Novels like Reborn in the 1980s, the Old Lady Goes Wild and Causes a Ruckus
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- 151 An Old Woman Cultivates Immortality, and Her Son Is Sacrificed to Heaven 老妪修仙，儿砸祭天 A no-romance, all-around prodigy in cultivation, alchemy, talisman-making, artifact forging, formation arrays, and beast taming. Liu Xu: “Men only slow down my sword. Cultivation is what matters.” If the ungrateful brat won’t listen, give him a beating. If one isn’t enough, give him three. If nobody loves my granddaughter, I will! If my precious grandson might be led astray, I’ll raise him myself! After fulfilling her promise to the original owner, Liu Xu lets loose and travels everywhere with h 2.1kReads8.9Score33714d adds
- 152 In a Famine Year, Grandma Sun Stockpiles Grain to Survive 荒年，孙老太囤粮度饥荒 [Family life + farming + slow and steady progress + not a power fantasy + drought + no romance] “Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, give me one month. If you still want to split up the family then, the eldest won’t have to support me in my old age either!” Qiao Yu has become the biased old woman in a book. She looks down on girls as money-losing burdens while treating her own daughter like a treasure. To keep her son-in-law from divorcing her daughter, she even considers selling her 331Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 153 Auntie Tao, Reborn, Has a Headache Every Day 重生后的陶大妈每天都在脑壳疼 Tao Qin thought, “I was too controlling in my last life, and my children never felt close to me. What if I try doing things differently this time?” Hey, it really works! I’m getting along better with the neighbors, too. Haha, every day is spent catching up on the latest gossip. 11.7kReads8.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 154 The Capitalist Matriarch of the 1970s, Winning with Her Children 七零资本家老太，带着儿女躺赢了 [Transmigrate into a book + elderly woman + capitalist + no romance] Su Qingru transmigrates into a book! She becomes the villainous cannon-fodder mother-in-law of the heroine in a feel-good novel about a powerful woman! The heroine is ruthlessly self-serving, putting herself first in everything. If Su Qingru were the heroine, this would be a pretty satisfying story. But she's not the lead. Her whole family are unlucky stepping stones and cannon fodder on the heroine's shamelessly triumphant pat 266Reads7.1Score5914d adds
- 155 Joining Her Husband's Army on the Island: Mountain Delicacies and Seafood with Chicken and Duck 随军婆婆上岛：山珍海味配鸡鸭 The short drama adaptation is now available (no space, no romance, island military life, everyday life, family matters, raising kids, delicious food, capitalist daughter-in-law) In her previous life, Chen Guilan looked down on her daughter-in-law for being a capitalist's daughter and hated the hardships of island life. She refused to join her son at his post and care for his pregnant wife, choosing instead to stay nearby and look after her pregnant daughter. But her daughter, son-in-law, and gra 10.5kReads8.4Score89914d adds
- 156 Four Sons and a Daughter, Yet No One to Bury Me. This Old Woman Has Disowned Them All 四儿一女无人送终，老娘六亲不认 Song Chunxue had four sons and a daughter, yet not one of her children was by her side when she died. After death, she became the poorest, loneliest ghost around. The eldest son she once loved most treated her like a stranger. Her second son became a live-in son-in-law. Her third son, who was supposed to care for her in her old age, made his living away from home. When he came back, he had no spare money to buy her funeral paper offerings. Her fourth son arrived late, blamed her for dying at 34.6kReads8.9Score76114d adds
- 157 Four Ungrateful Children from the Start? I'll Become a Landowner Myself 开局四个不孝子？老娘自己当地主 [Transmigration + Satisfying Read + Building Wealth + Pocket Dimension + Herb Gathering + Family Life] Chen Ru and her husband transmigrate to an alternate dynasty and find themselves saddled with four unfilial sons and a whole bunch of unfilial grandchildren. The original owner devoted herself to her children. She found wives for all four sons and raised their children, even bringing up a son who passed the scholar examinations. But in the end, they all believed that an old person who refused t 29.6kReads8.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 158 After Her Own Son Starves Her to Death, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 老太太被亲儿子饿死后重生七零 [Satisfying revenge on scumbags + family squabbles + reborn in the 1970s + everyday rural ensemble] In her previous life, after being widowed, Huang Wanqing devoted herself entirely to her children and worked herself to the bone for fifty years! She helped her four sons start families and careers, raised eight grandchildren as an unpaid nanny, and even collected scrap to help with household expenses in her old age. But after a fall left her unable to work, they abandoned her in the old house, wh 7.7kReads8.8Score54214d adds
- 159 After the Marquis’s Old Ancestress Started Slacking Off, Her Descendants Panicked 侯府老祖宗摆烂后，儿孙全慌了 The Dowager Lady of the Xuanping Marquis Estate, Min Qiao, was reborn! In her previous life, her son doted on his concubine and neglected his wife, her grandson wanted to marry a courtesan, her granddaughter wanted to break off her engagement, and her daughter-in-law planned to elope. She stopped them, kept them in line, and exhausted herself cleaning up one mess after another. For the Marquis Estate's reputation and her descendants' futures, she bore the blame, devoted all her energy to them, a 5.5kReads7.9Score70814d adds
- 160 Granny Liang Is Reborn in the 1980s and Quits Her Job 梁老太重生八零，她撂挑子不干了 (Reborn in the 1980s + silver-haired heroine fiction + satisfying revenge against villains + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + fighting, scolding, and going wild + rising in status + ensemble cast) (Also known as: Reborn to Become the Most Evil, Wicked, and Notorious Old Lady) The spineless Liang Airong was so timid and useless that her five children all suffered. Her obedient, filial eldest, Ye Huazhen, and her third child, Ye Huashan, both died young. Of her three surviving chi 16.7kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
- 161 Transmigrated as a Miserable Old Woman, I Get Forced to Bind Myself to a Nation-Building System 穿成极品老妇后，被迫绑定强国系统 [Fleeing famine, farming, strengthening the nation, System, old woman, wish-fulfillment] Qiao Lan, a successful woman in her prime, opens her eyes to find herself an evil old woman nearing fifty who sells her children and grandchildren. She also has a 1980s nation-strengthening System bound to her. This is clearly a desperate flight through a time of chaos, and you’re talking to me about strengthening the nation?! With no other choice, Qiao Lan sets out to strengthen the nation: She sets her chi 47Reads8.9Score1014d adds
- 162 Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了 The short drama adaptation, My Retirement as a Housekeeper Became Legendary, can be found by searching on Fanqie. [No CP] [Family Life] [No Golden Finger] [Gets Rich by Working as a Housekeeper for Powerful People] [Leaves Her Husband and Abandons Her Son and Daughter] [Dotes on Her Daughter-in-Law and Granddaughter] [Silver-Haired Protagonist] [Quits Her Job to Become a Housekeeper] [Fat, Plain, and Relaxed Female Lead] [Absolutely Refuses to Lose Weight] In her previous life, Ma Chunmei was st 26.3kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 163 The Old Woman Killed by Her Eldest Daughter Is Reborn 那个被长女干掉的老妇重生了 In her previous life, Chunhua was muddleheaded and unlucky. She spoiled her younger brother, favored boys over girls, and grew estranged from her husband. After her eldest son went missing, she spent the rest of her life in a daze. It wasn’t until she lay alone in a hospital bed, ignored by everyone, and saw her badly injured eldest daughter scream at her in despair that she finally understood how terribly wrong she had been. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day her eldest 254Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 164 The Old Madam Is Pregnant! 老夫人她有喜啦 Yun Feiwan was reborn. Only as she lay dying did she learn that her sister-in-law, who had been quietly living in a corner of the household, had long been carrying on with her husband. Every day, she admired flowers and brewed tea, keeping her husband company beneath the blossoms and moonlight. Gentle and elegant, she was respected and adored by everyone in the household. Meanwhile, Yun Feiwan had worked herself to the bone managing the family estate, earning herself a reputation for ruthlessnes 10kReads8.5Score87414d adds
- 165 Transmigrated into an Old Woman 穿越成为古代老妇 No romance, a wholesome story about an old lady Song Xinyue, a modern woman, accidentally transmigrates to an alternate ancient world and becomes a forty-year-old woman. She also gets five wonderful sons and a daughter who dreams every day of marrying into a wealthy family. What can she do? She can only grit her teeth and raise her badly behaved children while rolling up her sleeves and working hard. Poverty, locust plagues, and turmoil: she overcomes them all! 782Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 166 After Crushing My Scumbag Husband and Wicked Son, I Got Rich Farming 虐翻渣夫逆子后，我靠种田暴富了 [Transmigration / Wish-Fulfillment / No Romance / Strong Female Lead / Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place / Everyday Life / Building a Fortune] A satisfying story about never forgiving and never looking back Yang Qing had lived a miserable life. Her husband, Old Li, was violent and would beat her at the slightest provocation. Her children were cold and selfish, paying her no mind, and even her beloved youngest son had died on the battlefield. In despair, she ended her life with a 916Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 167 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: Protecting Her Daughter-in-Law and Building a Fortune 恶婆重生：护媳发家致富 Li Shulan, who had tormented her two daughters-in-law to death, finally got what was coming to her: she fell into an outhouse and drowned. After death, she didn't disappear right away. Her spirit drifted to her two sons, only to see them blame each other over their wives' and children's deaths, before both died young. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day after her sons' weddings. Given a second chance at life, she finally saw the error of her ways. Why should her daughters 7.2kReads7.7Score86714d adds
- 168 Why Should I Have to Support That Old Hag? 老太婆凭啥让我养老 Wang Fangping was reborn. Had she really been angered to death? In her previous life, her in-laws exploited her until she was destitute. She spent most of her life trapped in the countryside, slaving away for the extended family. She moved to the city and took on the heaviest, dirtiest work, yet still couldn’t afford a home. When her mother-in-law was able to work, she helped the younger son’s family. When she could no longer manage on her own, Wang Fangping was expected to look after her in 447Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 169 A Forty-Five-Year-Old Country Woman Starts Over After Divorce 四十五岁村妇离婚后，开挂了 (Middle-aged and older romance + mutual devotion) Jiang Chunlan, a 45-year-old rural banquet chef, accidentally discovers that her husband is cheating. After seeing the vicious faces of her parents-in-law and sister-in-law, she starts living more and more as she pleases in the Wang household. Housework? Whoever wants to do it can do it! Farming? Her body isn’t up to heavy labor! Catering? She’d love to, but she’s not up to it! After Jiang Chunlan turns the whole family upside down with her trick 6.1kReads9.2Score80114d adds
- 170 Reborn as a Horrible Old Woman: You Want to Split Up the Family? Fine! 穿成极品老太婆，想分家？分呗！ Transmigration + period setting + Taobao + personal space + transmigrate into a book After Li Qiuyan learned she had brain cancer, she lost hope and ran into the road to get herself hit by a car. After dying, she somehow got her hands on a black-clad underworld messenger’s phone. She tapped around on it and entered the cycle of reincarnation, then transmigrated into a period novel set in 1983. When she woke up, she discovered she had become an old woman. She had been in her late twenties, and no 8.3kReads9.0Score72714d adds
- 171 An Old Lady Works as an Extra on Set to Feed Her Family in Ancient Times 老太片场跑龙套，养活古代一家人 Wang Lianhua went up the mountain to gather wild vegetables, then missed her step When she opened her eyes again, she was in a den of monsters. Metal shells raced everywhere, faster than horse-drawn carriages. People wore clothes that showed their arms and legs. Shameless! The houses were so tall she could crane her neck until it snapped and still not see the tops. Wang Lianhua gripped her basket tightly, with one thought on her mind: How was she supposed to get home? Her family was waiting for 17.3kReads9.0Score2.9k14d adds
- 172 Granny Returns to the ’80s: Dumping Her Scumbag Husband and Making a Fortune Selling Pickles 老太重回八零：踹翻渣男咸菜发家 (No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no golden finger) She’s reborn, and her younger daughter is about to be thrown into a living hell! Qin Sui’an was a timid old woman who had lived a miserable life. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the 1980s, right at the scene where her younger daughter is being tricked into a marriage! This old woman has had enough! After exposing the scoundrel who arranged the fraudulent marriage and kicking her useless husband to the curb, Qin Sui’ 6.1kReads9.1Score97814d adds
- 173 I Became the Wicked Stepmother Who Was Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 我穿成了年代文女主的炮灰恶婆婆 After dying of a serious illness, Yang Mei transmigrates into the body of a village woman in the 1970s and becomes the hateful mother-in-law everyone despises. After inheriting the original owner's memories of her past life, Yang Mei sets some goals for the future: First, make the most of this healthy body. Sleep until she wakes, eat meat until she's full, and enjoy life to the fullest! The only problem is, right now every household eats coarse-flour flatbreads, so that's going to be tough. Seco 600Reads9.1Score10114d adds
- 174 Reborn in the 1960s, Granny Beats Her Unfilial Son 重生六零，气得老太太拳打不孝子 Zhang Lan was reborn after her own son and his new wife sent her back to the countryside to fend for herself. In her final days, only her former daughter-in-law stayed by her side, caring for her with the help of her grandchildren. Zhang Lan asked herself: she might not have been the best mother to her son, but she had given him nearly everything she could. When he wanted a divorce, claiming their arranged marriage was a feudal relic, she played the villain and helped them split up. As a result, 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.1kReads8.0Score22714d adds
- 176 Back at Fifty, My Ungrateful Children Kneel Before Me 重回五十岁，逆子逆女都跪下 The short drama is now streaming. (A silver-haired woman’s story set in a bygone era, focused on everyday family life. If it’s not your thing, please don’t complain.) At ninety, Li Qingxiang was paralyzed on one side. Her eldest son and daughter-in-law abused her, forcing her to live in a pigsty, where she froze to death on a snowy night. When she opened her eyes, she was fifty again. Li Qingxiang decided to change how she raised her children, ditching her image as a doting mother and becoming a 5.5kReads8.7Score44614d adds
- 177 Transmigrated with a Pocket Dimension into the Body of a Fierce Old Farmwife 带空间穿成超凶的农家老太婆 Feel-good power fantasy + no romance + lighthearted + strong fighter + modern firearms (An alternate-world story. An alternate-world story. Don’t compare it to any real dynasty. No romance, no romance, no romance. There are modern firearms, firearms... If that’s not your thing, don’t read!) The story continues after the main arc, with extra chapters. Zhu Hanyue, queen of the apocalypse, died in battle when her energy ran out, only to transmigrate into the body of Zhu Guixiang, a village woman in 4.8kReads9.1Score43814d adds
- 178 Oh No, the Old Ancestress Beat Up the Emperor 不好了，老祖宗她把皇上打了 Mu Qingyuan, a modern PhD in education, accidentally transmigrated into the body of an old woman in the Great Yong Dynasty. Though the old woman was a Duchess and even the emperor had acknowledged her as his aunt, that didn't change the fact that she'd gone from a young maiden to an old lady with sagging breasts! After spending a few days in a daze, Mu Qingyuan reluctantly accepted her new identity. She had just prepared to enjoy the privileges of being a venerable matriarch in ancient times, wh 2kReads8.1Score23714d adds
- 179 The Wicked Island Matriarch of the 1970s 七零年代海岛恶婆婆 Other people transmigrate at eighteen, in the prime of their youth, with love and career both within reach. Xu Chunjiao, who came from the apocalypse, transmigrates and opens her eyes to find herself the matriarch of the Niu family. Sitting too long gives her a slipped disc, standing too long gives her osteoporosis, and her son and daughter-in-law are already fighting over splitting up the family! No wonder everyone turned against the original owner. She sold off her daughter, played favorites, 728Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 180 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score14614d adds
- 181 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.7kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 182 The Mighty Old Lady Transmigrates Into a Book, Farms, and Takes Out Her Whole Family Without Favoritism 大力老太穿书种田后平等创死全家 [Farming + space System + satisfying revenge + punishing scumbags + an old lady] Fu Qingfeng dies in a zombie horde at the end of the world and transmigrates into a book. But she’s not the heroine. She’s the vicious old neighbor who gets tortured to death by the heroine, and from the start she’s bound to a low-level System. The day she transmigrates into the book, the heroine also transmigrates with a high-level System in hand. Fine. We’ll each do our own thing, and stay out of each other’s way. 50.1kReads8.7Score7.4k14d adds
- 183 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi With a One-Hit-Kill System 四合院之带着秒杀系统的贾张氏 {Era setting + slice of life + ensemble cast + everyday family matters} A modern office worker transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard and suddenly finds herself more than ten years older. She never had a moment to rest amid the hectic pace of modern life, but after transmigrating to this extraordinary era with a one-hit-kill space, she becomes Jia Zhangshi. She declares that she has no intention of working hard for the rest of her life. To enjoy a comfortable retirement and change 20.7kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 184 I Transmigrated into a Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Used My Pocket Dimension to Redeem Myself 穿越成极品恶婆婆，我靠空间洗白 [Completed + adapted as a live-action audio drama + farming + no romance + spatial supplies + character transformation + beloved mother-in-law redemption] Shen Huahua, with tens of millions in supplies and a powerful backer, transmigrates. Before: Shen Huahua, the only princess of the Shen family, cherished by her eighteen older brothers, a rising goddess in the entertainment industry, the original green tea, and a heartbreaker of male celebrities. After: Shen Huahua, a rural old woman with empt 3.6kReads9.3Score55014d adds
- 185 The Old Ancestress Is Not to Be Trifled With 老祖宗她不好惹 Transmigration + Grandmother Story + Farming + No Romance. The heroine is smart. Strongwoman Qiao Xin inexplicably becomes the 36-year-old matriarch of the Qiao family. Overnight, she gains three sons, daughters-in-law, and a bunch of grandchildren. From the start, although all they have is three shabby thatched huts, Qiao Xin says she doesn't have to go through the hardships of marriage or the pain of childbirth. As long as the whole family pulls together, none of it is a problem! But what can 4.3kReads9.1Score44714d adds
- 186 The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院恶婆婆 [Period setting + wicked mother-in-law + family life + farming + both spouses transmigrate] Chen Suwen, who had healing, wood, and fire abilities, was hot-tempered and feisty. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a notoriously wicked mother-in-law living in a residential compound. A wicked mother-in-law? So she didn’t have to rein in her temper, force herself to compromise, or worry about acting out of character by being nothing like the original owner? She’d transmigrated from the apocal 4.8kReads8.1Score23214d adds
- 187 When I Transmigrated into a CEO Romance as the Wicked Mother-in-Law 当我穿成霸总文里的豪门恶婆婆 [Transmigration into a book + power fantasy + wealthy family + putting scumbags in their place + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Fu Yining transmigrates into a book, landing in a novel about a domineering tycoon who chases his wife after losing her. But she isn’t the wife being chased. She’s the tycoon’s mother. When she opens her eyes, she catches the tycoon’s first love sobbing in his arms, while the heroine lies on the floor, framed by that woman. The furious male lead, the tycoon: “Mo 1.4kReads8.5Score10114d adds
- 188 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.4kReads9.0Score73814d adds
- 189 The 1970s: Grandma Lu Joins the Army with Her Daughter 七零，陆老太跟女儿随军去了 In her previous life, Old Madam Lu never married because of her health. She had no idea how she died. She was nearly eighty, but exercised regularly, had no high blood pressure or other illnesses, and still had a healthy appetite and all her teeth. Then, after just one night, she woke up in the 1970s, decades younger! Old Madam Lu racked her brain, unable to figure out what had happened. But since she was here, she would make the best of it. Besides, she had a biological daughter here, which cou 14.1kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 190 Transmigrate into a Book as a Blessed, Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Lead My Good-for-Nothing Kids to Wealth 穿书福运恶婆婆，带渣崽崽们暴富 [Farming, family squabbles, building wealth, a woman transmigrates into a book as an older mother-in-law] After staying up all night reading a novel, I opened my eyes and found myself transmigrated into a book. Talk about bad luck. Of all people, why did I have to become her? I ended up as the silly, sweet heroine’s stepmother, the villainess’s biological mother, and a wicked farm wife with a whole brood of useless kids. Zhang Jing complained, “Well, this is great. No more nagging me to get 687Reads8.9Score10714d adds
- 191 Reborn in the Eighties: Old Lady Li Leaves Her Husband and Son 重生八零，李老太她抛夫弃子 Li Shuping had worked hard all her life, raised three children, and helped raise her grandchildren, yet she had never enjoyed a single day of comfort. Her family had never acknowledged all she had done for them. After her second daughter-in-law pushed her down and broke her leg, her children treated her like a burden and dumped her in a nursing home. With no children visiting and fees often unpaid, going hungry and getting beaten by the caregivers became part of daily life. Bedsores filled with 33.6kReads8.8Score3.9k14d adds
- 192 I Became the Wicked Mother-in-Law, Then the Whole Village’s Pillar of Strength 穿成恶婆婆后，我成了全村顶梁柱 [The heroine has no romantic pairing. She's all about her career, not love!] A leading medical expert opened and closed her eyes, only to transmigrate into a book and become a widowed old woman with six sons and three daughters! None of her children amounted to much: one was a gambler, one selfish and narrow-minded, one dull but honest, and one a weak-willed doormat… With personalities like that, no wonder they all ended up as cannon fodder in the original story! They'd accepted their fate, but 2.1kReads9.2Score20814d adds
- 193 Retired Auntie Transmigrates, and Her Daughter Strikes It Rich! 退休大姨穿越，闺女暴富了！ After hearing the shocking news that her husband had died, Old Madam Su of the declining Earl’s household keeled over and died. When she woke up, the usually timid Old Madam Su had suddenly found her backbone. The concubine who had spent half her life causing trouble: “Waaah, husband, come back quickly! Madam is bullying me!” The illegitimate son waiting to take over his dowry: “Aaaah, Mother, please stop giving away our wealth! I’ll never defy you again!” The chief maid who betrayed her househo 3.9kReads9.3Score52314d adds
- 194 Mysticism: A Female Cultivator Reborn as a Wicked Old Lady, Living Life on Her Own Terms 玄学：女修穿成极品老太独自美丽 [Mystical arts, satisfying read, no romance] Su Ran fails to advance and transmigrates into the body of a shrewish old woman in another world. The original owner is a notorious local spirit medium who makes a living by swindling people. She's a selfish, lazy old woman. As soon as Su Ran arrives, she's nearly thrown in jail, and only escapes thanks to her ghost-catching skills. The family she rescues escorts her home with drums and gongs, only to find her five children setting up a memorial shrin 3.5kReads8.8Score40114d adds
- 195 In the 1970s, I Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law from a Period Novel 七零我穿成年代文的炮灰恶婆婆 When Jiang Zhenying woke up, she found herself in the body of a doomed character in a period novel, with one, two, three... six grandsons and granddaughters to boot. She had transmigrated to the resource-starved 1970s and now had to raise so many children. Jiang Zhenying gave a bitter smile. “Heavens, are you messing with me?” Luckily, she could retrieve things she had wasted in her previous life through her dreams. She didn’t know whether to blame her past wastefulness for making the heavens se 2.3kReads8.7Score17014d adds
- 196 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 51.8kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 197 Reborn in the 1970s: The Capitalist Heiress Is Determined to Divorce 重生七零：资本家小姐一心想离婚 Shu Yue was reborn on the day her baby was switched. In her previous life, she lived with her daughter and her maternal grandfather's family. Only when she was dying did she learn that the girl wasn't her biological child. Her sister-in-law on her husband's side had switched the babies. She had actually given birth to a son. Her sister-in-law had taken him because she had never been able to bear a boy of her own. As Shu Yue grieved, her ungrateful daughter told her that all their relatives had b 35.6kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 198 Transmigrating Through a Parade of Mothers-in-Law 穿越之婆婆大集锦 Fang Cheng is unwillingly cast as one outrageous mother-in-law after another: the mother-in-law in an imperial-exam novel who sells her grandchildren to fund her younger son’s exams; the mother-in-law in a household-intrigue novel who pressures her son and daughter-in-law into taking her niece as a favored concubine; and the mother-in-law who demands good food and drink while fleeing famine. In short, she’s the worst of the worst. 7.9kReads9.0Score80014d adds
- 199 My Ungrateful Son Abandoned Me in a Famine Year, So I Bring Modern Grain to Fill My Barns 逆子荒年抛弃我，我通现代粮满仓 [Pocket dimension + passage to the modern world + farming + selling wild vegetables + family life + no romance] Synopsis: While fleeing famine, Lu Minggui is pushed over by her own son and falls to her death. When she wakes again, she's back before the famine. She discovers that a bloodstained wooden hairpin can take her to a mysterious world! From then on, she digs up wild vegetables, sells them, and earns silver. When famine strikes, she not only survives, but also leads her son and daughter 11.8kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds
- 200 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
