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- 1 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
- 2 Out of My Way, You Fools! Don’t Block This Auntie’s Path to Fortune 极品走开！别挡大妈的发财路 An Auntie’s Rebirth + A Parade of Trouble No golden finger ➕ Becomes a rich woman Auntie Zhou was a typical country woman who spent her whole life going around in circles in her village. At long last, her son made something of himself and brought her to live in the city. But then a virus came along, and bad luck struck: she caught it and died. Auntie Zhou thought about how, in her previous life, she had scrimped and saved, worked herself to the bone raising her children, and finally passed away 54Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 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 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in the 1980s: To Hell with My Ungrateful Family! 重生八零：白眼狼全家都滚蛋！ In her previous life, Lin Xiulan lived to the age of seventy, spending her whole life working herself to the bone. She raised three children and served her biased mother-in-law and spineless husband, only to end up sick and aching all over. As she lay dying, her own children decided that treating her would cost too much. They pulled out her oxygen tube themselves and watched coldly as she breathed her last. Consumed by hatred, she returns to 1985, aged forty-five, before her whole family has dra —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 Granny Gui Reborn in the 1980s, and Her Ungrateful Sons Kneel Before Her 桂老太重生八零，逆子都跪下 [Reborn + historical era + comeback + face-slapping + entrepreneurship + feel-good revenge] The moment she opened her eyes, Gui Yue's coffin lid couldn't hold her down anymore! Reborn in 1980, she looked at the five “dutiful children and daughters-in-law” waiting to live off her coffin savings, and Grandma Gui, who had been angered to death in her previous life, laughed. “Our family believes in democracy and fairness. Let's talk things out!” With a cleaver in hand, she went into hard-core mode. 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Granny Cao Is Reborn in the 1980s: She Takes on Her Wicked Son and Grandson 曹老太重生八零，棒打恶子恶孙 Old Madam Cao was widowed young and raised five children on her own. She was fiercely biased toward sons, treating her four boys like treasures and her only daughter like dirt. She not only sacrificed her daughter for her sons' benefit, but gladly worked herself to the bone for all four boys, then did the same for their children. She thought that after giving so much, her old age would surely be happy. But after her last bit of value had been wrung from her, her four sons starved her to death, c 24Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 9 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
- 10 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 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 After Dying Tragically of Cancer, Grandma Gu Is Reborn in the 1980s 得癌症后惨死，顾老太重生八零 Granny Gu spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her children. She raised three sons and two daughters, serving them hand and foot until they were comfortable. She spent her hard-earned money buying them cars and homes, and before she even had a chance to rest, she was raising her grandchildren one by one. Before she could enjoy her old age, disaster struck: she was diagnosed with cancer. She still had a chance to survive, but her children did nothing for her and dumped her in a ps 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 Reborn as a Sixty-Year-Old Woman, the Villains Beg Me to Redeem Them 穿成六旬老太，反派们求着被救赎 The world's dimensions accidentally spilled all the villain storylines into a single world. Now it's full of villains, every one of them bent on destroying the world. The System sends Sang Jisheng to redeem them all. But when she transmigrates there, she finds herself in the body of a woman in her sixties. She gives up trying and opens a restaurant, serving a hot meal to anyone who comes in. System: Save one person, and you'll get five years younger. Sang Jisheng: Now you're talking! After s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Crazy Old Woman Leads Her Cowardly Children to Outwit Heaven 疯狂老妇，率领怂包儿女胜天半子 [Homesteading + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Cute Pets + No Male Lead] Zhao Shengnan, a PE teacher who has been single for ten thousand years, is a little tipsy when she hears the dog she has raised for seven years talking to her. It even tells her she's going to transmigrate tonight? What? Is this real? Ah! Pinching myself really hurts! Woof, woof... Pinching the dog really hurts too! Then what are we waiting for? She has to cram the transmigration handbook! She keeps st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The 1970s: A Ruthless Old Woman and Her Husband Get Rich 七零：狠人老太携夫暴富 In her previous life, Shen Qiaohe gave her whole heart to an ungrateful wretch. Her husband was ruined after being attacked, and she never got justice before he died. Someone tricked her son into stealing the family's ancestral sauce recipe. She herself froze to death in a dilapidated house. In the year she died, she did not even get a single hot meal. Heaven gave her a chance to return to the twelfth lunar month of 1977. When she opened her eyes, that fatal bowl of bitter medicine was being 26Reads—Score614d adds
- 17 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 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn in the 1980s: A Widow Dumps Her Wretched Son and Takes On Her Vicious Daughter-in-Law 80寡妇重生，弃逆子，斗毒媳 Chen Pingchun’s husband died young, and she raised four children all by herself. People say children are there to care for you in your old age, but when she fell and cried out for the children she had raised from infancy, not one of them came. After the fall left her bedridden with brain damage, she heard her children bickering and shifting the responsibility, treating her like a burden. She had waited on the whole family like a servant, lived under the stairs, eaten scraps, and worked from dawn 41Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 The 1980s: Reborn, the Grandma Who Left Her Son Behind and Charged Ahead with Her Grandchild 八零：重生老太弃子携孙嘎嘎闯 Era setting + rebirth + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + feel-good story + family life + building wealth Zhang Ximei is reborn in an era when she is still the one calling the shots! In her previous life, she gave everything for her ungrateful children, only to end up with no one even willing to claim her body. Remembering the despair and helplessness she felt back then, and the coldness and cruelty of those ungrateful children... This time, she will take on her unruly children and s 113Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 23 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 57Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 24 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? 37Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 25 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 410Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 26 Widow Li Is Reborn 李寡妇她重生了 Li Sanni opens her eyes and discovers she has returned to the year her husband died. She looks at her four bewildered children. Her mother-in-law is wailing nearby, while her own mother has come running over to take advantage of the situation. Having already lived through these miserable events in her previous life, Li Sanni decides to live differently this time. She won’t repeat her old life, working like an ox for her children only to meet a terrible end. So Li Sanni, given another chance at l 108Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 27 After Xu’s Grandma Was Driven to Her Death by Her Children, She Was Reborn in the 1980s 徐老太被儿女逼死后重生八零 [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Space] [Family life] [Feel-good revenge] [A touch of the supernatural] Xu Fengping raised three sons and a daughter, spending her whole life working herself to the bone for her children. She and her husband went without good food and drink, and when they grew old, she gave all the family's property to their children, thinking she could finally enjoy a peaceful retirement. What she never expected was that, apart from her eldest son, who had never married, and the little gran 2.2kReads7.0Score18714d adds
- 28 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 787Reads8.1Score15514d adds
- 29 Crush the Scum and Serve Up Face-Slapping! The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s and Goes on a Rampage 虐渣打脸！老太重生八零杀疯了 [Reborn + satisfying revenge + period setting + 1980s] [Ensemble cast + punishing scumbags and face-slapping] [Middle-aged romance] [Family life] Zhou Aihua worked herself to the bone her entire life, supporting her children, only to die a tragic death in her later years. The only one who took care of her funeral was her honest nephew. When she opened her eyes, she was back in the 1980s, thirty-three years old, with children who were still minors. Reborn, she refused to repeat the past. Zhou Aih 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 I'm Losing It! I Woke Up as the Worst Mother-in-Law! 疯了，睁眼穿成极品恶婆婆！ [No romance + farming + System + everyday family life + ordinary people’s daily lives + midwifery] Song Nuan, a top modern obstetrician-gynecologist, dies suddenly during a night shift and transmigrates into ancient times as Song Sulan, a forty-five-year-old woman. To her shock, she’s become the notoriously awful mother-in-law whom everyone in the surrounding villages despises! The original Song Sulan was sharp-tongued and cruel, mistreated her daughters-in-law, sold her granddaughter... She did 2.7kReads8.4Score24714d adds
- 31 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
- 32 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
- 33 Reborn in the 1970s: Forty Years of Sunshine 重生七零之暖阳下的四十岁 Female lead: Lin Suyun (70 before being reborn, 40 afterward) Before being reborn: She spent her whole life working herself to the bone. Strong-willed and sharp-tongued, she was softhearted underneath. Because of her misguided parenting and the limitations of the times, all three of her children grew up with regrets. Her eldest son’s blind filial piety ruined his marriage; her daughter sacrificed her future for the family and spent her life unhappy; her youngest son was spoiled rotten and accomp —Reads—Score114d adds
- 34 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Li Strikes Back at Her Worthless Son and Torments the Scumbag 重生七零，李老太暴击逆子狂虐渣 Li Xinrong worked hard all her life, raising her children through countless hardships, only to be abused by her unfilial children and grandchildren and die in misery. As she closed her eyes, resentment filled her heart: Why had giving everything she had led to such a heartless end? Perhaps heaven finally took pity on her, because Li Xinrong was reborn, returning to a time before the tragedies began. This time, she would no longer be a pushover for anyone to manipulate. When her rebellious childr 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn in the 1980s: Grandma's Wayward Son and Daughter, Bring It On 老太太重生八零：逆子逆女接招吧 In her previous life, Old Madam Zhao sold her house and her job to provide for her three sons and two daughters. She worked herself to the bone for them, only to die of illness in a cold, damp basement, with no one to claim her body. Only after death did she learn that she was the foil to the female lead of a period novel... In other words, a cannon-fodder character! Her husband, Chen Haihua, wanted to start a livestock farm, but the female lead talked him out of it. Her eldest son, Chen Xuedong —Reads—Score114d adds
- 36 Back to the 1970s as a Cruel Mother-in-Law 回到七零当恶婆婆 Su Ran is strong-willed and successful in her career, but she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a weak, timid mother. Faced with this predicament, she awakens the spirit of a master manipulator. Manipulating her daughter-in-law: Your parents’ home will never truly be yours. When trouble comes, they’ll run faster than anyone. Manipulating her eldest son: You can’t even keep your own wife in line. You’re a spineless loser, plain and simple. Manipulating her second son: You have to suffer to g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Old Woman Is Reborn: She Tears Apart the Mistress and Makes the Scumbag Pay 老太太重生，手撕小三虐渣男 [Period Setting + Reborn + Family Life + Taking Down Scumbags + No Golden Finger + Female Awakening] In her previous life, Su Yuqing spent half her life working herself to the bone for her family. After she and her husband built a successful business, she stepped behind the scenes to raise their children and manage the household without complaint. But her husband kept supporting mistresses, one after another, and even wanted to bring one home. Their two unfilial sons told her she should just acc 3.1kReads—Score14414d adds
- 38 Reborn as a Sharp-Tongued Old Lady in the 1970s 穿成七十年代刻薄老太 A decisive female executive transmigrates and becomes a mean old woman. The glass curtain wall reflected Su Huilan's deathly pale face. Blood seeped from Clause 37 of the merger contract, or rather, the morning light slanting through the carved redwood window lattice, burning a golden mark into the back of her hand. She jolted upright on the heated brick bed. Three moldy date pits tumbled off the coarse cloth pillow. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Reborn Wicked Mother-in-Law: All She Wants Is to Make Money and Spoil Her Daughter-in-Law 恶婆婆重生：只想搞钱宠儿媳 In her previous life, Chen Xiufen tried to ingratiate herself with a rich young lady and personally drove her devoted daughter-in-law to her death. After her son married the heiress, Chen Xiufen never expected that the woman would look down on her country-bumpkin mother-in-law. Not only did she demand that Chen Xiufen separate from her son, she also seized her house and kicked her out. In the end, Chen Xiufen froze to death! When she woke again, it was the day her daughter-in-law was giving birt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 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
- 42 Reborn With a Hundred Houses, the Old Lady Says: Want to Suck Me Dry? Get Lost 老太带百套房子重生，想吸血？滚 Feel-good period drama + getting rich + family and neighborhood life + an ensemble cast of ordinary people + no golden finger Ran Wanyin was a landlady in an urban village, with a hundred rental units. Counting the rent she collected every month made her hands ache. There was more money than she could ever spend. Really, she couldn’t spend it all! But she had three sons. The money she couldn’t bear to spend was something her sons spent freely, one after another. Ran Wanyin gave them everything s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 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 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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 1.4kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 45 Frozen to Death Outside My Son's Home 冻死在儿子家门前 They say more children, more blessings, but Zhou Yanying had four sons and spent her old age in greater misery than people with no children at all. Those without children could receive state support as members of the five-guarantee households, and someone would even make sure they were buried after they died. She was surrounded by children and grandchildren, yet she froze to death right outside her son’s home, and no one even came to claim her body... 163Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 46 After Reincarnating as a Short-Lived Mother-in-Law, I Spoil My Daughters-in-Law 穿成短命婆婆后，我的儿媳我来宠 Main characters: Fu Chunxiang/Fu Xiang, Shen Xiuxiu [Transmigration + Unhinged Chaos + Doting on Her Daughter-in-Law + Past and Present Lives + No Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, she failed to treat her mother-in-law well because her husband and outsiders had turned her against her. Then she fell seriously ill, and her father-in-law hurried to arrange a wedding for her husband and that outsider. Only her mother-in-law was willing to sell everything she owned to pay for her treatment. As —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Back Before the Downward Transfer, Grandma Takes the Whole Family on a Feast 重回下放前老太太带全家吃香喝辣 [Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling Supplies + Feel-Good Fiction + Sent Down to the Countryside + Face-Slapping Revenge + Fake and Real Heiresses] The moment Tan Huian opened her eyes, she realized she had returned to one month before her whole family was sent to a farm in the Northwest. In her previous life, her eldest son hanged himself in a cave dwelling, her third son died a miserable death on the battlefield, her youngest daughter, left behind in the city, was violated and jumped into 6Reads8.3Score614d adds
- 48 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
- 49 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 89Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 50 Reborn in the 1980s: Grandma Takes Her Unfilial Descendants to Task 重生八零：老太太棒打孝子贤孙 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 188Reads7.1Score10414d adds
