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- 1 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
- 2 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
- 3 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Tears Into Her Ungrateful Son 重生八零：老太太手撕白眼狼儿子 [Face-slapping awful people + making a fortune + 1980s + feel-good revenge + reborn + family drama] In her previous life, Granny Wang devoted her entire life to her family. She looked after her in-laws and husband, raised three sons and a daughter, saved up to help her children get married and buy homes and cars, and cared for her grandchildren. She never had a single day to herself. In the end, she suffered a stroke, was left paralyzed and uncared for, and finally breathed her last in a foul-sm 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Granny Li Is Reborn in the 1980s and Turns the Whole Family Upside Down! 李老太重生八零，闹翻全家！ [Feel-good revenge]+ [going off the rails]+ [family drama]+ [ensemble cast of ordinary people] In her previous life, Li Cuihua was tormented nearly to death by her mother-in-law, who was always beating and berating her. She also drained their entire family to pave the way for her brother-in-law, while her own husband was a bully at home who never once stood up for her. At long last, she outlived her mother-in-law and cut ties with her brother-in-law's family. But after pouring her heart and soul 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After Starving to Death, Grandma Fang Was Reborn 被饿死后，方老太重生了 [Period] [Wish Fulfillment] [The 1970s] [Light Ensemble Cast] In her previous life, Fang Xiulian was a rural woman who let her son take everything from her. In her old age, she was tormented by her ungrateful son. She never got to eat another hot meal before she died... When she opened her eyes, she was back in 1976. Given another chance at life, Xiulian refused to be a “workhorse” ever again. A selfish son, a husband who died young, a vicious daughter-in-law... Fang Xiulian would rewrite it all 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Granny Li Is Reborn in the 1980s: Unfilial Descendants, Get Lost 李老太重生八零，不孝子孙滚远点 (Period drama + rebirth + revenge on scumbags + escape from a toxic family + everyday family life) After her military-officer husband dies, Grandma Li works herself to the bone raising her three children. She sells everything she owns to send them all to university and help them make something of themselves. She even starts her own business, opening a dumpling restaurant that makes her a nationally renowned Dumpling Queen. All she wants is to ensure her children never have to worry about food or 10.4kReads8.5Score64914d adds
- 7 The Old Lady Marries a Commander Again, and Her Dutiful Children Beg for Forgiveness 老太太二嫁首长，孝子贤孙跪地忏悔 [Reborn + Second Marriage to a Military Commander + Feel-Good Story + Family Life + Face-Slapping and Scumbag-Bashing + Building Wealth] In her previous life, she gave everything to her children, burning herself away like a candle until not even her bones were left. But in old age, her unfilial children tried to seize her only home while she was gravely ill. Li Guizhi regretted it so much she nearly slapped her own thigh raw. If she’d known that these so-called dutiful children and grandchildren 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 After Dying Tragically of Cancer, Grandma Gu Is Reborn in the 1980s 得癌症后惨死，顾老太重生八零 Granny Gu spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her children. She raised three sons and two daughters, serving them hand and foot until they were comfortable. She spent her hard-earned money buying them cars and homes, and before she even had a chance to rest, she was raising her grandchildren one by one. Before she could enjoy her old age, disaster struck: she was diagnosed with cancer. She still had a chance to survive, but her children did nothing for her and dumped her in a ps 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Woman Leaves Her Husband and Children 重生八零：老太太弃夫抛子 [Period Piece + 1980s + Rebirth + No Golden Finger + Punishing Scumbags + Feel-Good Story + Family Life] In her previous life, Old Madam Zhao worked like an ox for those ungrateful sons, who drained her of every last drop. She couldn’t even afford surgery and died in agony on a cold hospital bed! Heaven has opened its eyes! When she opened hers, she found she’d been reborn twenty years in the past! This time, she’s keeping a tight grip on her own purse! Her hypocritical eldest son: “Mom, I’m the 120Reads—Score414d adds
- 10 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
- 11 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
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 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
- 16 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Li Strikes Back at Her Worthless Son and Torments the Scumbag 重生七零，李老太暴击逆子狂虐渣 Li Xinrong worked hard all her life, raising her children through countless hardships, only to be abused by her unfilial children and grandchildren and die in misery. As she closed her eyes, resentment filled her heart: Why had giving everything she had led to such a heartless end? Perhaps heaven finally took pity on her, because Li Xinrong was reborn, returning to a time before the tragedies began. This time, she would no longer be a pushover for anyone to manipulate. When her rebellious childr 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After My Grandson Took His Mother's Surname, I Made a New Account 孙子随母姓后，我直接创小号 After my grandson takes his mother's surname, I immediately make an alt account —Reads—Score—14d 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 Reborn in the 1990s, This Old Lady Whips the Family into Shape and Gets Filthy Rich 老太重生九零，整顿家风嘎嘎暴富 Reborn + family life + 1990s + building a fortune Wang Shuzhen is seventy years old, and her husband died young. She struggled and worked tirelessly all her life to raise her twin children, a boy and a girl. She took every penny of her daughter's hard-earned money to buy a house for her son, demanding more and more without limit. As a result, her daughter, Xu Yingxia, was abused by her husband's family for years before finally jumping to her death. Her son, Xu Xiaoqiu, lived off his sister's sa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in 1990! The Old Lady Beats the Unfilial Brats to a Pulp 重生九零！老太太爆锤极品不孝子 [Period] [Nineties] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [Ensemble Cast] [Beating the Unfilial Descendants to a Pulp] Granny He spent her whole life pouring her heart and soul into her children, only to end up starving to death on the street in her old age, with no one to claim her body. When she was young, she and her husband willingly worked like beasts of burden, giving everything they had to support their children, hoping only that they would live well in the future. But her favoritism toward her unfilial e 64Reads—Score814d adds
- 21 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 1.4kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 22 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
- 23 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
- 24 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
- 25 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
- 26 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, 550Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 27 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—Score114d adds
- 28 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
- 29 Reborn in the 1980s: Grandma Li Has the Whole Family Wrapped Around Her Finger 重生八零：李老太拿捏全家 [Period + The 1980s + Reborn + Feel-Good Fiction + Family Life] Granny Li, who had been biased toward one child and died a miserable death in her previous life, has been reborn! First, she saves her husband, then her two daughters. She also makes up for all the motherly love she failed to give her second son and her daughters. You’re wondering how much she’ll make it up to them? Until they’re stuffed! As for the rotten eldest son and his wife, they’ll spit out everything they took from me and gi 1.3kReads8.0Score11214d adds
- 30 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
- 31 The Reborn Mad Grandma Takes on the Eighties: You Brats, Prepare to Die! 疯批老太重生八零，逆子们受死吧 [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [No golden finger] [Family life] [Getting rich] [Ensemble cast] [Revenge] [Unhinged] [Comedy] In her previous life, Wang’s three sons killed their own mother to seize her property. Reborn, Granny Wang punches her unfilial sons, kicks the local bullies, drives away two daughters-in-law, and still finds time to make money. This drives the three freeloading brothers crazy. To swindle money from Granny Wang, the brothers stop at nothing, coming up with one outrageous s 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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
- 33 The Wicked Old Lady Raises Her Granddaughters to Succeed 恶毒老太太把孙女们培养成才 [Ensemble Cast + Female Lead with No Romance + Period Story + Main Story Is Not Angsty] After transmigrating into the past, Hu Cuihua keeps talking about a grandson who never existed, day after day, so Heaven won’t notice that something is wrong. Hu Cuihua’s wish for a grandson went unfulfilled until the day she died. Her children were also unfilial, so she could only rely on her granddaughters to support her in old age. When her eldest daughter-in-law and son were getting divorced, Hu Cuihua 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Beats the Ungrateful Wolf and Becomes the Richest 重生八零：老太暴打白眼狼当首富 [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Feel-good story]+ [Family life]+ [Face-slapping]+ [Entrepreneurship] On her deathbed in the hospital, Grandma Zhu finally sees everyone for who they are: the selfish faces of her children and the looks of disgust in her grandchildren's eyes. She spent her whole life scrimping and saving, devoting herself to her children. She raised five children and six grandchildren! But even in her final moments, she couldn't win a shred of filial devotion from her family. In the end, she 284Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 35 My Sons Won’t Bury Me, So After Being Reborn, Granny Ye Stops Spoiling Anyone 儿子不送终，重生后叶老太谁也不惯 [Period setting + 1980s + reborn + family squabbles + humorous everyday life + ensemble cast] At the age of 88, Old Madam Ye lies in bed, clinging to her last breath. The sons she raised with all her heart are arguing over the demolition compensation, and none of them is willing to stay by her side until the end. After she dies, she even saves herself the cost of music and a funeral procession. Her end is bleak and pitiful. When she opens her eyes again, Old Madam Ye has been reborn in the days 2.5kReads8.2Score16814d adds
- 36 The Ruthless Matriarch Is Reborn After Taking Her Whole Family Down with Her 资本老太和全家同归于尽后重生了 [1980s + Rebirth + Storage Space + Face-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + Peerless Medical Skills] In her past life, Li Danxia worked herself to the bone for decades, supporting her children through school and helping them build families and careers, all while devotedly caring for her husband and in-laws. It wasn’t until she was dying of cancer that she discovered her husband had long since started a second family, and her children even called that shameless woman “Mom.” After dying together with he 3.8kReads8.2Score42514d adds
- 37 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s Kicks Her Scumbag Husband and Unfilial Son to the Curb 老太太重生八零，踹飞渣夫不孝子 (The rating just came out and will gradually rise. It's a feel-good story, so jump right in!) In her previous life, Grandma Huang tirelessly cared for her paralyzed mother-in-law for three years and saw her off with dignity. She looked after her husband and raised their four children single-handedly. She helped her two sons buy homes in the city and get married, and even helped raise her grandchildren. She wore herself out, thinking at last she could enjoy a good life. But in her old age, she be 999Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 38 Transmigrated to the 1980s: My Ungrateful Kids, Get Lost 穿到八零：白眼狼儿女都滚远点 [Has a pocket dimension] [No romance] [Family and household matters] Liu Yanrong had a house, a car, and savings when she unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel. She became a recently widowed old woman and was saddled with four ungrateful children. In the original story, the old woman divided up her husband’s compensation among the children and kept none for herself. She sold her house to buy apartments for her two sons and helped raise their children, only to end up homeless and starvin 174Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn, the Old Woman Bravely Takes on the 1980s with Her Pocket Dimension 老妇重生，带着空间勇闯八零 [Rebirth + period setting + space + making money + complete ending] Lin Xuanqin devoted her whole life to the Chu family, only to be driven to death by her two daughters-in-law. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to the 1980s. This time, she’ll set her husband and sons straight, make it up to her daughter, and take charge of the family! Those who bullied her will get a taste of their own medicine! With a space at her disposal, she charges into the 1980s, makes a fortune, and lives a 918Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 40 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 812Reads8.3Score11614d adds
- 41 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
- 42 Forced by Her Children to Take the Blame, an Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 被子女逼顶罪，老太太重生七零 [Period + Punishing scumbags + Face-slapping + Family drama] In her previous life, Granny Ma devoted everything she had to her children. She never expected her husband to run off with his money and his true love, his ex-wife, after committing murder. Her children wanted their father’s money and pension, so they tried to force her to take the blame. They called it “letting her enjoy her old age in prison.” When she opens her eyes again, she’s back at a time when the whole family still depends on 1.4kReads7.7Score10214d adds
- 43 After Her Son Abandoned Her and She Died Tragically, Granny Jiang Was Reborn in the 1980s 江老太被儿子遗弃惨死后重生八零 [Modern romance + reborn in a past era + punishing scumbags + ordinary people as an ensemble cast + everyday life + family squabbles + no golden finger + satisfying read] In her previous life, Old Madam Jiang devoted herself to her three sons and five grandsons. She went without good food and clothes, laboring tirelessly for the family for most of her life. In the end, when illness left her bedridden and unable to work for them, all her sons saw her as a burden. The eldest pushed her onto the se 137Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn in 1985: I Won't Raise That Ungrateful Wolf Anymore 重生八五白眼狼我就不养了 Li Qiumei was deceived by a scumbag for her entire life. The man said they were getting a fake divorce so he could escape his debts, but he actually left with her cousin's wife. And he was gone for more than thirty years. She cared for her parents-in-law until their deaths, but they left all their property to her younger brother-in-law. She raised her children with painstaking effort, only for them to rush to care for the father who abandoned them while refusing to care whether she lived or died 344Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 45 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
- 46 Reborn in the 80s: I Was Sixty That Year, and I Began My Revenge 重生80：那年我六十，开始复仇 That cup of filial wine at my sixtieth birthday banquet finally killed me. Zhao Guizhi spent her life toiling away, raising four children on her own after her husband died: two of her own and two adopted. She gave them everything, and this was what she got in return: Her adopted son stole her property and sent her to a psychiatric hospital. Her adopted daughter smiled as she pulled out her oxygen tube. Her biological children were driven to ruin, and her grandchildren became sacrifices. As she —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 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
- 48 Reborn in the 1980s: Taking Down the Worst and Getting Rich Through New Agriculture 重生八零，撕极品，搞新农业暴富 [Reborn in the 1980s as an Old Woman | Splitting the Family and Cutting Ties | Taking Down the Vile In-Laws | Farming Her Way to Wealth | The Whole Family Turns Their Lives Around] Su Xiulan is reborn in a poor rural village in 1982. In her previous life, she worked hard all her life, only for her in-laws to drain away everything she had saved from years of farming, leaving her with a tragic end. Given another chance at life, she resolves to divorce and cut ties with her family, then focus on bu 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 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 113Reads6.8Score—14d adds
