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- 1 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—Score—14d adds
- 2 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
- 3 An Old Lady in the 1980s: Mom, If You Hit Him, You Won’t Hit Me! 八零老太：妈，打他就不能打我了 [Reborn in the Period + family drama] In her previous life, Zhao Yingqin worked tirelessly without complaint, a workhorse who wouldn’t say a word even if you beat her with a stick. Her eldest son graduated from a workers’, peasants’, and soldiers’ university. For the sake of better prospects, he abandoned his wife and daughter and married the daughter of a leader. Her second son used his silver tongue to become a low-level manager at a furniture factory. Her third son was born with a limp. Old M 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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 [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
- 5 Back to the 1980s: I Can Abandon My Husband and Child While Building a Career 重回八零，抛夫弃子搞事业两手抓 [Feel-good period drama + an old woman's rebirth + everyday family life + a touch of ensemble cast + no CP] Li Xiulan died alone in the countryside at the age of eighty. She had spent her life working like an ox for her husband and giving everything to her children, only to end up with no one to claim her body. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in 1979. Her husband was a serial cheater, her children were heartless, and she was still the same tireless “workhorse.” This time, she 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After Starving to Death in the Garage, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s to Beat Her Son 老太太饿死车库后，重生八零打儿 [Reborn in the 1980s + no golden finger + family life + building wealth + realistic wish fulfillment + beating sons and scolding daughters] Granny Su starved to death in a garage on March 16, 2025. She had worked herself to the bone her entire life, honored her parents-in-law, raised two sons and a daughter, and helped bring up her grandchildren. Yet after she became paralyzed, her own children abandoned her, leaving her to starve to death. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in the 19 471Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 I Became the Family Matriarch in the 1970s 穿成七十年代掌家婆婆 A modern woman past the usual age for marriage accidentally transmigrated to 1976. She unexpectedly became a widow, but was left with three grown children. On her first try at being a mother, she decided to start a small business and build a happy life with her family! 114Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 9 Restarting My Life 重开人生局 If you could live your life over, what would you choose: change things or carry on as before? Jing Yan married far from home in her previous life, chose the wrong man, and struggled through a hard life. Then, in an instant, she found herself back at the age of eighteen. But even if an ordinary person gets a second chance, they'll still be ordinary. A simple, peaceful outlook on life can make this life free of regrets, and that's enough! Note: Although the story features rebirth, it has very litt 488Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 Driven to Death by My Own Son, I Was Reborn and Cut Off My Entire Family 被亲儿子逼死，重生后六亲不认 Guo Shuyun died, her life ending in endless pain and utter despair. All her life, she'd given selflessly, like a tireless ox, devoting everything she had to her man, her best friend, and her own son. Her man, the person she'd once loved deeply, had betrayed her long ago. Her best friend, the one she'd considered her confidante, had already been sleeping with him. And her own son, who should have been the hope and support of her life, treated her with cold indifference and even became an accompli 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn, I'm Done Putting Up with This: Scumbag Husband and Evil Son, Get Lost 重生老娘不伺候了：渣夫逆子滚 In her previous life, Huang Chunyan worked like a beast of burden, serving her entire family, only to be thrown out on New Year's Eve and die of rage. Reborn, Huang Chunyan spends every day either beating her useless husband or her disobedient sons! Anyone who won't listen gets a beating. Anyone who won't work gets a beating. Anyone she can't stand gets a beating! She just can't stop hitting people! Better to go crazy than put up with it until your breasts grow lumps. Her troublemaking mother-in 3.9kReads7.6Score26414d adds
- 13 Why Keep Giving to Others? Treat Yourself Better 为别人付出？不如好好对自己 Lin Wanxia has been reborn, back in the 1990s, when there’s still time to change everything. In her previous life, she trusted her children far too much and spent all her time giving everything to them. In the end, she was left homeless and died a miserable death out on the streets. In this new life, she refuses to follow the same old path. What? Her children are still constantly demanding things from her? Get lost! From the moment she was reborn, she swore she would live for herself! 63Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn: The Eighties Grandma Leaves Her Children Behind to Get Rich 重生：八零老太抛子弃女发家致富 [1980s + reborn + pocket dimension + outrageous antics + family life + building wealth] In her previous life, Cui Xiaoman was ruined and left homeless by her younger son’s gambling habit. Later, the daughter she had cherished for twenty years pushed her down the stairs to her death. After being reborn, the first thing Cui Xiaoman did was save the little grandson she had accidentally caused to die in her previous life. The second was slap the older daughter who had killed her. The third was bring 35Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 After Her Children Abandon Her Surgery, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1980s 被儿女放弃手术后老太太重生八零 Era setting + rebirth + realistic slice of life + everyday life (a feel-good power fantasy where the heroine is either beating someone up or on her way to do so; a story about an ordinary person growing and changing) In her previous life, Feng Yun favored boys over girls. When she grew old and became useless, she could only watch as the unfilial son she had painstakingly raised abandoned her to die. She died full of regret. When she opened her eyes again, she was in her prime, and things had not 195Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 17 An Old Woman Reborn in the 1980s: All You Ungrateful Wretches, Get Out! 老太太重生八零：白眼狼们全滚蛋 Set in the 1980s + an elderly woman reborn in the 1980s + refusing to forgive ungrateful children + family and parenting + everyday family life + lucky streak + a lightly sprawling cast + learning to love herself Original title: The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s: Ungrateful Children, Get Out! (Not too many awful characters. The story later focuses on everyday life and family matters.) Wang Wanqiu was a joke in her past life! Gentle by nature, she was one of the few educated people in the neigh 1.2kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 18 The Fierce Granny of the 1970s Remarries a Military Officer and Tears Into the Villains! 七零狂暴老太，改嫁军官撕极品！ [Reborn + period setting + military marriage + revenge + face-slapping and punishing scum + System] Wang Huizhen worked herself to the bone her whole life. After marrying Chang Wenxin, a teacher, he kept her shut inside the house to bear him sons. But she gave birth to nine daughters before finally having a son! After one tragedy after another befell her nine daughters, Chang Wenxin still forced her to wait on their precious son and his family. At ninety, after she was diagnosed with terminal ca 1.8kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 19 I Become the Old Madam of a Duke’s Household and Live a Life of Luxury 穿成公府老夫人，纵享富贵人生 [No CP + transmigrate into a book + raising kids + gossip-watching + spiritual spring space] Su Ningning was a 24-year-old preschool teacher. While traveling during summer vacation, she rejected a mentally ill person's advances and was stabbed to death. When she woke up, she'd become Su Jianing, a woman in her forties and the Dowager Lady of the Duke's Mansion. Faced with children and relatives packed into her bedroom, she could only feel her vision go dark... 10kReads8.5Score92614d adds
- 20 Even My Own Mother Dared to Freeze Me to Death: Reborn in the 1980s, My Fate Takes a Turn! 亲妈都敢冻死，重生八零好轮回！ [Period] [The 1980s] [Family life] [Light ensemble cast] [Ordinary people] [Everyday life] (The fists-and-kicks edition: if you don't like it, let's fight.) Jin Shaorong is reborn, back in the days before her children literally froze her to death. Decades of giving everything she had left her utterly spent, yet in the end it had all been for nothing. Her eldest son's family needs her, and expects her to serve up delicious meals every day when they get off work. Her second daughter is full of 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 A 1960s Grandma Leads Her Whole Family to Eat Well and Live Large 穿成六零老太带全家吃香喝辣 Main character: Lu Wanwan The rating has just been posted! It’ll go up later!!! (See Chapter Two for the character relationships.) (Pocket dimension + family life + everyday stories of ordinary people + transmigrating into the body of a woman in her fifties) After Lu Wanwan caught her boyfriend and best friend doing something filthy, she was beaten and transmigrated into an old woman in the 1960s. When bad luck strikes, even water can get stuck between your teeth. “Beep beep~ Master, I’m Little 519Reads7.3Score10214d adds
- 22 Granny Lin Is Reborn in the 1990s 林老太重生90年代 [1990s + reborn + family life + growing female lead + no golden finger + no male lead + building a fortune] The heroine of this story isn't a doting wife or universally adored beauty. She's just an ordinary person who caught a little good luck. Through sheer grit, she keeps pushing herself forward. Over the short course of a life, everyone accumulates regrets and things they can't accept. If Heaven really gave you a chance to start over, would you fall into the same trap again? Yang Xiufen alway 649Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn at Forty: After Leaving My Husband and Children, I Found Love Again 重生四十：抛夫弃子后迎来第二春 [The rating was just posted, so please don’t mind it] [Period] [Reborn] [Feel-Good Story] [No Golden Finger] [Everyday Family Life] Jiang Yanmei was reborn in the year 2000, when she was forty years old. At the time, she had just discovered that her husband was secretly supporting his first love, while her high-school senior son threatened to jump off a building unless she let him drop out and work so he could be with his young girlfriend… She thought back on a life spent giving everything to th 3.1kReads8.5Score26014d adds
- 24 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 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
- 25 Before Her Good-for-Nothing Son Remarries, the Fierce Old Lady Defies Fate 回到废物儿子再娶前，极品老太逆天改命 [Rebirth + farming + elderly heroine + family life + no romance] At the age of fifty, Liu Shulin was literally angered to death by that good-for-nothing spendthrift son of hers! When she woke again and opened her eyes, she discovered that she had actually returned to fifteen years earlier! She was back just after her wastrel son had divorced his former wife and was preparing to remarry, before taking Yuan Xiao'e as his bride... Since she had been given a second chance, she could defy fate and ch 211Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 26 The Coal Tycoon’s First Wife Is Reborn 煤老板的原配重生了 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 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 [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 Transmigrated as a Wicked Mother-in-Law in the 1970s? I'll Split Up the Family and Make It on My Own! 穿成七零恶婆婆？直接分家单干！ The 1970s, wicked mother-in-law, Transmigration, space, Superpowers, no pairing, no pairing, no pairing, no redemption arc Liao Hongxia transmigrates to 1975 and, from the start, finds herself facing three daughters-in-law who are demanding that the family split up. In her past life, the original owner had worked herself to the bone raising her sons and grandsons, only to be locked out and freeze to death when she could no longer work. Reborn, she was once again driven to death by her daughter 969Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 29 Kidnapped by the System and Made to Transmigrate, Granny Li Dominates the 1980s 被系统绑架穿越，李老太制霸八零 The full novel is complete. Enjoy reading!!! The rating is low because the book has only just appeared. It will gradually rise over time. Feel-good story + life in a crowded courtyard + an old lady + a married couple transmigrate into a book + everyday life + family squabbles + a small ensemble cast + period setting + no whitewashing After an ordinary night's sleep, Li Qingzhi somehow transmigrates into a notorious period novel she'd read, becoming the universally disliked Old Mrs. Li. From the 1.1kReads6.3Score10414d adds
- 30 Her Children Had Her Committed to a Mental Hospital, and She Went on a Rampage 被儿女送进精神病院，她杀疯了 [1970s setting + reborn mother-in-law + capitalist daughter-in-law + spiritual spring in a pocket dimension + striking it rich through bargain finds + face-slapping and punishing scum + revenge + everyday family life] In her previous life, Zhou Guizhi was sold by her eldest son and his wife to a mental hospital, where she endured terrible abuse. [The rating was only just posted, so it will go up later.] Her second son died serving his country when he was young. Her third son donated a kidney for 1.8kReads7.2Score17714d adds
- 31 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Woman Gets Rich After Splitting Up the Family and Cutting Ties 老太重生八零，分家断亲一路暴富 [The Eighties Granny: Cutting Ties, Making a Fortune, and Becoming a Business Legend] [No-Nonsense Granny] [Breaking Up the Family] [Family Squabbles] [Building a Fortune] [Racing Through the Business World] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [A Touch of Pocket Dimension] In her previous life, Mu Yunzhi slaved away for eighty years, only to discover that every one of her dutiful children had died horribly, all because two ungrateful wolves had been scheming behind her back! Reborn in 1983, the old lad 24.8kReads8.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 Think I'm a Fool? Reborn in the Seventies, the Old Lady Throws Her Weight Around 当我冤种？重生七零老太作威作福 [Seventies era + ensemble cast + everyday family life + a fool finally wakes up + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place + satisfying read] A husband who gives everything, a biased wife, and a daughter blinded by love ruined this family! At seventy, with late-stage lung cancer and ungrateful children before her, Wang Shuzhen finally understood the truth of life. Rather than drag out a miserable existence, she might as well leave cleanly and decisively, so no one would have to hold anyon 603Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 34 Transmigrated as the Infamous Wicked Mother-in-Law of the 1960s 穿成六零臭名昭著的恶婆婆 Tang Lanqiu is a staunch opponent of marriage in the 21st century. In her dictionary, men simply don’t exist! She thought that after finally working her way up to planning director, she could save up some money and enjoy the good life. Who could have guessed that Black and White Impermanence would accidentally snatch her soul and send her, fast asleep, to the 1960s, where she becomes the notorious wicked mother-in-law of Dashan Village? Tang Lanqiu stares at Black and White Impermanence with a c 242Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 35 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！ [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
- 36 An Elderly Woman Reborn in the Eighties: She Leaves Her Husband and Children Behind to Pursue a Better Life 老太太重生八零，抛夫弃子奔小康 [Period drama + 1980s + reborn + everyday family life + feel-good revenge] In her previous life, Old Mrs. Zhang divided up the family property early, letting her three sons live comfortably. In return, they treated her as a burden and refused to support her in her old age. The eighty-year-old woman froze to death beneath an overpass on New Year's Eve. Now she's reborn at a time when her children still depend on all her hard work. The old Mrs. Zhang, once blind to the truth and foolishly trusting 807Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 37 Reborn in the 1970s: An Old Woman Takes Down Her Scumbag Husband and Ungrateful Children 重生七零：老太撕渣男打不孝儿女 [Reborn in the Late 1970s + Feel-Good Story + Family Feuds and a Fierce Old Lady + Later, She Buys Houses and Becomes a Landlady + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] In her previous life, she was an unpaid nanny, serving her husband and children until her stomach cancer reached its final stage, only to be dumped in the woodshed to die! Her husband held his mistress close and demanded a divorce, while her children fought tooth and nail over her property. “Good. Just great!” When she opened her eyes again, 2.1kReads8.3Score11614d adds
- 38 A Reborn Old Woman and Her Daughter-in-Law Swap Bodies: A Life Turned Upside Down 老太重生与儿媳互换身体错位人生 An 84-year-old woman is reborn in the body of her 22-year-old former daughter-in-law, Lin Xiaoyue. Shocked, she quickly gets a divorce. Meanwhile, Lin Xiaoyue unexpectedly becomes reborn in the body of her 54-year-old former mother-in-law. Since you're going to die in a year anyway, you could say you've come out ahead, the reborn former mother-in-law thinks. To save the lives of her eldest son and youngest daughter, the two women board a train to visit her eldest son. The two women's fates are 1.2kReads—Score10014d adds
- 39 Reborn in the 1970s: Granny Li Pummels Her Terrible Family 重生七零：李老太爆锤全家极品 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! 9.1kReads7.9Score86714d adds
- 40 Reborn in the 1980s: Grandma Takes the Whole Family Out for Meat and Into an Apartment 重生八零：老太太带全家吃肉住楼 [Silver-Haired Protagonist + Period Setting + Reborn + Feel-Good Revenge] In her past life, Liu Meijuan caught her daughter-in-law in the act and met with an accident. You think you can take my job in this life too? Dream on! You don't even deserve to marry into the Liu family! A model husband who doted on his wife and never put a foot wrong gets dragged into the mess because he chose the wrong daughter-in-law, then gets put through the wringer with no rights whatsoever. Liu Meijuan gives a cold 1.1kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 41 Granny Jiang's Survival Log in Ancient Times 姜老太古代生存日志 After transmigrating, Jiang Ruyi loses the restaurant she had just opened after paying hundreds of thousands in franchise fees. Her resentment is practically on par with Evil Sword Immortal’s. Anger level: up, up! Fortunately, the pickled garlic she had just pounded with one hand and the grinder in the other came along when she transmigrated. Well, there’s no going back now, is there? Jiang Ruyi lets out a long sigh and resolves to do her best to survive in ancient times. 412Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 42 I’m Menopausal, and My Flash-Married Husband Turns Out to Be a Tycoon! 绝经期的我，闪婚老伴竟是豪门！ [Silver-Haired Woman + Flash Marriage to a Dominant CEO + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Satisfying Revenge] At forty-five, Hao Hongmei had reached menopause. On the very day of her blind date, she impulsively married a widower three years her senior. She'd thought they would simply make do as a couple who'd married late in life, asking for nothing more than a roof over their heads... But after marrying the widower, good luck and surprises seemed to be around every corner! Whenever she ran into 1.5kReads7.4Score13614d adds
- 43 A Late-Life Romance in the 1980s: I Leave My Husband and Son Behind and Join the Army with My Daughter-in-Law 八零暮恋：抛夫弃子带儿媳随军 Period Rebirth + Wicked Mother-in-Law + Space + Everyday Family Life Abandoning Husband and Children + Following the Army + Fiercely Protective + Miracle Doctor + Revenge Before she was reborn, Zhou Qingmei was crushed beneath the pedestal of being a “virtuous wife and loving mother.” Her husband died suddenly after cheating on her, and her five children leached off her in old age. In the end, her family drained her dry, and she died relying on the charity of her former daughter-in-law. The sayi 784Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 44 A First-Rank Lady: The Reborn Matriarch Tears Through the Marquis’s Estate 一品诰命，老太君重生侯府杀疯了 [Reborn old madam + putting ungrateful children in their place + supporting the loyal and righteous + satisfying family intrigue and political scheming] After dying a miserable death, Jiang Jingshu finally realizes just how outrageously she'd played favorites! The eldest son she cherished has his own brother killed and his mother placed under house arrest! The daughter-in-law she once admired embezzles the family fortune and schemes to kill for money! The younger daughter she spoiled does everyt 14.1kReads8.0Score95514d adds
- 45 Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1980s: I Marry My Ex-Husband's Uncle and He Spoils Me Rotten 穿书八零，二婚嫁前夫小叔被宠上天 Su Tao transmigrated into a period novel as the male lead’s cannon-fodder mother. On the very night she became a widow, her mother-in-law forced her to drink a potion, and she got pregnant overnight. Su Tao planned to raise the baby on her own and live her best life, but unexpectedly, the entire Qin family came to drag her home and make her the pampered young madam of a wealthy family. Her younger brother-in-law spoiled her to the skies. 6.1kReads8.7Score54614d adds
- 46 Reborn as a Terrible Old Lady in the ’70s, I Steal the Heroine’s Fortunes 穿成年代极品老太后夺了女主机缘 (Transmigrate into a book + period setting + farming + no male lead + family life + farming) Xue Cuihua is an older web novelist whose stories never take off. After staying up all night to update her latest chapter, She closes her eyes, opens them, and finds herself inside the period rebirth novel she'd read, as the villainous grandmother of the female lead. With the female lead, who hates evil and sees her as an enemy, in front of her, and a lazy, ungrateful adopted son behind her, Xue Cuihua i 169Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 47 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 479Reads—Score10714d adds
- 48 I Woke Up in the 1980s with Seven Kids, and My Wicked Mother-in-Law Fainted in Terror 八零睁眼七个娃，恶婆婆吓撅过去 [Period setting, System, lucky charm, wealth and prosperity, food, raising children, everyday family life, lighthearted comedy, daily life] After a car accident, Cheng Wenyin wakes up as a nasty mother-in-law in a small fishing village in the 1980s. She opens her eyes to three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and a youngest son who is bedridden and paralyzed. The shock knocks her out cold. Only after binding to a System does she realize she’s transmigrated into a period novel. The System’s 1.4kReads8.4Score16114d adds
- 49 A Widow’s Good Life in Ancient Times 穿成老妇后在古代吃香喝辣 [No romance + farming + cute pets + System shop + everyday family life] Ma Yufen, a married, childless, 40-year-old woman, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a nearly fifty-year-old widow with four sons and two daughters. Her life of utter poverty leaves her desperate. Luckily, her modern-day pet dog has a shop and pocket dimension bound to it, and it transmigrates right along with her. With this golden finger, Ma Yufen’s life starts to improve. To secure her retirement, she raises her c 6kReads8.9Score54014d adds
- 50 The 1990s: After the Old Lady Gives Up, Her Luck Soars! 九零：老太婆摆烂后却气运爆棚！ Liu Chunhua's life was a miserable one. She lost her husband in middle age and her son in her later years. All her life, she worked like an ox for her lazy, gluttonous younger son's family. Her son and daughter-in-law were lazy and greedy. No matter, she would scavenge through garbage to feed them. Her grandson was a delinquent, idle and addicted to gambling. No matter, she would sell everything she owned to pay off his debts. For the sake of this family, she spent all the compensation money her 340Reads9.0Score—14d adds
