Novels like The 1980s: Reborn, the Grandma Who Left Her Son Behind and Charged Ahead with Her Grandchild
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- 1 The Cannon-Fodder Wicked Mother-in-Law's Road to a Comeback 炮灰恶婆婆的逆袭之路 After transmigrating, she becomes a vicious, awful mother-in-law in a farming village, a cannon-fodder supporting character who is supposed to be killed off after just three episodes. But she refuses to accept her fate. She fights heaven and earth, never backs down, and with her golden finger, she wins every time and has the time of her life. As for that scruffy old man standing outside, how about getting a divorce? 38Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 2 The Eighties Grandma Unleashes Her Fury: Unfilial Children, Get Out! 八零老太大发威，不孝子女滚滚滚 [Feel-good period drama + reborn revenge against scumbags + no golden finger + family life + everyday money-making + ensemble cast] Old Mrs. Song had worked hard all her life, caring for her parents-in-law and raising her children. She not only looked after her husband and earned money to buy homes for her children, but even spent her later years raising her two sons' kids. She thought her husband and children would be grateful for everything she had done for them. But when she was injured, they 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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 [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 64Reads—Score814d adds
- 4 The Old Woman Dies of Illness, Then Is Reborn to Make Her Unfilial Son Pay 老太太活活病死，重生虐死不孝子 [Period Drama + Reborn in the 1980s + Cathartic Revenge + No Golden Finger + Family Life + Building Wealth] In her previous life, Old Madam Song spent her whole life working herself to the bone, raising six children with great difficulty. But just as she was nearing the end, she got cancer and desperately needed money to save her life. Her children passed the buck back and forth, and not one of them was willing to pay. In the end, Old Madam Song died a painful death, full of bitterness and resen 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Granny Li Is Reborn in the 1980s and Turns the Whole Family Upside Down! 李老太重生八零，闹翻全家！ [Feel-good revenge]+ [going off the rails]+ [family drama]+ [ensemble cast of ordinary people] In her previous life, Li Cuihua was tormented nearly to death by her mother-in-law, who was always beating and berating her. She also drained their entire family to pave the way for her brother-in-law, while her own husband was a bully at home who never once stood up for her. At long last, she outlived her mother-in-law and cut ties with her brother-in-law's family. But after pouring her heart and soul 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After Starving to Death, Grandma Fang Was Reborn 被饿死后，方老太重生了 [Period] [Wish Fulfillment] [The 1970s] [Light Ensemble Cast] In her previous life, Fang Xiulian was a rural woman who let her son take everything from her. In her old age, she was tormented by her ungrateful son. She never got to eat another hot meal before she died... When she opened her eyes, she was back in 1976. Given another chance at life, Xiulian refused to be a “workhorse” ever again. A selfish son, a husband who died young, a vicious daughter-in-law... Fang Xiulian would rewrite it all 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Grandma Reborn in the 1980s: Her Scumbag Husband Is Sacrificed, Her Worthless Son Put in His Place 老太重生八零：渣夫祭天逆子靠边 (All-female cast + no male lead + satisfying revenge, no taking abuse + no golden finger + family squabbles) In her previous life, after her husband married into her family, Wang Sufen struggled to raise three sons (two adopted), put them through school and helped them marry, raised her grandson, sold the old family home, and borrowed money to buy them houses. Only at the end did she discover that the adopted sons' biological mother was never dead. Now elegant and wealthy, she had come to reap t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 An Eighties Grandma Reborn: One Slap Sends the Whole Compound Flying 八零老太重生后，耳光扇飞全大院 Yu Shuqin spent her whole life working hard for the Zhou family. Only in old age did she learn that her husband had been cheating on her for years, and that all her children knew. The day the affair was exposed, the mistress had the nerve to curse her arrogantly and shove her so hard she broke a bone. Her husband glared at her and demanded she sign a letter of forgiveness. Her eldest son pleaded with her, hoping to get a huge compensation payout. Her eldest daughter impatiently called her an ung 39Reads5.6Score1514d adds
- 9 The Old Widow Returns to the Time Before Her Husband Died and Gives Up Her Son 老寡妇重回丈夫未亡时，不要儿子 Granny Fang was reborn in the 1970s. In her previous life, things had been utterly miserable! Her daughter-in-law, a young intellectual, abandoned her husband and daughter. Her eldest son took his daughter to chase after her, but the girl was kidnapped along the way, and the family was torn apart. Her second daughter fell for a worthless young intellectual in the village. He got into university and left without a word. Heartbroken, the second daughter went out to clear her head, fell into a rive 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Lin Gets Back on Her Feet 重生七零：林老太支棱起来了 [Period + Reborn + Golden Finger + Family Life] Granny Lin has been reborn. In her previous life, her limited experience and lack of a mind of her own led her to make many bad decisions, driving her children away and leaving her lonely and miserable in her old age. Now that she has another chance at life, she will guide her children away from avoidable mistakes and help them seize opportunities. She will no longer be a burden to them, but a great helmswoman and mentor! Granny Lin: Don't just lis —Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 I Became a Widowed Old Woman in the 1970s, and Changed My Whole Family's Fate 穿成七零守寡老太，我让全家改命 [The 1970s] [Space] [Transmigration and rebirth] [No romance] [Putting scumbags in their place] After a car accident, modern-day DINK Liu Linlan suddenly finds herself in 1975, in the body of an old woman about to jump into a well and kill herself. She has no children of her own, but the moment she arrives, she’s suddenly a mother. Oh, and a grandmother too. Talk about skipping generations! Except this isn’t a pleasant surprise, it’s a shock! Life in the 1970s is so hard it’s unbearable! She wan 384Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in the 1980s, the Bloodsucking Granny Dumps Her Husband and Kids! 重生八零，血包老太太抛夫弃子！ [Complete, read with confidence] [Elderly woman] [No romance] [Ensemble cast of ordinary people] [Reborn in a period setting] In her previous life, Feng Xiu'e devoted herself to raising six sons and a daughter, only to die a miserable death on New Year's Eve! Her husband gets cancer, and she works like an ox to care for him until he dies. At the funeral, a widow shows up with her son, demanding a share of her husband's estate! It turns out the old man she'd spent her whole life looking after h 7.1kReads8.0Score69814d adds
- 13 Granny Lin Is Reborn in the 1980s: Her Dutiful Children and Grandchildren Kneel Across the House 林老太重生八零：孝子贤孙跪一屋 [Period setting + 1980s + a touch of ensemble cast + reborn + feel-good revenge + family squabbles + no golden finger + food] In her previous life, the widowed Lin Fenglan poured her heart and soul into raising her three sons and one daughter. She worked herself to the bone for her sons, even selling her blood and a kidney to buy them houses and cars. In the end, her sons drove her out of the house. When her daughter came to save her, her second son beat her to death, and Lin Fenglan herself sta 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 What?! The Poor Old Granny Was Reborn, Run! 惊！冤种老太太重生了，快跑 [Feel-Good Fiction + Pocket Dimension + Everyday Life + Family Drama + Rebirth in a Bygone Era] Chen Shulan worked hard her whole life and played favorites her whole life. She got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the dogs, earning one plot of land after another for her eldest son and building him one house after another. Meanwhile, she lived on rice porridge with radishes and cabbage every day. Only on her deathbed did she learn that her eldest son wasn't hers at all, but 767Reads8.1Score15514d adds
- 15 Reborn, the Wicked Old Lady Just Wants to Drink Herself Into Oblivion 恶毒老太太重生后她只想醉生梦死 The wicked old woman Su Heqiu is reborn. In her previous life, she did everything in her power to ensure her son inherited the family fortune. She tormented her adopted son, cutting his food rations, and joined forces with her own family to make life miserable for her daughter-in-law. She even beat her little grandson mercilessly. Yet the son she loved with all her heart abandoned her when she needed help most, and while she was bedridden, her daughter smothered her with a pillow. “Su Heqiu, you 443Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 16 Abandoned by Her Children, the Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s 被子女抛弃后，老太太重生八零 [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Family life] [A small-scale ensemble cast of ordinary people] [No golden finger] Xu Zhifang is reborn, returning to the 1980s, to a time when her mother-in-law bullied her, her husband beat and berated her, and the whole family depended on her. In her previous life, she was timid and blindly filial. Her husband always did as his mother said, and would either yell at or hit Xu Zhifang. After finally enduring until her sons had grown up and —Reads—Score114d adds
- 17 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Helps Her Transmigrated Granddaughter Connect to All the Worlds 重生七零：老太带穿越孙女通万界 After living to the age of eighty-five and dying peacefully, she is reborn at fifty-one. Her previous life was full of regrets: her biological daughter was switched at birth, and she never got to see her even once. Believing that family harmony brings prosperity, and that she should suffer rather than let the children go without, she took everything upon herself. Old Man Sun and that shameless old white lotus... two wretched creatures... Now that she is reborn, she deals with them one by one. Di 1.5kReads8.0Score30714d adds
- 18 Reborn in the 1990s, This Old Lady Whips the Family into Shape and Gets Filthy Rich 老太重生九零，整顿家风嘎嘎暴富 Reborn + family life + 1990s + building a fortune Wang Shuzhen is seventy years old, and her husband died young. She struggled and worked tirelessly all her life to raise her twin children, a boy and a girl. She took every penny of her daughter's hard-earned money to buy a house for her son, demanding more and more without limit. As a result, her daughter, Xu Yingxia, was abused by her husband's family for years before finally jumping to her death. Her son, Xu Xiaoqiu, lived off his sister's sa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn: A Seventies-Era Grandma’s Happy Life 重生之七零老太太的幸福人生 Shen Ruyi died in her previous life while saving someone. Luckily, Heaven took pity on her and gave her a chance to be reborn. But why is her rebirth so different from everyone else's? Not only has she transmigrated into the body of a timid old country woman, but the woman spends every waking moment working, looking after children, or cooking. Even the farm's donkey can't match her work ethic. Shen Ruyi: "I might as well have stayed dead." [Family life + ensemble cast + rebirth and transmigratio 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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 [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 9Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 21 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Eccentric Old Lady Sets Her Family Straight 穿越七零极品老太整顿家风 [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + golden finger + contrasting characters + everyday family life + building wealth] What's it like to transmigrate into the worst member of a family used as a foil in a period novel? Other people are learned and polite, while she's ignorant and clueless. Other people are hardworking and kind, while she's ill-tempered and mean. Other families live in harmony, with loving mothers and filial children, while her family is a pack of hopeless cases, plagued by 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn in the Eighties: The Madwoman Makes Her Ungrateful Children Kneel 重生八零疯婆子，不孝儿女全跪了 [The 1980s] [Period] [Reborn] [Feel-good] [Family life] [No golden finger] [Alternate setting] On New Year’s Eve, as heavy snow fell and the whole family gathered for the holiday, Old Lady Wang, who had spent her whole life striving to be strong, could no longer force her battered, frail, aging body to carry on. She collapsed in front of the gates of her eldest son’s luxurious villa, and her cloudy eyes, full of endless sorrow, closed forever. When she opened them again, she was reborn, back in 58Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 23 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 [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 943Reads7.8Score10214d adds
- 24 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 [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 271Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 25 After Her Son Abandoned Her and She Died Tragically, Granny Jiang Was Reborn in the 1980s 江老太被儿子遗弃惨死后重生八零 [Modern romance + reborn in a past era + punishing scumbags + ordinary people as an ensemble cast + everyday life + family squabbles + no golden finger + satisfying read] In her previous life, Old Madam Jiang devoted herself to her three sons and five grandsons. She went without good food and clothes, laboring tirelessly for the family for most of her life. In the end, when illness left her bedridden and unable to work for them, all her sons saw her as a burden. The eldest pushed her onto the se 131Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn in 1970: The Matriarch Plays Favorites 重生七零，老太要偏心 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 534Reads7.3Score10214d adds
- 27 I Became a Mother-in-Law in the 1980s 我在八零当婆婆 Lin Taosu was thirty, unmarried, childless, and unemployed when she transmigrated into the body of an eighteen-year-old country girl. The moment she arrived, her parents pushed her into marriage to settle a debt, making her the wife of a thirty-two-year-old man. The man had a great physique and a handsome face, and marrying him meant she’d have children of her own. Lin Taosu thought it was a pretty good match. She just never expected that before she’d even entered the household, she’d be on the 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Twenty Years as a Lonely Wife: Reborn to Live for Myself, No Forgiveness 活寡二十年，重生独美不原谅 [Silver-haired heroine fiction] [Make the children regret abandoning their mother] [Make the husband regret abandoning his wife] [Building a fortune] In her previous life, Su Yunyi worked like a beast of burden for the Fang family for twenty years and raised their two children to be successful. In return, she watched the whole family live happily together. Her sacrifices went unrewarded. Worse, they turned around and blamed her. Reborn, she wants nothing from them. She'll rediscover her self-wor 88Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn in the 1980s: Auntie Lin Kicks Out Her Ungrateful Son and Remarries 重生八零：林大妈踹飞逆子再婚了 Reborn in the 1980s + Silver-Haired Heroine + Military Marriage + Family Drama + Second Marriage + Romance + No Golden Finger + Building a Fortune In her previous life, Lin Baozhu remarried Sun Maoliang, a deputy factory director, to pave the way for her children's future. Instead, she spent her life being mistreated by the Sun family and raised three ungrateful sons. Reborn, she first saves the only daughter who truly cared for her, then quickly finds her a good husband. She also rekindles a ro 476Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 30 Granny Reborn in the 1970s: Giving Her Daughter a Dream Life 老太重生七零，带闺女过爽文人生 [Spatial ability + family life + going wild on terrible relatives + doting on daughters + building wealth] In her previous life, Quan Guixiang listened to her in-laws and worked herself to the bone supporting her three nephews, laboring diligently like an old yellow ox. When her nephews wanted to study, she gritted her teeth and paid for it. When they wanted to buy houses, she worked herself to the limit to pay the bills. She only hoped that, as her parents-in-law had promised, someone would car 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I Became the Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Sweet, Delicate Heroine 穿成娇滴滴女主的恶婆婆 [Wicked Mother-in-Law + Elderly Female Lead + No Romance] When Cheng Wei woke up, she had somehow become the wicked mother-in-law in a book! The male lead was an adopted son, while the female lead was a delicate fake heiress. The original owner repeatedly stirred up trouble, nearly ruining the male lead's marriage, and ultimately ended up abandoned by everyone. Faced with this mess, Cheng Wei resolved to mend her ways and become a responsible, loving mother and grandmother! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Quick Transmigration: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Returns Reborn 快穿恶毒婆婆重生归来 A mother-in-law isn't a mother, but how many wicked mothers-in-law regret it on their deathbeds and wonder why they couldn't have been a good mom? Why must women make life hard for other women? So let's start from the beginning again. Who says a mother-in-law can't be a mom? 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s: I'm Done Being a Stepmother 老太太重生八零，这后妈我不当了 [Feel-good revenge story + everyday family life + ensemble of ordinary people + reborn in a past era + punishing scumbags] Xu Xiulan spent her whole life as an unpaid servant. In her old age, her grandson pushed her down, and the fall left her paralyzed. Her stepson thought she was taking up space and sent her to a nursing home converted from a cowshed, leaving her to fend for herself. He came to ask when she was going to die, and told her that her husband had long since started a second family, 573Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 34 An Old Lady in the 1980s: Mom, If You Hit Him, You Won’t Hit Me! 八零老太：妈，打他就不能打我了 [Reborn in the Period + family drama] In her previous life, Zhao Yingqin worked tirelessly without complaint, a workhorse who wouldn’t say a word even if you beat her with a stick. Her eldest son graduated from a workers’, peasants’, and soldiers’ university. For the sake of better prospects, he abandoned his wife and daughter and married the daughter of a leader. Her second son used his silver tongue to become a low-level manager at a furniture factory. Her third son was born with a limp. Old M 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Supermarket for the Farm Girl Who Became a Cannon-Fodder Scholar 带着超市穿至农家炮灰状元娘 In her previous life, the wicked mother-in-law Jiang Qiushui mistreated her eldest son, Chen Huaimin, and his wife so that her younger son, Chen Huaiqin, could pass the imperial examinations. The couple died miserably, while her five granddaughters were sold off, fled, or died. But after Chen Huaiqin passed the highest examination and became its top scorer, she was banished to an estate. There, she learned that Chen Huaiqin was the son of her husband, Chen Chongshan, and the widow who lived next 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn in 1980: Grandma Wang Lives Life to the Fullest 重生80，王老太活出癫疯人生 Period | Reborn | Feel-Good Revenge | Regret and Remorse | Family Life | Ensemble Cast | Building Wealth and a Business | No Golden Finger On a snowy New Year's Eve, blind and starving, Wang Cuihua begged on the street. She heard her children and grandchildren chatting and laughing as they headed to a hotel, so she went over to ask them for something to eat. To her surprise, her well-connected children and grandchildren, afraid someone might see them, shoved her into a pot of noodle soup. After 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 37 Reborn, I Return, and My Ungrateful Children Tremble 重生归来，不孝儿女瑟瑟发抖 The moment she froze to death in the pigsty, Zhou Tielan realized just how terribly wrong she had been. The ungrateful brats she had raised with all her heart joined forces to seize the family property, driving her and her husband out of their home and leaving them to freeze to death in a filthy animal pen. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1987. Her husband, Li Jianguo, was coughing his lungs out. The ungrateful brats were still young, and her youngest was sneaking toward the jar of candy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Reborn in the 1980s: This Old Lady Won’t Clear Her Children’s Names 重生八零：老太太不为儿女洗白 [Period] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Family life] [No golden finger] [Reborn] [Get rich] Old Lady Cao died a miserable, bitter death in her previous life. She favored her eldest son, expecting him to support her in old age, but her eldest daughter-in-law abused her to death. After taking over her job, her eldest daughter married into a wealthy family and wanted nothing more than to cut ties with her poor family. Her second son became a live-in son-in-law and had long since forgotten he even h 748Reads6.8Score11314d adds
- 39 After Starving to Death in the Garage, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s to Beat Her Son 老太太饿死车库后，重生八零打儿 [Reborn in the 1980s + no golden finger + family life + building wealth + realistic wish fulfillment + beating sons and scolding daughters] Granny Su starved to death in a garage on March 16, 2025. She had worked herself to the bone her entire life, honored her parents-in-law, raised two sons and a daughter, and helped bring up her grandchildren. Yet after she became paralyzed, her own children abandoned her, leaving her to starve to death. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in the 19 478Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 40 Only After Being Reborn Did I Learn I Was the Commander's White Moonlight 重生才知，我竟是首长的白月光 1970s + no System + no golden finger + everyday family life Seventy-year-old Granny Lin is reborn in the era when she had to serve her stepson and stepdaughter, her wicked mother-in-law, and her scummy ex-husband, while her own family relied on her to nurse their babies. In her previous life, she had something wrong with her head. Not only did she spend her whole life as a servant, she also died a miserable death. Reborn, she refuses to serve them anymore. She wants a divorce, wants to get away 84Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 41 Frozen to Death on New Year’s Eve, the Old Woman Is Reborn and Abandons Her Son and Daughter 除夕夜被冻死，老太重生抛子弃女 [Silver-Haired Protagonist + Period Setting + Family Life + Elderly Woman Reborn + The Whole Family's Regret] On New Year's Eve, when the whole family should have been together, seventy-year-old Su Meizhen was thrown out by her children and died miserably on an icy, snow-covered street. She thought death would bring her freedom, but unexpectedly, she was reborn in the 1970s. In her previous life, she had given her all for her children, only to end up with no one to care for her in old age or bur 86Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 42 Granny Niu Is Reborn in the 1980s: You Unfilial Sons, Tremble! 牛老太重生八零，逆子们颤抖吧 Niu Guizhen's spirit watched helplessly as her ashes were packed into a garbage bag. There was still room in the vehicle going to the funeral home, but her lame fourth son was forced off anyway. No one was willing to buy her a six-hundred-yuan urn. Her ashes were treated like a bag of trash and tossed at her eldest son's feet. Her fourth son reached out with both hands and tremblingly cradled Old Madam Niu's ashes, his nose running and tears streaming. Looking at her family before her, Old Madam 156Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn in the 1980s: The Sharp-Tongued Old Lady Handles Her Chaotic Family 重生八零极品老太太应对鸡飞狗跳 Period setting, reborn, family drama, face-slapping, feel-good revenge, no System In her previous life, Hu’s four sons cared only about fighting over the demolition compensation. When the gravely ill Old Madam Hu died, no one even cared! She had devoted her whole life to working tirelessly for her children and grandchildren, while her eldest daughter sacrificed her own family for the sake of her birth family. In the end, her younger brothers kicked her out. Given another chance at life, she will 1kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 44 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 [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 275Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn as a 1970s Matriarch: I Refuse to Be My Children's Servant 重生七零老太：拒做儿女老妈子 [Period setting + pocket dimension + family squabbles + making money + no male lead] Lin Qiao opened her eyes and found that she had been reborn as her own grandmother, making her her mother’s mother. Her own uncles and aunts had to call her Mom. Her grandfather had just died, and they were already fighting to split up the family. In her previous life, her grandmother had worked herself to the bone raising her sons’ and daughters-in-law’s children, only to find that none of them would take care 162Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 46 The Ruthless Matriarch Is Reborn After Taking Her Whole Family Down with Her 资本老太和全家同归于尽后重生了 [1980s + Rebirth + Storage Space + Face-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + Peerless Medical Skills] In her past life, Li Danxia worked herself to the bone for decades, supporting her children through school and helping them build families and careers, all while devotedly caring for her husband and in-laws. It wasn’t until she was dying of cancer that she discovered her husband had long since started a second family, and her children even called that shameless woman “Mom.” After dying together with he 4kReads8.2Score43414d adds
- 47 Granny Zhao Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with a Breakdown and Divorce 赵老太重生八零从发疯离婚开始 [Period setting + rebirth + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + everyday family life + pocket dimension + building a career] In this life, Old Madam Zhao had three sons and two daughters. She had a house full of children and grandchildren, and a successful career. Yet in her old age, the children and grandchildren she had raised drained the last bit of value from her, then abandoned her in a dilapidated house back in her hometown to fend for herself. Only when she was dying did she learn that 1.3kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 48 The Reborn Old Woman’s Laid-Back Life 重生老妇的摆烂生活 Hu Rong was reborn to the time before the second son’s family split from the household, when he was still twenty. In this new life, she was determined to change her fate. First, she parted ways with the second son’s family. Then she helped the third son enlist, watching him rise triumphantly through the ranks until he became a great general of the Great Qian. She set the fourth son up as a street vendor, helping him become a merchant of immense wealth. Most unexpectedly, the fifth son quietly fo 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The 1970s: This Old Lady Is Unkind, Yet Still Surrounded by Dutiful Children and Grandchildren 七零之老太不慈，仍坐拥孝子贤孙 [Period setting + daily life + ensemble cast + family drama] A genuinely frail woman passes herself off as frail, and a woman in her sixties becomes one in her forties. After dying of old age, Bai Ying finds herself inside a period drama she once watched. She seems kind, gentle, and considerate, but in truth she's cold-hearted, hypocritical, and selfish. In the show, the vile old widow is a shining white lotus, goading and hinting that her widowed daughter-in-law should do whatever it takes, eve 5.7kReads8.2Score38714d adds
- 50 Reborn in the 1980s: The Timid Old Lady Has Had Enough 重生八零：窝囊老太她不忍了 (Just finished posting; the rating is still low) [Rebirth, no romance, family life, face-slapping, career, absolutely no forgiveness] In her previous life, Li Xiumei devoted herself to a scumbag. Her husband was useless, her vicious mother-in-law gave her a hard time, and her children didn't understand her. Li Xiumei put up with it all. Only on her deathbed did she learn that the scumbag had started a new family elsewhere long ago. Her mother-in-law and several of her children all knew about the 422Reads7.0Score10714d adds
