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- 1 My Family’s All Terrible, and They’re Splitting Up? The Reborn Matriarch Won’t Indulge Anyone 全家极品要散？老太重生谁也不惯 Zhao Congxue spent her whole life insisting on doing things her way. She had four sons and two daughters, yet after she was bedridden on the kang for a year, not one of them cared for her. When she was young, she forced her eldest daughter to sacrifice a lifetime of happiness for a bride price, using the money to find a wife for her eldest son. Her eldest son took her money, then cut off all contact with her and refused to acknowledge her, even on pain of death. Her second son thought she was us 188Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 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 261Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 3 Granny Li Is Reborn: Divorce! Cut Ties! Make Money! 李老太重生，离婚！断亲！搞钱！ 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
- 4 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 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 5 After Beating My Husband, I Curse My In-Laws as Unfilial Brats. The Children Can't Escape Either 打完丈夫骂公婆不孝子女也别逃 [Rebirth+Period Setting+Feel-Good Revenge+A Touch of Ensemble Cast+Some Events Based on Real Life+Family Drama] Shen Meiqin is 47. She has been married into the Liu family for nearly thirty years, working tirelessly like an old ox. If she hadn’t gone to deliver things to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she would never have realized that, despite all she had done, nobody cared about her. Heartbroken, she left with her things, only to be hit and flung aside by an oncoming truck. But that was 10Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 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 [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
- 8 The Old Widow Returns to the Time Before Her Husband Died and Gives Up Her Son 老寡妇重回丈夫未亡时，不要儿子 Granny Fang was reborn in the 1970s. In her previous life, things had been utterly miserable! Her daughter-in-law, a young intellectual, abandoned her husband and daughter. Her eldest son took his daughter to chase after her, but the girl was kidnapped along the way, and the family was torn apart. Her second daughter fell for a worthless young intellectual in the village. He got into university and left without a word. Heartbroken, the second daughter went out to clear her head, fell into a rive 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 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—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Became a Widowed Old Woman in the 1970s, and Changed My Whole Family's Fate 穿成七零守寡老太，我让全家改命 [The 1970s] [Space] [Transmigration and rebirth] [No romance] [Putting scumbags in their place] After a car accident, modern-day DINK Liu Linlan suddenly finds herself in 1975, in the body of an old woman about to jump into a well and kill herself. She has no children of her own, but the moment she arrives, she’s suddenly a mother. Oh, and a grandmother too. Talk about skipping generations! Except this isn’t a pleasant surprise, it’s a shock! Life in the 1970s is so hard it’s unbearable! She wan 410Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 11 Granny Lin Is Reborn in the 1980s: Her Dutiful Children and Grandchildren Kneel Across the House 林老太重生八零：孝子贤孙跪一屋 [Period setting + 1980s + a touch of ensemble cast + reborn + feel-good revenge + family squabbles + no golden finger + food] In her previous life, the widowed Lin Fenglan poured her heart and soul into raising her three sons and one daughter. She worked herself to the bone for her sons, even selling her blood and a kidney to buy them houses and cars. In the end, her sons drove her out of the house. When her daughter came to save her, her second son beat her to death, and Lin Fenglan herself sta 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 What?! The Poor Old Granny Was Reborn, Run! 惊！冤种老太太重生了，快跑 [Feel-Good Fiction + Pocket Dimension + Everyday Life + Family Drama + Rebirth in a Bygone Era] Chen Shulan worked hard her whole life and played favorites her whole life. She got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the dogs, earning one plot of land after another for her eldest son and building him one house after another. Meanwhile, she lived on rice porridge with radishes and cabbage every day. Only on her deathbed did she learn that her eldest son wasn't hers at all, but 787Reads8.1Score15514d adds
- 13 The Eighties Grandma Unleashes Her Fury: Unfilial Children, Get Out! 八零老太大发威，不孝子女滚滚滚 [Feel-good period drama + reborn revenge against scumbags + no golden finger + family life + everyday money-making + ensemble cast] Old Mrs. Song had worked hard all her life, caring for her parents-in-law and raising her children. She not only looked after her husband and earned money to buy homes for her children, but even spent her later years raising her two sons' kids. She thought her husband and children would be grateful for everything she had done for them. But when she was injured, they 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Reborn Matriarch Strikes Back 重生老太太凶猛 Also known as Reborn in The 1980s: I Take the World by Storm with My State Banquet Cooking [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Feel-Good Fiction] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] [Ensemble Cast] Seventy-year-old Li Xiulan is reborn into the days when her children still depend on her to wash their clothes, cook their meals, and take care of them. Li Xiulan decides to leave her abusive, unfaithful husband and abandon her unfilial children. She sets up a stall selling egg fried rice, opens a bun and noo 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Being Reborn, the Vicious Old Woman Divorces Her Husband and Abandons Her Children 极品老太重生后，休夫弃子 Reborn, golden finger, family squabbles Granny Liu was reborn, back in the days when she was young and full of spirit. In her last life, Granny Liu had worked hard for her children all her life, only to be met with their cold words. In the end, she froze to death. Given a new life, Granny Liu decided to be a happy middle-aged woman and take good care of her own little nest egg. As for her ungrateful children, they could forget about getting something for nothing from her. Her eldest wanted her t 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Abandoned by Her Children, the Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s 被子女抛弃后，老太太重生八零 [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Family life] [A small-scale ensemble cast of ordinary people] [No golden finger] Xu Zhifang is reborn, returning to the 1980s, to a time when her mother-in-law bullied her, her husband beat and berated her, and the whole family depended on her. In her previous life, she was timid and blindly filial. Her husband always did as his mother said, and would either yell at or hit Xu Zhifang. After finally enduring until her sons had grown up and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Old Woman Is Reborn: She Tears Apart the Mistress and Makes the Scumbag Pay 老太太重生，手撕小三虐渣男 [Period Setting + Reborn + Family Life + Taking Down Scumbags + No Golden Finger + Female Awakening] In her previous life, Su Yuqing spent half her life working herself to the bone for her family. After she and her husband built a successful business, she stepped behind the scenes to raise their children and manage the household without complaint. But her husband kept supporting mistresses, one after another, and even wanted to bring one home. Their two unfilial sons told her she should just acc 3.1kReads—Score14414d adds
- 18 The Seventies' Old Lady: I Came Back to Life from Anger from the Start 七零老太，开局就被气活了 A Seventies-Era Granny Gets So Mad She Comes Back to Life from the Start —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Bullied Her Whole Life! The Reborn Old Lady Fights for Everything 被欺负一辈子！重生老太又争又抢 Granny Xue was known throughout the surrounding villages as a great philanthropist. Her husband was just as kind, and their four children had been taught from childhood to be kind and honest. But her husband's family were a bunch of coldhearted people. They saw that she was easygoing and her husband was simple-minded, and they bullied and exploited her in every way from the day she married in. Granny Xue was ground down from a young girl into a white-haired old woman. She watched helplessly as h 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in the 1980s: To Hell with My Ungrateful Family! 重生八零：白眼狼全家都滚蛋！ In her previous life, Lin Xiulan lived to the age of seventy, spending her whole life working herself to the bone. She raised three children and served her biased mother-in-law and spineless husband, only to end up sick and aching all over. As she lay dying, her own children decided that treating her would cost too much. They pulled out her oxygen tube themselves and watched coldly as she breathed her last. Consumed by hatred, she returns to 1985, aged forty-five, before her whole family has dra —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 23 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!” 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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
- 25 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
- 26 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 966Reads7.8Score10214d adds
- 27 Granny Zhao Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with a Breakdown and Divorce 赵老太重生八零从发疯离婚开始 [Period setting + rebirth + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + everyday family life + pocket dimension + building a career] In this life, Old Madam Zhao had three sons and two daughters. She had a house full of children and grandchildren, and a successful career. Yet in her old age, the children and grandchildren she had raised drained the last bit of value from her, then abandoned her in a dilapidated house back in her hometown to fend for herself. Only when she was dying did she learn that 1.5kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 28 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 439Reads7.0Score10714d adds
- 29 Frozen to Death Outside My Son's Home 冻死在儿子家门前 They say more children, more blessings, but Zhou Yanying had four sons and spent her old age in greater misery than people with no children at all. Those without children could receive state support as members of the five-guarantee households, and someone would even make sure they were buried after they died. She was surrounded by children and grandchildren, yet she froze to death right outside her son’s home, and no one even came to claim her body... 163Reads6.6Score10414d adds
- 30 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 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 834Reads8.3Score10514d adds
- 31 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
- 32 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 5Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 After Freezing to Death, Grandma Qian Is Reborn and Beats the Whole Family Into Submission 被冻死后，钱老太重生打服全家 [Reborn in a Bygone Era + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Family Squabbles] In her previous life, Old Madam Qian poured her heart and soul into raising her three sons and two daughters. Even when she and her husband went without, she made sure her children and grandchildren had enough to eat and drink. She thought that after giving her family everything, even if she couldn’t enjoy a comfortable old age, at least she’d have a place to live and food to eat. But the truth was that her three sons 2.7kReads8.5Score22414d adds
- 36 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
- 37 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 481Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Granny Reborn in the 1970s: Giving Her Daughter a Dream Life 老太重生七零，带闺女过爽文人生 [Spatial ability + family life + going wild on terrible relatives + doting on daughters + building wealth] In her previous life, Quan Guixiang listened to her in-laws and worked herself to the bone supporting her three nephews, laboring diligently like an old yellow ox. When her nephews wanted to study, she gritted her teeth and paid for it. When they wanted to buy houses, she worked herself to the limit to pay the bills. She only hoped that, as her parents-in-law had promised, someone would car 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 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 37Reads5.6Score10414d adds
- 40 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, 525Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 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 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Lin Gets Back on Her Feet 重生七零：林老太支棱起来了 [Period + Reborn + Golden Finger + Family Life] Granny Lin has been reborn. In her previous life, her limited experience and lack of a mind of her own led her to make many bad decisions, driving her children away and leaving her lonely and miserable in her old age. Now that she has another chance at life, she will guide her children away from avoidable mistakes and help them seize opportunities. She will no longer be a burden to them, but a great helmswoman and mentor! Granny Lin: Don't just lis —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn, I Return, and My Ungrateful Children Tremble 重生归来，不孝儿女瑟瑟发抖 The moment she froze to death in the pigsty, Zhou Tielan realized just how terribly wrong she had been. The ungrateful brats she had raised with all her heart joined forces to seize the family property, driving her and her husband out of their home and leaving them to freeze to death in a filthy animal pen. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1987. Her husband, Li Jianguo, was coughing his lungs out. The ungrateful brats were still young, and her youngest was sneaking toward the jar of candy 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 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 812Reads6.8Score11314d adds
- 48 Reborn and Raving Mad: The Whole Family Is Stunned by Their Romance-Obsessed Ways 老太重生发疯，一家子恋爱脑懵了 [Reborn in a bygone era | Family and neighborhood drama | No golden finger | Cures romance-addled fools | Puts scumbag men in their place | Builds a fortune | Ensemble cast] In her past life, Old Madam Tian had a miserable fate. Her scumbag husband abandoned her, and her children despised her. What she regretted most was not having properly dealt with the whole nest of scumbag men and romance-addled fools in the Xie family! Reborn in 1987, she gets straight to work! A husband who’s a scumbag and 4.9kReads8.2Score36814d adds
- 49 Reborn as an Eighties Granny: The Whole Family Better Listen to Me! 八零老太重生，全家给我听话！ [Period setting] [Face-slapping] [Putting scumbags in their place] [Everyday family life] [Dear readers, please read at least two chapters before deciding for yourselves whether the story is any good. Thank you!] Old Mrs. Wang spent her whole life raising her six children with all her heart, only for every one of them to resent her in her old age. In the end, as she listened to her children argue over her medical bills, Old Mrs. Wang took her own life. When she opened her eyes again, she was 144Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 50 Transmigrated as a Terrible Old Woman in the 1970s, I Beat My Ungrateful Children 穿成七零极品老太，暴揍不孝儿女 [Period setting ☞ golden finger ☞ transmigration ☞ feel-good story ☞ family life ☞ 1970s ☞ ensemble cast] Young Su Yufen should have had a bright future, but her stupid boss worked her to the bone. She stayed up late working overtime every day and had to be ready to reply to messages at any hour of the night. For a meager paycheck, she ended up diagnosed with breast cancer and confined to the ICU. She had hoped to spend her final days in peace, but made the mistake of opening a trashy novel and 95Reads—Score—14d adds
