiveness! A Touch of Ensemble Cast, Domestic Life, Building a Career] [No CP: No divorce, only widowhood! Sisters, let's not give her another man later, okay? Men are poison, and old men are even less worth bothering with. Let's not let them mess with our Hua!] Liu Xiaohua, a woman past the usual age for marriage, was forcibly sent by the System into a period novel. In an instant, she became the 14.9kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 137 I Woke Up as the Terrible Mother of Seven Sons 一睁眼，成了七个儿子的极品老娘 [No male lead + System + farming + family life] When other people transmigrated, they became princesses or young ladies, or at the very least, a peasant girl. But Song Chuxue transmigrated right into a flood, and on top of that, found herself with seven troublesome sons! At least she'd escaped the awful body she'd had in her previous life. And luckily, just when food was scarce, she got the essential transmigrator's golden finger: a sign-in System. 1.6kReads8.7Score16614d adds
- 138 The Old Ancestress Is Not to Be Trifled With 老祖宗她不好惹 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 4.3kReads9.1Score44714d adds
- 139 The Whole Family Are Good-for-Nothings, Beaten into the Textbooks by a Centenarian Granny 全家废物，被百岁老太揍上教科书 Fu Ying devoted her life to her country, earning countless honors and leaving behind legends in every field, along with more big-shot disciples than anyone could count. At a hundred years old, she was forced into retirement. She asked someone to help her find her long-lost blood relatives, hoping to spend her remaining years surrounded by family. But when she returned to a remote mountain village, she discovered things weren't as wonderful as she'd imagined. Her nephew had died, and his dreadful 2kReads9.3Score28814d adds
- 140 The Madam Only Wants to Lie Flat 大娘子只想躺平 [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 11.2kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 141 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.4kReads9.0Score73814d adds
- 142 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 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 1.5kReads8.6Score10514d adds
- 143 Transmigrated as an Elderly Woman in Exile: I Take My Family on the Run with My Space 穿成流放老妇：带着空间拖家逃荒 [Older woman + flight from famine + adorable kids + pocket dimension + farming + not historically accurate] After being single for thirty years, a woman suddenly transmigrates into the body of a thirty-five-year-old widow, just as her whole family is being exiled. This from the start isn’t the worst part. It gets worse when they run into refugees fleeing famine who try to rob them! Luckily, she has a hospital pocket dimension stocked with supplies, and even the trash in its waste room can come i 3.1kReads9.2Score41614d adds
- 144 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 24.4kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 145 When the Mother-in-Law Takes Charge, Her Son Returns to a Shocking Sight 婆婆当家，儿子归来傻眼了 For the two years since her son got married, Yang Yufen never showed up. Everyone said she was a mean mother-in-law who looked down on her daughter-in-law, Qin Nian: she didn’t help when Qin Nian was pregnant, and she was nowhere to be seen when her grandson became seriously ill. It wasn’t until Qin Nian had an accident and the child died that Yang Yufen finally came to her senses. At the hospital, she saw her missing son with a homewrecker. She slapped him, only for the woman to shove her down 15.4kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 146 Twenty-Eight at the Night Market: The Bracelet I Found Brings Me Incredible Luck 夜市二十八，我淘的手串好运开挂 At Night Market 28, the Prayer Beads I Found Bring Me Ridiculous Luck 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Transmigrated as a Wicked Mother-in-Law, She Only Wants to Win Over the Powerful 穿成恶婆婆，她只想攻略众权臣 [Multiple Male Leads + Ensemble Cast + Not a Strong Female Lead + The Original Leads Are Villains] Xia Weiyi transmigrated into a book and became the eldest granddaughter of the Great Yu dynasty's emperor, the esteemed Princess Pingyang. At twenty-six, she was stunningly beautiful, had children of her own, was widowed and unable to bear more children. Her in-laws were practically invisible, and she could do whatever she pleased throughout the entire Duke's mansion. She was quite satisfied with b 5.6kReads8.7Score64514d adds
- 148 After Winning Ten Million, I Quietly Became a Legend at a State-Owned Enterprise 中奖千万后，我在国企低调封神 After Winning Ten Million, I Keep a Low Profile at a State-Owned Enterprise 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 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 [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 18.2kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 150 Returning to the River in Late Summer 晚夏归川 Late Summer Returns to the River 1Reads—Score—14d adds
