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- 51 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 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 After Becoming the Wicked Mother-in-Law, I Thrive During the Famine 穿成恶婆婆后我在荒年发家致富 A renowned bounty hunter unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an awful, shrewish woman after an accident during a mission. With her reputation as a husband-killer and her savage temper, she abused her daughter-in-law and angered her mother-in-law into fainting. She was practically infamous, and everyone treated her like dirt. To make matters worse, several sons were kneeling by her bed and calling her Mom. Su Jinyue was overwhelmed with tears. She had been single her whole life, and now s 171Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 53 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 481Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 54 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 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 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
- 56 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! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 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, 550Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 58 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 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 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
- 61 An Old Woman Reborn: I Dumped My Husband and Children to Live in Luxury 老太太重生：抛夫弃子吃香喝辣 [Era rebirth + 1980s + feel-good story + everyday life + family squabbles + no forgiveness + no romance for the female lead + her daughters will have families] In her previous life, Old Madam Li had once been a respectable woman. Like an old ox, Old Madam Li worked herself to the bone, devoting herself to her family. She cared for her mother-in-law, served her husband, and raised the children and grandchildren. Everyone praised her as a virtuous wife and mother. She gave her job to her eldest so —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Duke’s Estate: Daily Gossip 国公府的吃瓜日常 [Easygoing old madam + transmigration + household intrigue] Qiao Lian used to be a college student, but after staying up late watching videos, she dropped dead. In an instant, she went from a young woman to a lonely old madam with no parents-in-law and children of her own. Every morning, she had to handle all the big and small affairs of the household, and the account books seemed never-ending. She couldn’t manage the household anymore. She just couldn’t do it. She quickly got herself together a 24Reads—Score214d adds
- 63 After Reincarnating as an Old Woman, I Led My Entire Clan into Exile 穿成老太太后，我带着全族流放 The Tyrant Flower, a veteran of three years in the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of the Old Madam of the Duke of Zhenguo's household. She has a heap of sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters, and her rank in the family tree is shooting up by the day. Before the Tyrant Flower can even celebrate finally escaping life in the apocalypse, she discovers she's been sentenced to exile! Where are the good days? Where's the comfortable life? Where did it all go? Qiao Ran feels a despair —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Even My Own Mother Dared to Freeze Me to Death: Reborn in the 1980s, My Fate Takes a Turn! 亲妈都敢冻死，重生八零好轮回！ [Period] [The 1980s] [Family life] [Light ensemble cast] [Ordinary people] [Everyday life] (The fists-and-kicks edition: if you don't like it, let's fight.) Jin Shaorong is reborn, back in the days before her children literally froze her to death. Decades of giving everything she had left her utterly spent, yet in the end it had all been for nothing. Her eldest son's family needs her, and expects her to serve up delicious meals every day when they get off work. Her second daughter is full of 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 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 [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 85Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 66 The Professional Code of Conduct for Mothers-in-Law 为人婆婆的职业操守 Ma Cuicui was reborn. In her previous life, she had worked herself to the bone to make her son successful and even found him a wife. Yet he said that the person he hated most in this life was her. She treated her daughter-in-law like her own daughter, but her daughter-in-law said she would never forgive her for what happened during her confinement. After Ma Cuicui helped raise her son and daughter-in-law's child, they kicked her out of their home. Later, her son developed liver cancer and forced 104Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 67 Killed on New Year’s Eve, Widow Cai Is Reborn in the 1980s 除夕夜惨死，寡妇蔡老太重生八零 (An elderly woman is reborn + feel-good revenge + taking down scoundrels + family squabbles + a widow’s comeback + putting every kind of troublemaker in their place + rebirth in a period setting) Cai, a widowed old woman, lost her husband when she was in her thirties. She spent her life raising four sons and a daughter, saving money to buy homes and arrange marriages for her sons, and putting together a dowry for her daughter. While she still had money, every son and daughter-in-law competed to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 After Her Children Abandon Her Surgery, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s 被儿女放弃手术后老太太重生八零 Era setting + rebirth + realistic slice of life + everyday life (a feel-good power fantasy where the heroine is either beating someone up or on her way to do so; a story about an ordinary person growing and changing) In her previous life, Feng Yun favored boys over girls. When she grew old and became useless, she could only watch as the unfilial son she had painstakingly raised abandoned her to die. She died full of regret. When she opened her eyes again, she was in her prime, and things had not 195Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 69 A Farmer’s Rise 农妇翻身记 An illiterate old country woman suddenly returned to the difficult years of her past. Relying on memories from her previous life, she urged her children to study, worked hard to fulfill her own dreams, and encouraged them to make changes and become the best versions of themselves. She also bravely overcame all kinds of difficulties and her own shortcomings, leading the whole family out of adversity. Even after finding success, she never lost herself to money or desire. All she wanted was to live 34Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 70 Reborn and Raving Mad: The Whole Family Is Stunned by Their Romance-Obsessed Ways 老太重生发疯，一家子恋爱脑懵了 [Reborn in a bygone era | Family and neighborhood drama | No golden finger | Cures romance-addled fools | Puts scumbag men in their place | Builds a fortune | Ensemble cast] In her past life, Old Madam Tian had a miserable fate. Her scumbag husband abandoned her, and her children despised her. What she regretted most was not having properly dealt with the whole nest of scumbag men and romance-addled fools in the Xie family! Reborn in 1987, she gets straight to work! A husband who’s a scumbag and 4.9kReads8.2Score36814d adds
- 71 Transmigrated as a Terrible Old Woman in the 1970s, I Beat My Ungrateful Children 穿成七零极品老太，暴揍不孝儿女 [Period setting ☞ golden finger ☞ transmigration ☞ feel-good story ☞ family life ☞ 1970s ☞ ensemble cast] Young Su Yufen should have had a bright future, but her stupid boss worked her to the bone. She stayed up late working overtime every day and had to be ready to reply to messages at any hour of the night. For a meager paycheck, she ended up diagnosed with breast cancer and confined to the ICU. She had hoped to spend her final days in peace, but made the mistake of opening a trashy novel and 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Old Lady Is Reborn to Fight, and She’s Done with That Wretched Family 老太重生要战斗，那个破家不要了 [Period drama + 1980s + reborn + feel-good revenge + punishing the wicked + ensemble cast + no golden finger] Personality determines your fate. In her previous life, Liang Fengying was timid and too afraid to fight back. All five of her daughters, Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju, and Hua, met tragic ends. “They're all money-losing burdens!” “You can't grow a thing in this salty wasteland!” Her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and husband were like a pack of vicious beasts. Liang Fengying spent her days weeping. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 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 91Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 74 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 [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 603Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 75 Reborn in the 1970s: An Old Woman Takes Down Her Scumbag Husband and Ungrateful Children 重生七零：老太撕渣男打不孝儿女 [Reborn in the Late 1970s + Feel-Good Story + Family Feuds and a Fierce Old Lady + Later, She Buys Houses and Becomes a Landlady + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] In her previous life, she was an unpaid nanny, serving her husband and children until her stomach cancer reached its final stage, only to be dumped in the woodshed to die! Her husband held his mistress close and demanded a divorce, while her children fought tooth and nail over her property. “Good. Just great!” When she opened her eyes again, 2.1kReads8.3Score11614d adds
- 76 After Freezing to Death, Grandma Qian Is Reborn and Beats the Whole Family Into Submission 被冻死后，钱老太重生打服全家 [Reborn in a Bygone Era + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Family Squabbles] In her previous life, Old Madam Qian poured her heart and soul into raising her three sons and two daughters. Even when she and her husband went without, she made sure her children and grandchildren had enough to eat and drink. She thought that after giving her family everything, even if she couldn’t enjoy a comfortable old age, at least she’d have a place to live and food to eat. But the truth was that her three sons 2.7kReads8.5Score22414d adds
- 77 A Late-Life Romance in the 1980s: I Leave My Husband and Son Behind and Join the Army with My Daughter-in-Law 八零暮恋：抛夫弃子带儿媳随军 Period Rebirth + Wicked Mother-in-Law + Space + Everyday Family Life Abandoning Husband and Children + Following the Army + Fiercely Protective + Miracle Doctor + Revenge Before she was reborn, Zhou Qingmei was crushed beneath the pedestal of being a “virtuous wife and loving mother.” Her husband died suddenly after cheating on her, and her five children leached off her in old age. In the end, her family drained her dry, and she died relying on the charity of her former daughter-in-law. The sayi 784Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 78 An Old Woman Reborn in the 1980s: All You Ungrateful Wretches, Get Out! 老太太重生八零：白眼狼们全滚蛋 Set in the 1980s + an elderly woman reborn in the 1980s + refusing to forgive ungrateful children + family and parenting + everyday family life + lucky streak + a lightly sprawling cast + learning to love herself Original title: The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s: Ungrateful Children, Get Out! (Not too many awful characters. The story later focuses on everyday life and family matters.) Wang Wanqiu was a joke in her past life! Gentle by nature, she was one of the few educated people in the neigh 1.2kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 79 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 154Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 80 Reborn in the 1970s: Shen Laotai Abandons Her Husband and Children and Strikes It Rich 重生七零：沈老太抛夫弃子暴富了 [Period setting + rebirth + feel-good power fantasy + family drama] Granny Shen is reborn, returning to 1976, when her useless husband wanted her to give up her job to a martyr's widow and stay home to care for her in-laws, while sacrificing her honest, kind children as blood donors for ungrateful ingrates. In her previous life, Granny Shen dragged her dutiful eldest son and eldest daughter into devoting their whole lives to the Wang family. She cared for her in-laws until they died, then her us 2.5kReads8.0Score24614d adds
- 81 The Reborn Old Lady Has a Space Connected to the Modern World 极品老太重生，我的空间通现代 Reborn in 1975, Chen Xiaoman opened her eyes to a nightmare from the start: a vicious mother-in-law who tormented her, a freeloading husband who cheated, and a father-in-law waiting to suck her dry. Her seven children were a complete mess, too: her eldest daughter was abused by her intellectually disabled husband, her second daughter was mistreated while pregnant, her third daughter had fallen for a scumbag educated youth, and the rest were either timid or still young! Fortunately, she had a po 763Reads8.3Score11014d adds
- 82 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Turns the Family Business Around 重生八零：老太太重整家业 [Period] [The 1980s] [No golden finger] [Family life] [Reborn] Qin Mengyun, a selfless woman in her seventies, has been reborn. In her previous life, she had money and a home but no husband, yet she spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her four ungrateful sons. Now that she's back, she's seen the light. Hard work can make you rich: if her sons work hard, she gets rich; if they suffer, she gets to enjoy the good things. People say, “Raise sons to support you in old age,” but that' 3.2kReads7.2Score25614d adds
- 83 Reborn After a Horrific Death! The Unhinged Seventies Matriarch Takes on Her Whole Family 惨死重生！七零疯批老太怒创全家 In her previous life, Shen Ningchu was widowed in her forties. She raised four sons and two daughters through hardship, brought up five grandchildren and four granddaughters, and even in old age sold snacks at a street stall to help support the family. She went without good food and clothes, stretching every penny as far as it would go. Who could have known that after suffering a stroke and becoming partially paralyzed, unable to work and without an income, her children would pass her around lik 478Reads7.9Score10814d adds
- 84 Reborn in the 1980s: Granny Li Cuts Ties, Takes Down Scumbags, and Strikes It Rich 重生八零：李老太断亲虐渣发大财 Feel-good revenge, face-slapping and taking down scumbags, period setting, reborn, family squabbles, ensemble cast, 1980s, cutting ties with family, putting the worst people in their place, ordinary people, no golden finger Li Suzhen spent her whole life working herself to the bone, raising seven children and giving them everything she had. She bought jobs for her sons, scraped together dowries for her daughters, and bailed her grandchildren out of trouble. She burned herself out to light the wa 99Reads6.9Score10914d adds
- 85 This Old Lady Is Done Serving You: Reborn, I Treat Everyone the Same! 老太太不伺候了，重生一视同仁！ [1980s + story about an old woman + son preference + making amends] In her previous life, Grandma Jiang had eyes only for her three sons and treated her only daughter as the exception, and not in a good way. She refused to let her daughter go to school, forced her to drop out early to support the family, gave all the good things to her sons, and left every hard task to her daughter. She poured her whole heart into doting on her sons, only to have them consider her a burden when she grew old and 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Reborn in the Era: Grandma Beats Her Rebellious Son and Crushes the Scumbags 重生年代：老太暴捶逆子虐渣忙 In her previous life, she worked herself to the bone for her children and grandchildren. In the end, they left her, a lonely old woman, in a dilapidated house back in her hometown, without caring whether she lived or died. Dai Xiuying died in that rickety old house, clutching her marriage certificate to her husband. She died with her eyes open, consumed by bitterness. Thankfully, Heaven took pity on her and sent her back several decades. This time, Dai Xiuying has figured things out. Being rebor 3Reads8.2Score614d adds
- 87 Heh Heh Heh: I Actually Reincarnated as an Old Lady 桀桀桀：竟然穿成老太太了 [Period] [Transmigration] [Feel-Good Fiction] [No Golden Finger] [Alternate Setting] Wang Yibo, a handsome survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, transmigrates into the body of an old woman working at a state-run supply and marketing cooperative in Huaguo. Dear heavens, I’m a man! You can’t do this to me! When in Rome, go crazy. The kids are making a fuss about splitting up the family and have their eyes on Grandma’s job. Want to split up? Fine, have a slap first. Want the job? No problem, hav —Reads—Score114d adds
- 88 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 812Reads6.8Score11314d adds
- 89 I'm Reborn, and I Won't Stay a Widow! Ungrateful Children, Get on Your Knees 老娘重生不守寡，不孝儿女都跪下 (A long-suffering stepmother is reborn and takes on the whole family by herself. She won’t take a single bit of disrespect or lose out on anything. She’s determined to enjoy life!) She spent her whole life being the family workhorse, seeing her parents-in-law off, raising five stepchildren, and then helping raise her grandchildren. Just before she died, the husband who had been dead for decades came back! Not only did he return with a fortune, he was also going to take their five children to 4kReads8.5Score47214d adds
- 90 Reborn in the 1980s: Auntie Jin Takes on the Whole Family 重生八零，金大妈吊打全家 [Period] [Reborn] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [Payback Is a Must] [Wealth and Glory] A guide to this life: Stay clear of the burdens of children, and enjoy a carefree life! Hang on to a big shot's coattails, and you'll never worry about food or drink! Jin Yulan, a scrap-collecting woman, froze to death beneath a bridge. Her son refused to pay for her funeral and burned her body by the river. When she opened her eyes again, Jin Yulan had returned to the late 1980s 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Her Children Had Her Committed to a Mental Hospital, and She Went on a Rampage 被儿女送进精神病院，她杀疯了 [1970s setting + reborn mother-in-law + capitalist daughter-in-law + spiritual spring in a pocket dimension + striking it rich through bargain finds + face-slapping and punishing scum + revenge + everyday family life] In her previous life, Zhou Guizhi was sold by her eldest son and his wife to a mental hospital, where she endured terrible abuse. [The rating was only just posted, so it will go up later.] Her second son died serving his country when he was young. Her third son donated a kidney for 1.8kReads7.2Score17714d adds
- 92 I Became the Family Matriarch in the 1970s 穿成七十年代掌家婆婆 A modern woman past the usual age for marriage accidentally transmigrated to 1976. She unexpectedly became a widow, but was left with three grown children. On her first try at being a mother, she decided to start a small business and build a happy life with her family! 114Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 93 Reborn in the 1980s, the Old Lady Goes Wild and Causes a Ruckus 老太太重生八零发癫，缺德带冒烟 [Abandoning Son and Daughter + Farming in the 1980s + Growing Vegetables, Raising Chickens, and Foraging by the Sea + Fighting the Worst Sort + Building Wealth] Everyone believes in raising sons to support them in old age, but not every elderly person has someone to care for them. As the saying goes, “There are no dutiful children at a sickbed for long.” The old woman Jiang Yumei dies a miserable death in her later years, then is reborn in 1980, on the day her husband dies. She finally understan 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 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 275Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 95 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 137Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 96 The Wicked Imperial Consort Has a Rebellious Streak: Her Son Suffers, and She Piles on the Trouble 恶毒太妃有反骨，儿子倒霉她添堵 Wang Yuluo spent years building a business, and just when her company was finally taking off, she died suddenly from overwork. After transmigrating, she actually achieved her life's dream: she skipped marriage and children and went straight into retirement. What touched her most was that her late husband had been a man of high standing, the younger brother of the current emperor. He'd left her a huge inheritance: countless gold and jewels, servants by the dozen, more than twenty thriving shops, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Reborn in 1985: I Won't Raise That Ungrateful Wolf Anymore 重生八五白眼狼我就不养了 Li Qiumei was deceived by a scumbag for her entire life. The man said they were getting a fake divorce so he could escape his debts, but he actually left with her cousin's wife. And he was gone for more than thirty years. She cared for her parents-in-law until their deaths, but they left all their property to her younger brother-in-law. She raised her children with painstaking effort, only for them to rush to care for the father who abandoned them while refusing to care whether she lived or died 344Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 98 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Woman Gets Rich After Splitting Up the Family and Cutting Ties 老太重生八零，分家断亲一路暴富 [The Eighties Granny: Cutting Ties, Making a Fortune, and Becoming a Business Legend] [No-Nonsense Granny] [Breaking Up the Family] [Family Squabbles] [Building a Fortune] [Racing Through the Business World] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [A Touch of Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Mu Yunzhi slaved away for eighty years, only to discover that every one of her dutiful children had died horribly, all because two ungrateful wolves had been scheming behind her back! Reborn in 1983, the old lad 24.8kReads8.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 99 The Fierce Granny of the 1970s Remarries a Military Officer and Tears Into the Villains! 七零狂暴老太，改嫁军官撕极品！ [Reborn + period setting + military marriage + revenge + face-slapping and punishing scum + System] Wang Huizhen worked herself to the bone her whole life. After marrying Chang Wenxin, a teacher, he kept her shut inside the house to bear him sons. But she gave birth to nine daughters before finally having a son! After one tragedy after another befell her nine daughters, Chang Wenxin still forced her to wait on their precious son and his family. At ninety, after she was diagnosed with terminal ca 1.8kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 100 I Worked Myself to the Bone for Fifty Years, and You Say I Deserve to Die? 操劳五十年，你说我该死？ [Reborn + family drama + a portrait of ordinary lives] [No golden finger, the protagonist is an ordinary person] In her previous life, Zhang Lanfen enjoyed a life of success for most of her years. She bore the Li family four strapping sons and two daughters. She had her husband completely under her thumb, earned her mother-in-law's favor, and worked herself to the bone to buy a new house and car for the family of her beloved second son. The whole family was thriving under her careful arrangement 6.2kReads7.9Score46014d adds
