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- 51 Cruel Mother-in-Law? I Flip the Table, Change Heirs, and Rise to the Top 恶婆婆？我掀桌换子登高位 In the twenty-fifth year of Chengping, Lu Zhiwei, abandoned and scorned, died in a deserted temple where no one would ever find her. The only one by her side was Wei Ming'an, the son of a concubine she had once saved. As she lay dying, she remembered the misery of being cast aside, driven out of the capital, and left to die of illness in a strange land. She remembered the look in her daughter Wei Qingwan’s eyes before she died, and the tears that fell from Wei Ming'an’s eyes as he held her hand. 1kReads8.2Score11014d adds
- 52 Reborn in 1970: After Awakening, the Old Lady Turns Her Back on Her Family 重生七零，老太太觉醒后六亲不认 [Period Setting] [The 1970s] [Reborn] [Feel-Good Read] [Golden Finger] [Family Drama] Old Madam Wu worked hard all her life, and her children and grandchildren took advantage of her all her life. In the end, she was treated worse than livestock. After they drained her coffin money, her children and grandchildren threw her out of the house, where she froze and starved to death. "You old hag, if you can't give me money to marry a wife, there's no point in you being alive. You might as well die. It 81Reads6.2Score814d adds
- 53 Crazy Old Woman Leads Her Cowardly Children to Outwit Heaven 疯狂老妇，率领怂包儿女胜天半子 [Homesteading + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Cute Pets + No Male Lead] Zhao Shengnan, a PE teacher who has been single for ten thousand years, is a little tipsy when she hears the dog she has raised for seven years talking to her. It even tells her she's going to transmigrate tonight? What? Is this real? Ah! Pinching myself really hurts! Woof, woof... Pinching the dog really hurts too! Then what are we waiting for? She has to cram the transmigration handbook! She keeps st —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The 1970s: A Ruthless Old Woman and Her Husband Get Rich 七零：狠人老太携夫暴富 In her previous life, Shen Qiaohe gave her whole heart to an ungrateful wretch. Her husband was ruined after being attacked, and she never got justice before he died. Someone tricked her son into stealing the family's ancestral sauce recipe. She herself froze to death in a dilapidated house. In the year she died, she did not even get a single hot meal. Heaven gave her a chance to return to the twelfth lunar month of 1977. When she opened her eyes, that fatal bowl of bitter medicine was being 26Reads—Score614d adds
- 55 The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s, and the Ungrateful Brats All Kneel Before Me 老太重生八零，白眼狼都给我跪下 [Elderly Woman Reborn] [Taking Down Scumbags] [Revenge] [Building Wealth] [Reuniting with Her First Love] [Older Woman, Younger Man] A man who's been married before and has kids? Even a dog wouldn't marry him! Liu Cuiying did! And now the payback had come! There were too many kids, and somehow her husband died, supposedly cursed by one of those little brats! Widowed while still young, she raised all the children herself. Then an even worse punishment came! When her eldest wanted to open a restau 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Reborn in the 1980s: A Rural Granny Battles the Worst and Strives for Prosperity 重生八零，农村老太斗极品奔小康 Spineless eldest son: “Mom, I'll work for you as a laborer. I don't need to be paid.” Gao Yuying: “Get lost. Pay off your bride-price debt first!” Sycophantic second son: “Mom, I've had such a hard life…” Gao Yuying: “You miserable jinx, stay away from me!” Slick third son: “Mom, I'll buy you a big house.” Gao Yuying: “Hand over the money. Quit making empty promises!” 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Reborn in the 1980s: This Old Lady Won’t Clear Her Children’s Names 重生八零：老太太不为儿女洗白 [Period] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Family life] [No golden finger] [Reborn] [Get rich] Old Lady Cao died a miserable, bitter death in her previous life. She favored her eldest son, expecting him to support her in old age, but her eldest daughter-in-law abused her to death. After taking over her job, her eldest daughter married into a wealthy family and wanted nothing more than to cut ties with her poor family. Her second son became a live-in son-in-law and had long since forgotten he even h 748Reads6.8Score11314d adds
- 58 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 189Reads7.1Score10414d adds
- 59 Reborn in the 1980s: The Ruthless Vixen Tears Her Evil Mother-in-Law Apart 重生八零：狠辣毒妇手撕恶婆婆 [Period setting | reborn | feel-good story | family drama | ensemble cast | strong female lead | no golden finger] “Let her die in there!” Li Lanqin shivered in the woodshed as she heard her mother-in-law cursing her viciously. Only then did she realize that after more than twenty years of serving them like an ox and a horse, her fate was to starve and freeze to death! She had borne the Liu family three sons and three daughters, cared for young and old, and worked from dawn till dusk. All she go 264Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 60 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Takes Out the Ungrateful Ones in One Fell Swoop 重生八零：老太太把白眼狼一锅端 [Completed + no golden finger + family life + ensemble cast + period setting + reborn + feel-good revenge] Li Qiuyue, known as Old Madam Li, had three daughters and three sons. She spent her whole life working herself to the bone for them, showing particular love for her two youngest boys. She emptied the family's savings to put them through university and get them good jobs, even sacrificing the lifelong happiness of her three daughters. She also burdened her eldest son from a young age with th 943Reads7.8Score10214d adds
- 61 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 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
- 62 Reborn in the 1980s, the Old Lady Goes Wild and Causes a Ruckus 老太太重生八零发癫，缺德带冒烟 [Abandoning Son and Daughter + Farming in the 1980s + Growing Vegetables, Raising Chickens, and Foraging by the Sea + Fighting the Worst Sort + Building Wealth] Everyone believes in raising sons to support them in old age, but not every elderly person has someone to care for them. As the saying goes, “There are no dutiful children at a sickbed for long.” The old woman Jiang Yumei dies a miserable death in her later years, then is reborn in 1980, on the day her husband dies. She finally understan 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 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 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The 1980s: Reborn, the Grandma Who Left Her Son Behind and Charged Ahead with Her Grandchild 八零：重生老太弃子携孙嘎嘎闯 Era setting + rebirth + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + feel-good story + family life + building wealth Zhang Ximei is reborn in an era when she is still the one calling the shots! In her previous life, she gave everything for her ungrateful children, only to end up with no one even willing to claim her body. Remembering the despair and helplessness she felt back then, and the coldness and cruelty of those ungrateful children... This time, she will take on her unruly children and s 118Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 65 An Old Woman Reborn in the Eighties: Tearing Into Her Ungrateful Children! 老太重生八零：手撕白眼狼儿女！ [Period setting + reborn + feel-good + a touch of ensemble cast + family life + no golden finger + ungrateful children] Zhou Xiuqin never imagined that even as she lay dying, her son would marry her off again, all for a bride price of five thousand yuan! After being driven to death by her own son, she opened her eyes and was reborn, back in the days when her unfilial son and daughter were still in the palm of her hand. In her previous life, she had worked herself to the bone raising five childre 262Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 66 Reborn in the 1980s: Granny Li Cuts Ties, Takes Down Scumbags, and Strikes It Rich 重生八零：李老太断亲虐渣发大财 Feel-good revenge, face-slapping and taking down scumbags, period setting, reborn, family squabbles, ensemble cast, 1980s, cutting ties with family, putting the worst people in their place, ordinary people, no golden finger Li Suzhen spent her whole life working herself to the bone, raising seven children and giving them everything she had. She bought jobs for her sons, scraped together dowries for her daughters, and bailed her grandchildren out of trouble. She burned herself out to light the wa 99Reads6.9Score10914d adds
- 67 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 14Reads—Score414d adds
- 68 Reborn in the Era: Grandma Beats Her Rebellious Son and Crushes the Scumbags 重生年代：老太暴捶逆子虐渣忙 In her previous life, she worked herself to the bone for her children and grandchildren. In the end, they left her, a lonely old woman, in a dilapidated house back in her hometown, without caring whether she lived or died. Dai Xiuying died in that rickety old house, clutching her marriage certificate to her husband. She died with her eyes open, consumed by bitterness. Thankfully, Heaven took pity on her and sent her back several decades. This time, Dai Xiuying has figured things out. Being rebor 3Reads8.2Score614d adds
- 69 Killed on New Year’s Eve, Widow Cai Is Reborn in the 1980s 除夕夜惨死，寡妇蔡老太重生八零 (An elderly woman is reborn + feel-good revenge + taking down scoundrels + family squabbles + a widow’s comeback + putting every kind of troublemaker in their place + rebirth in a period setting) Cai, a widowed old woman, lost her husband when she was in her thirties. She spent her life raising four sons and a daughter, saving money to buy homes and arrange marriages for her sons, and putting together a dowry for her daughter. While she still had money, every son and daughter-in-law competed to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 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 86Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 71 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
- 72 The Reborn Old Woman’s Laid-Back Life 重生老妇的摆烂生活 Hu Rong was reborn to the time before the second son’s family split from the household, when he was still twenty. In this new life, she was determined to change her fate. First, she parted ways with the second son’s family. Then she helped the third son enlist, watching him rise triumphantly through the ranks until he became a great general of the Great Qian. She set the fourth son up as a street vendor, helping him become a merchant of immense wealth. Most unexpectedly, the fifth son quietly fo 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn in the 1980s: The Timid Old Lady Has Had Enough 重生八零：窝囊老太她不忍了 (Just finished posting; the rating is still low) [Rebirth, no romance, family life, face-slapping, career, absolutely no forgiveness] In her previous life, Li Xiumei devoted herself to a scumbag. Her husband was useless, her vicious mother-in-law gave her a hard time, and her children didn't understand her. Li Xiumei put up with it all. Only on her deathbed did she learn that the scumbag had started a new family elsewhere long ago. Her mother-in-law and several of her children all knew about the 422Reads7.0Score10714d adds
- 74 Frozen to Death Outside My Son's Home 冻死在儿子家门前 They say more children, more blessings, but Zhou Yanying had four sons and spent her old age in greater misery than people with no children at all. Those without children could receive state support as members of the five-guarantee households, and someone would even make sure they were buried after they died. She was surrounded by children and grandchildren, yet she froze to death right outside her son’s home, and no one even came to claim her body... 167Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 75 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Eccentric Old Lady Sets Her Family Straight 穿越七零极品老太整顿家风 [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + golden finger + contrasting characters + everyday family life + building wealth] What's it like to transmigrate into the worst member of a family used as a foil in a period novel? Other people are learned and polite, while she's ignorant and clueless. Other people are hardworking and kind, while she's ill-tempered and mean. Other families live in harmony, with loving mothers and filial children, while her family is a pack of hopeless cases, plagued by 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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 [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
- 77 Back Before the Downward Transfer, Grandma Takes the Whole Family on a Feast 重回下放前老太太带全家吃香喝辣 [Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling Supplies + Feel-Good Fiction + Sent Down to the Countryside + Face-Slapping Revenge + Fake and Real Heiresses] The moment Tan Huian opened her eyes, she realized she had returned to one month before her whole family was sent to a farm in the Northwest. In her previous life, her eldest son hanged himself in a cave dwelling, her third son died a miserable death on the battlefield, her youngest daughter, left behind in the city, was violated and jumped into 6Reads8.3Score614d adds
- 78 Reborn Granny: I Fight Back, and I Live Life on My Own Terms! 老太重生，不服就干，活得舒坦！ [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Family and everyday life] [Feel-good fiction] [No golden finger] [Get rich] [Cutting ties] In her previous life, Song Shiying spent her whole life working hard without complaint, only to face a miserable old age. Reborn into a new life, she decides to live however makes her happiest... 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 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 478Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 80 I Worked Myself to the Bone for Fifty Years, and You Say I Deserve to Die? 操劳五十年，你说我该死？ [Reborn + family drama + a portrait of ordinary lives] [No golden finger, the protagonist is an ordinary person] In her previous life, Zhang Lanfen enjoyed a life of success for most of her years. She bore the Li family four strapping sons and two daughters. She had her husband completely under her thumb, earned her mother-in-law's favor, and worked herself to the bone to buy a new house and car for the family of her beloved second son. The whole family was thriving under her careful arrangement 5.9kReads7.9Score45414d adds
- 81 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 43Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 82 Reborn After Starving on New Year’s Eve, I Cut Ties with My Family 饿死在新年夜重生后六亲不认 In her previous life, Granny Lin toiled to raise four sons and two daughters. But because she favored boys over girls, she made her daughters serve as stepping stones for her sons. She later gave all her property to her four sons, only to be abandoned by her eldest son’s family in the bitter winter and left to starve to death. Reborn, Granny Lin is determined to change the course of her life and make it up to her two devoted daughters. She also plans to thrash her four unfilial sons and kick 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 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
- 84 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 602Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 85 Reborn in the 1970s: Shen Laotai Abandons Her Husband and Children and Strikes It Rich 重生七零：沈老太抛夫弃子暴富了 [Period setting + rebirth + feel-good power fantasy + family drama] Granny Shen is reborn, returning to 1976, when her useless husband wanted her to give up her job to a martyr's widow and stay home to care for her in-laws, while sacrificing her honest, kind children as blood donors for ungrateful ingrates. In her previous life, Granny Shen dragged her dutiful eldest son and eldest daughter into devoting their whole lives to the Wang family. She cared for her in-laws until they died, then her us 2.5kReads8.0Score24114d adds
- 86 Reborn in the Eighties: The Madwoman Makes Her Ungrateful Children Kneel 重生八零疯婆子，不孝儿女全跪了 [The 1980s] [Period] [Reborn] [Feel-good] [Family life] [No golden finger] [Alternate setting] On New Year’s Eve, as heavy snow fell and the whole family gathered for the holiday, Old Lady Wang, who had spent her whole life striving to be strong, could no longer force her battered, frail, aging body to carry on. She collapsed in front of the gates of her eldest son’s luxurious villa, and her cloudy eyes, full of endless sorrow, closed forever. When she opened them again, she was reborn, back in 58Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 87 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
- 88 I Became a Mother-in-Law in the 1980s 我在八零当婆婆 Lin Taosu was thirty, unmarried, childless, and unemployed when she transmigrated into the body of an eighteen-year-old country girl. The moment she arrived, her parents pushed her into marriage to settle a debt, making her the wife of a thirty-two-year-old man. The man had a great physique and a handsome face, and marrying him meant she’d have children of her own. Lin Taosu thought it was a pretty good match. She just never expected that before she’d even entered the household, she’d be on the 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn in the 1980s: Auntie Lin Kicks Out Her Ungrateful Son and Remarries 重生八零：林大妈踹飞逆子再婚了 Reborn in the 1980s + Silver-Haired Heroine + Military Marriage + Family Drama + Second Marriage + Romance + No Golden Finger + Building a Fortune In her previous life, Lin Baozhu remarried Sun Maoliang, a deputy factory director, to pave the way for her children's future. Instead, she spent her life being mistreated by the Sun family and raised three ungrateful sons. Reborn, she first saves the only daughter who truly cared for her, then quickly finds her a good husband. She also rekindles a ro 476Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 90 Granny Reborn in the 1970s: Giving Her Daughter a Dream Life 老太重生七零，带闺女过爽文人生 [Spatial ability + family life + going wild on terrible relatives + doting on daughters + building wealth] In her previous life, Quan Guixiang listened to her in-laws and worked herself to the bone supporting her three nephews, laboring diligently like an old yellow ox. When her nephews wanted to study, she gritted her teeth and paid for it. When they wanted to buy houses, she worked herself to the limit to pay the bills. She only hoped that, as her parents-in-law had promised, someone would car 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 An Eighties Grandma Reborn: One Slap Sends the Whole Compound Flying 八零老太重生后，耳光扇飞全大院 Yu Shuqin spent her whole life working hard for the Zhou family. Only in old age did she learn that her husband had been cheating on her for years, and that all her children knew. The day the affair was exposed, the mistress had the nerve to curse her arrogantly and shove her so hard she broke a bone. Her husband glared at her and demanded she sign a letter of forgiveness. Her eldest son pleaded with her, hoping to get a huge compensation payout. Her eldest daughter impatiently called her an ung 39Reads5.6Score1514d adds
- 92 The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s: I'm Done Being a Stepmother 老太太重生八零，这后妈我不当了 [Feel-good revenge story + everyday family life + ensemble of ordinary people + reborn in a past era + punishing scumbags] Xu Xiulan spent her whole life as an unpaid servant. In her old age, her grandson pushed her down, and the fall left her paralyzed. Her stepson thought she was taking up space and sent her to a nursing home converted from a cowshed, leaving her to fend for herself. He came to ask when she was going to die, and told her that her husband had long since started a second family, 573Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 93 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 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Supermarket for the Farm Girl Who Became a Cannon-Fodder Scholar 带着超市穿至农家炮灰状元娘 In her previous life, the wicked mother-in-law Jiang Qiushui mistreated her eldest son, Chen Huaimin, and his wife so that her younger son, Chen Huaiqin, could pass the imperial examinations. The couple died miserably, while her five granddaughters were sold off, fled, or died. But after Chen Huaiqin passed the highest examination and became its top scorer, she was banished to an estate. There, she learned that Chen Huaiqin was the son of her husband, Chen Chongshan, and the widow who lived next 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Reborn in 1980: Grandma Wang Lives Life to the Fullest 重生80，王老太活出癫疯人生 Period | Reborn | Feel-Good Revenge | Regret and Remorse | Family Life | Ensemble Cast | Building Wealth and a Business | No Golden Finger On a snowy New Year's Eve, blind and starving, Wang Cuihua begged on the street. She heard her children and grandchildren chatting and laughing as they headed to a hotel, so she went over to ask them for something to eat. To her surprise, her well-connected children and grandchildren, afraid someone might see them, shoved her into a pot of noodle soup. After 14Reads—Score114d adds
- 96 An Old Woman Reborn: I Dumped My Husband and Children to Live in Luxury 老太太重生：抛夫弃子吃香喝辣 [Era rebirth + 1980s + feel-good story + everyday life + family squabbles + no forgiveness + no romance for the female lead + her daughters will have families] In her previous life, Old Madam Li had once been a respectable woman. Like an old ox, Old Madam Li worked herself to the bone, devoting herself to her family. She cared for her mother-in-law, served her husband, and raised the children and grandchildren. Everyone praised her as a virtuous wife and mother. She gave her job to her eldest so —Reads—Score214d adds
- 97 A Sixty-Year-Old Woman Is Reborn and Changes Her Fate by Spending Money 六零老太重生后靠花钱逆天改命 (Alternate modern world + System + rebirth + everyday life + female lead with no romance. Caveats: I'm going with the tycoon route, there are lots of personal takes, and the female lead is a flawed character who grows over time. Chen Yulan will gradually become a better person, find meaning in life, and realize her own worth. Her children aren't bad people either, though each has their own flaws. Female lead introduction: Chen Yulan was born in 1960. The story begins in 2010, when she is fifty.) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Reborn in the 1990s: An Old Woman Reforms Her Ungrateful Children 重生九零：老太太改造不孝子女 [Rebirth] [Period setting] [Family squabbles] [Golden finger] [Building wealth] Yu Qiuying is reborn, returning to the years when she worked herself to the bone for her children. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her children and gave them everything, hoping they would have good lives. In the end, she received no gratitude, only their resentment. Her second and youngest daughters both blamed her for favoring her two sons. Her eldest son resented her for the rest of his life over somet 1.2kReads8.6Score10414d adds
- 99 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 769Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 100 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, 2kReads8.3Score12014d adds
