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  1. 101 After Reincarnating as a Wicked Mother-in-Law, My Rebellious Son Weeps and Apologizes 穿成恶婆婆后,逆子哭着认错 Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Farming + No Romance + Wish Fulfillment + Transmigrate + No Excessive Kindness] When she graduated from college, Han Hongdou wished for an exciting life. So she woke up one morning to discover that she was not only more than a decade older, but also had three sons, a daughter, and a four-year-old granddaughter! She was a grandma! What a thrilling... or rather, suffocating, situation. The original owner was at the top of the food chain and should have lived a smooth life to a ripe old age. But a 29Reads—Score—14d adds
  2. 102 Reborn, the Old Woman Bravely Takes on the 1980s with Her Pocket Dimension 老妇重生,带着空间勇闯八零 Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + period setting + space + making money + complete ending] Lin Xuanqin devoted her whole life to the Chu family, only to be driven to death by her two daughters-in-law. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to the 1980s. This time, she’ll set her husband and sons straight, make it up to her daughter, and take charge of the family! Those who bullied her will get a taste of their own medicine! With a space at her disposal, she charges into the 1980s, makes a fortune, and lives a 918Reads8.8Score10114d adds
  3. 103 Reborn in the 1970s: From the Start, the Old Lady's Fists Were on Fire 老太重生七零:开局拳头抡冒火了 Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Old Madam Qin served her whole family, only to be beaten and cursed at for it. She cared for her paralyzed husband for decades, and the moment he died, her son stopped giving her food. Just days before she starved to death, she learned that the children and grandchildren she had raised for decades were actually worthless brats! Her own biological child had spent a lifetime being worked like an ox and tormented in the home of his mistress. When she opened her eyes, she had r 812Reads8.3Score11614d adds
  4. 104 The 1980s: The Vicious Old Woman Becomes the Family’s Backbone 八零:极品老太婆成了全家顶梁柱 Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Period + contrasting characters + trade System] Shen Yue opens her eyes and discovers she’s transmigrated into a book, and into the body of an old woman at that! An old woman would be bad enough, but she’s also a real piece of work! There’s the hard-working eldest son who gets no respect, the second son who likes to take advantage of others but knows where to draw the line, the smooth-talking yet loyal third son, and the fourth child, a daughter who wants to marry a r 93Reads—Score214d adds
  5. 105 Get Rich in the 1990s, Dump the Loser, and Have My Billionaire Brother Shower Me with Gold 九零暴富踹渣男,首富哥哥送金山 Modern Romance146k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman reborn + period setting + abusers get their comeuppance + face-slapping + get rich + landlady + alternate setting + author’s own additions] In her past life, Shen Bihua married a man who had tricked her into marriage, raised two ungrateful children, and was bled dry by them before dying miserably in an asylum. When she opened her eyes again, her gambling-addict son was trying to snatch the money off her to pay his debts! But she accidentally discovered a secret hidden in her dowry 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  6. 106 Dumping Her Ungrateful Children, the Old Lady Finds Her Own Happiness 踹掉不孝子女,老太太独自美丽 Modern Romance572k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhou Meifen worked herself to the bone raising five children, indulging them and caring for them in every way. She would have torn the flesh from her own bones to feed them, yet she raised a pack of ungrateful brats. After she got cancer, they kicked her around like a ball until she died full of bitterness. When she woke up, she was back twenty years in the past. This time, let’s see how she deals with those little brats. Before she was reborn, her eldest daughter had her l 973Reads7.4Score10414d adds
  7. 107 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? Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [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 5.9kReads7.9Score45414d adds
  8. 108 After Being Reborn as a Heartless Old Woman, My Wicked Children Regretted It! 重生老太狠心后,孽子们后悔了! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Face-Slapping] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Family Life] [The rating was just posted, so it may rise.] Xu Guiying spent her life working hard for her five children and raising her granddaughter, who had cerebral palsy. After retiring, she set up a dumpling stall to help make ends meet. Then someone beat her so badly she was gravely injured, and she was diagnosed with cancer. Her children and grandchildren had leached off her their entire lives, yet they all made excuses and refu 1.1kReads7.7Score10114d adds
  9. 109 Forced by Her Children to Take the Blame, an Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 被子女逼顶罪,老太太重生七零 Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [Period + Punishing scumbags + Face-slapping + Family drama] In her previous life, Granny Ma devoted everything she had to her children. She never expected her husband to run off with his money and his true love, his ex-wife, after committing murder. Her children wanted their father’s money and pension, so they tried to force her to take the blame. They called it “letting her enjoy her old age in prison.” When she opens her eyes again, she’s back at a time when the whole family still depends on 1.4kReads7.7Score11114d adds
  10. 110 I Became the Family Matriarch in the 1970s 穿成七十年代掌家婆婆 Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted 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! 115Reads6.5Score—14d adds
  11. 111 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 Romance300k WordsCompleted [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
  12. 112 Reborn in 1985: I Won't Raise That Ungrateful Wolf Anymore 重生八五白眼狼我就不养了 Modern Romance713k WordsCompleted 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
  13. 113 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 Modern Romance288k WordsCompleted [Period] [Light ensemble cast] [Domestic and family drama] [Women’s rise] [Feel-good power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] Granny Zhang has lived a life of hardship. Her husband drank and beat her, and was a womanizer and a gambler. For the sake of her six children, she worked herself to the bone all her life, believing they would be there to rely on, so she did everything she could for them, pouring her heart and soul into raising them. When she was young, she could earn money and look after her 78Reads6.4Score—14d adds
  14. 114 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 Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted [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
  15. 115 Married into a Wealthy Family at Sixty, She Blossomed Back to Life on the Brink of Death 六十嫁入豪门,濒死生命从此绽放 Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted [No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger + everyday life + family squabbles + the later years of an older person’s life + an inspiring tale of farming] Huang Huixin is a retired teacher. She raised a son, put him through college, and helped him start a family and buy a home. Her marriage had once come close to falling apart. For a time, her son believed she was unfaithful to her marriage, dishonest, unkind, and unloving, and that she was selfish. He grew to resent her. The two generation 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 116 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 Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted (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 3.9kReads8.5Score44514d adds
  17. 117 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 Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted (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
  18. 118 Reborn in the 80s: I Was Sixty That Year, and I Began My Revenge 重生80:那年我六十,开始复仇 Modern Romance217k WordsOngoing That cup of filial wine at my sixtieth birthday banquet finally killed me. Zhao Guizhi spent her life toiling away, raising four children on her own after her husband died: two of her own and two adopted. She gave them everything, and this was what she got in return: Her adopted son stole her property and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Her adopted daughter smiled as she pulled out her oxygen tube. Her biological children were driven to ruin, and her grandchildren became sacrifices. As she —Reads—Score—14d adds
  19. 119 Reborn in the 1980s: Taking Down the Worst and Getting Rich Through New Agriculture 重生八零,撕极品,搞新农业暴富 Modern Romance180k WordsOngoing [Reborn in the 1980s as an Old Woman | Splitting the Family and Cutting Ties | Taking Down the Vile In-Laws | Farming Her Way to Wealth | The Whole Family Turns Their Lives Around] Su Xiulan is reborn in a poor rural village in 1982. In her previous life, she worked hard all her life, only for her in-laws to drain away everything she had saved from years of farming, leaving her with a tragic end. Given another chance at life, she resolves to divorce and cut ties with her family, then focus on bu 67Reads—Score—14d adds
  20. 120 Reborn in the 1970s: Granny Li Pummels Her Terrible Family 重生七零:李老太爆锤全家极品 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Li Jingui is reborn. A slice-of-life family story with a lightly ensemble cast and satisfying face-slapping. Fifty-year-old Li Jingui is reborn. Thinking about the foolish things she did in her past life for the sake of her three sons makes her want to slap herself. Fortunately, she’s been reborn, and there’s still time to change everything. In this life, she’ll set her family straight and crush every last troublemaker! 8.7kReads7.9Score82514d adds
  21. 121 Granny Feng Is Reborn in the 1980s: Her Ungrateful Children Need a Lesson 冯老太重生八零,不孝子女欠收拾 Modern Romance982k WordsCompleted Granny Feng had spent her whole life striving to be strong and doing everything for her children. But in her old age, not one of them cared for her. Her youngest daughter even hated her to the core. Lying on a cold bed, feeling the pangs of hunger in her stomach and the stinging pain of bedsores on her back and thighs, breathing in the stench of the room, she laughed. She laughed until she could not stop, until tears streamed down her face. If she had known that the children she had loved with h 7.4kReads6.2Score51314d adds
  22. 122 The Happy Life of a Rural Grandma After Transmigrating to the 1960s 穿成六零后农村老太后的幸福生活 Modern Romance838k WordsCompleted A white-collar city worker in her thirties woke up one day to find she'd become Liu Mei'e, a rural woman born in the 1960s. She gets a pension of 1,500 yuan a month and spent her whole life worrying herself ragged over her three children, only to be despised by them. Even after giving them her entire pension, she got no gratitude in return. Fine, she might as well retire early. Now that she'd completely let go of her children and stopped looking after them, it was time to enjoy her retirement... 414Reads6.8Score—14d adds
  23. 123 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 Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [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 23.9kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
  24. 124 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 Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted 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
  25. 125 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 Modern Romance671k WordsCompleted 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
  26. 126 The Coal Tycoon’s First Wife Is Reborn 煤老板的原配重生了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted No romance. This is the daily life of a sharp-tongued grandma who loves helping the weak and standing up for what's right. The main rule is: she won't put up with even the slightest injustice! Cao Lihua celebrates her ninetieth birthday, then leaves her old home with deep regret and bitter dissatisfaction over the way she lived in her previous life. To her surprise, she opens her eyes and finds herself back at sixty. Hey, why couldn't I have gone back a little further? She quickly gets divorced, 2.2kReads8.3Score22014d adds
  27. 127 The Terrible Old Man of the 1960s: I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Son 六零极品老头:我把不孝子全踢了 Urban372k WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Feel-good story] [Transmigration] [Everyday family life] “Dad, you're getting on in years. You should have retired ages ago!” Second son Zhang Jianguo puts on the air of a dutiful son. “Dad, there's not enough to eat at home. My daughter, Zhenzhu, and Jinsuo are so hungry they can barely stand,” says eldest daughter Zhang Mudan with heartfelt concern. “Dad! Where's the money?” Fourth son Zhang Jianjun demands without a hint of courtesy. “Dad, take a rest. I'll do it,” says thir 143Reads6.2Score—14d adds
  28. 128 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! Modern Romance100k WordsOngoing [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 12Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 129 My Evil Husband Swapped Our Baby? The Reborn Grandma Slaughters the Whole Family 恶夫调包我崽?老太重生杀疯全家 Ancient Romance498k WordsOngoing The animated series is out. In her previous life, Zhao Guilan worked herself to the bone raising five sons, only to be strangled to death with a white silk cord by three of her adopted sons. Only before she died did she learn the truth: all three sons were illegitimate children her husband had with another woman, while her own children had been switched at birth and sent away. Reborn on the day her son was sold, Zhao Guilan went mad. She bit two chunks of flesh from Zhang Laogen's face, broke 34.8kReads8.4Score2.7k14d adds
  30. 130 The Reborn Mad Grandma Takes on the Eighties: You Brats, Prepare to Die! 疯批老太重生八零,逆子们受死吧 Modern Romance129k WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [No golden finger] [Family life] [Getting rich] [Ensemble cast] [Revenge] [Unhinged] [Comedy] In her previous life, Wang’s three sons killed their own mother to seize her property. Reborn, Granny Wang punches her unfilial sons, kicks the local bullies, drives away two daughters-in-law, and still finds time to make money. This drives the three freeloading brothers crazy. To swindle money from Granny Wang, the brothers stop at nothing, coming up with one outrageous s 55Reads—Score—14d adds
  31. 131 The Matriarch Awakens, and the Marquis's Estate Is Turned Upside Down 极品老夫人觉醒后,侯府变天了 Ancient Romance367k WordsOngoing I opened my eyes in the body of an old woman in ancient times, just as my daughter was being cast aside. My general son-in-law had brought back a new love from the frontier. He sneered at her coldly: “You’re barren and jealous. What use are you to me?” I swung my cane and smashed the rosewood screen he’d just bought. “You good-for-nothing!” His new wife screamed and fled in terror. I chased the general through the residence, beating him from one end to the other. “For three years at the frontier 197Reads—Score1114d adds
  32. 132 The Old Lady Has a Pocket Dimension: Feasting on Meat Along the Escape Route 老太婆有空间,逃荒路上大口吃肉 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 188Reads8.7Score—14d adds
  33. 133 Reborn in 1970: The Matriarch Plays Favorites 重生七零,老太要偏心 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhang Cuihua knew that being a stepmother wasn’t easy. Having grown up under a stepmother herself, she swore she would become a good one. After her husband died, she raised her two stepsons, cared for her daughters-in-law during their postpartum confinement, and helped raise her grandchildren. At her husband’s deathbed request, her dutiful children and grandchildren promised to support her in her old age. She completely forgot about her own daughter, who had been widowed young. Raising two child 534Reads7.3Score10214d adds
  34. 134 Reborn Grandma Is Fiercer Than a Tiger: She Smashes Her Daughter’s Wedding Feast from the Start 重生老太猛如虎,开局砸闺女婚宴 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + feel-good fiction + no golden finger + period setting + a fool finally sees the light + face-slapping] You’re forcing me to stage an accident? Then I’ll take you all down with me when I die! Old Madam Wang, who had no pension, finally died while her son was forcing her to stage an accident. In her past life, her husband gave everything to others, her son was a leech, and she was terribly biased. Together, they ruined a family! She burned herself out raising two daughters and three son 361Reads7.1Score10414d adds
  35. 135 You Rotten-Hearted, Ungrateful, Good-for-Nothing Children, Get Lost 烂心肝,白眼狼,极品儿女给我爬 Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1980s + Family squabbles + Explosive gossip + Satisfying revenge + A touch of ensemble cast + No golden finger] In her previous life, Old Madam Yang spent her whole life toiling, working like an ox and a horse to raise her five children to adulthood, help them establish their own families and careers, and bring up her grandchildren. At an age when she should have been enjoying her retirement, she fell ill and was passed from child to child like a ball. Her eldest son, the one she 822Reads6.7Score11014d adds
  36. 136 I Became a Terrible Old Woman and Turned My Life Around Through Farming 穿成极品老妇后靠种田翻身了 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After performing surgery for an exceptionally long time, Zhang Chunhua closed her eyes to rest and suddenly died. Her soul transmigrated into an ancient romance novel she'd read, where she became the wicked mother-in-law, Zhang Chunhua. Her family is dirt poor, her reputation is in tatters, and famine is looming... Zhang Chunhua learns from her mistakes and immediately gets to work turning things around! Before long, the Zhang family becomes the envy of everyone. They have plenty to eat and wear 3Reads—Score314d adds
  37. 137 Granny Li Is Reborn: Divorce! Cut Ties! Make Money! 李老太重生,离婚!断亲!搞钱! Modern Romance524k WordsOngoing In her previous life, she worked herself to the bone raising four ungrateful children, only to be starved to death in her old age. Now she’s back in her forties. Her eldest daughter, whom she had loved with all her heart? One whack with a feather duster will bring her to her senses. Her parasitic daughter-in-law? Out the door. Her cheating husband? She’ll make sure he leaves with nothing. The old hag who favors boys over girls? She’ll get all the chicken droppings she can eat! This time, she’ll 1.9kReads—Score12114d adds
  38. 138 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 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 477Reads7.9Score10814d adds
  39. 139 The Daily Life of a Carefree Old Lady 咸鱼老太的日常 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted Warning: domestic slice-of-life story! A simple, light read. Please forgive any shortcomings in the writing. Thank you! The heroine won’t always act the way the original did. She won’t dislike someone just because the original did. She won’t! The heroine has a mind of her own and makes choices based on what she likes. Everything depends on her mood! Please stop asking why she let Zhao’s wife off after making her pay just one tael of silver. The heroine doesn’t share the original’s feelings! The 80Reads6.5Score—14d adds
  40. 140 The 1960s: A Terrible Old Woman Works as a Street Cleaner to Support Her Family 六零:极品老太太当环卫工养全家 Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted Shen An’an is reborn in the hardest three years of her life. She opens her eyes to find herself selling her daughter, and memories of her children’s tragic fates flood her mind. Selling her daughter was only the beginning in her previous life. She threw her weight around, and all nine of her children eventually left her. She sold her eldest for ten yuan to a thirty-five-year-old man, not knowing that he enjoyed beating and berating her. He beat her to death. Her second child went up the mountain 34Reads5.9Score—14d adds
  41. 141 Back in the 1980s: Wang Chunhua's Good-Wife Image Falls Apart 重回八零:王春花好媳妇人设崩塌 Modern Romance390k WordsCompleted [Women building prosperity / family matters / heartwarming / raising children / hard work / a touch of ensemble cast] [Reborn / character image falling apart / 1980s / getting rich / daughter-in-law in a period setting] ·Not a conventional power fantasy. This is a story about family life and the warmth of everyday living. This is the story of a thirty-year-old woman’s struggle in the 1980s. Wang Chunhua spent her whole life working diligently, determined to be a good wife to her husband, a good 129Reads—Score—14d adds
  42. 142 A Reborn Old Woman's Revenge: Taking Down the Ungrateful 窝囊老太重生八零,手撕白眼狼 Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rebirth + satisfying read + a touch of ensemble cast + everyday family life + ungrateful children] Li Meiying lost her husband young. She poured every ounce of herself into raising three daughters and two sons, struggling to help them marry and start families. Yet in her old age, not only was she driven from home by her great-grandson, she also suffered an accidental fracture. Her children all looked down on her. She died a miserable death, but when she opened her eyes reborn, 201Reads8.0Score—14d adds
  43. 143 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! Modern Romance220k WordsCompleted [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 40Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 144 Frozen to Death on New Year's Eve? The Wicked Mother-in-Law Strikes Back in a New Body! 除夕夜冻毙?恶婆婆魂穿反杀! 10k WordsCompleted Frozen to death on New Year’s Eve? A wicked mother-in-law’s soul transmigrates and strikes back! —Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 145 A Northeast Matriarch Marries into Taipei, Takes on the Tycoons, and Protects Her Daughter 东北老太嫁台北,斗豪门,护闺女 Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted [Short Drama and Comic Adaptation Now Available] Su, a woman who had spent most of her life working at a roadside inn in Northeast China, had never once imagined becoming anyone's stepmother. But with her daughter's life hanging by a thread, she was willing to risk everything. She accepted her in-law's proposal on the spot. From then on, her daughter's mother became her mother-in-law, her senior fellow apprentice became her husband, and she became the rightful matriarch of the Lin family in Taip 13.3kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
  46. 146 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 Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [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
  47. 147 The Reborn Wicked Mother-in-Law Will Stand Up for Her Eldest Daughter-in-Law This Time 恶婆婆重生,这次必给大儿媳撑腰 Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [1990s]+ [Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law]+ [Everyday Family Life]+ [Gourmet]+ [Building Wealth] Li Ruifen had worked hard all her life, but as she lay dying in a hospital bed, all she faced was misery and despair. The hospital repeatedly informed her that she had unpaid bills and would have to leave. Yet the younger son and his wife, whom she had longed to see, never showed up. The only one keeping vigil at her bedside was her eldest son, a bachelor who had been a heavy drinker for years. As 5.3kReads8.8Score74614d adds
  48. 148 The 1990s: The Reborn Old Lady Won't Put Up With Ungrateful Brats 九零:老太太重生,不惯白眼狼 Modern Romance398k WordsOngoing Shen Qingnan spent her whole life providing for her family, caring for her husband and looking after her children. She even retired early so she could devote herself to serving the whole family hand and foot. But when she fell ill and collapsed, not one of them took her to the hospital. They watched her suffer, all eager to see her die. Only then did she realize she couldn't count on her children or her useless husband. They were all ungrateful wretches. When she opened her eyes again, she was r 110Reads6.1Score—14d adds
  49. 149 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Become a Grandma from the Start 穿越六零年代开局当奶奶 Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted The heroine, Bai Huihui, is a modern career woman who transmigrates to 1968 and instantly gets promoted to grandma. Watch as she uses her portable space to build a career and raise children in the 1960s, while turning her grandchildren into remarkable people along the way. (Strong female lead, no romance) 136Reads7.3Score—14d adds
  50. 150 The Quick Transmigration Mother-in-Law Doesn’t Care 快穿婆婆不负责 Ancient Romance331k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + no CP + transmigrating as a mother-in-law or an insignificant nobody] If you want to read about transmigrating as a mother-in-law, start from Chapter 15. Yuan Tao is the only deity in the Peach Fairy Temple. She can only wake up when people make wishes. To keep from falling asleep, Yuan Tao accepts every wish, with one condition: no after-sales service, and she's not responsible if anything goes wrong. However... By accident, she became a savior and earned so much merit t 649Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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