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- 1 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 172Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 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
- 3 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
- 4 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 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 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
- 6 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 131Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 Back to the Nineties: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Gets to Play the Loving Mom 重回90，恶婆婆拿了亲妈剧本 [Reborn] [1990s] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [No Golden Finger] [Everyday Life in a Small Town] He Meijuan, an old woman from a small town, spent her previous life favoring boys over girls, acting selfishly, and picking on those weaker than her. She treated her daughters-in-law as enemies to vent her frustrations on and torment, and her daughters as tools to support her sons and show off. In the end, she left the entire Xu family fortune to her eldest and youngest sons. Unexpectedly, in her old a 4.1kReads8.6Score37314d adds
- 10 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
- 11 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 3.8kReads7.6Score25514d adds
- 12 I Sent Grandma to Prison! The Old Lady Divorces and Strikes It Rich 送老婆婆入监狱！老太离婚发大财 [Period] [Light ensemble cast] [Domestic and family drama] [Women’s rise] [Feel-good power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] Granny Zhang has lived a life of hardship. Her husband drank and beat her, and was a womanizer and a gambler. For the sake of her six children, she worked herself to the bone all her life, believing they would be there to rely on, so she did everything she could for them, pouring her heart and soul into raising them. When she was young, she could earn money and look after her 78Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 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
- 15 Reborn in the 1970s: No More Putting Up with Them, I’m Arresting Every Last One! 重生70不惯着，再装都抓了！ [Period setting + reborn + face-slapping and scum-punishing + making money + family life + no golden finger + solving a case in the later chapters] In her previous life, Zhou Yufang spent her whole life working like an ox and a horse for the Wu family. She looked after the young and old, working herself to the bone, only to find out that her husband was keeping a mistress and every one of her children was an ungrateful wretch. Even her only thoughtful daughter was cruelly set up and killed. 486Reads6.0Score10314d adds
- 16 Reborn in the 1980s: My Dutiful Children Can All Get Lost 重生八零：孝子贤孙都滚蛋 [1980s] [An elderly woman is reborn] [Family life] [Ensemble cast of ordinary people] [No golden finger] Old Madam Li spent her whole life working herself to the bone. She bought houses for her children, lived apart from her husband so she could help them, and looked after her grandchildren. Who could have guessed that her old age would end in such misery? Her husband suffered so badly from stomach cancer that he writhed in pain. They couldn't even afford painkillers that cost just a few dimes, 651Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 17 The Only Daughter in the Family Strikes Back: I'll Build an Empire for My Daughter 纯女户逆袭，我为女儿建豪门 [Ensemble Cast + Taking Down Scumbags + Getting Rich + Family Matters + Slice of Life] Tian Guihua never had a son, only three daughters. Her husband thought that without a son, nobody would care for them in their old age, so he wanted her to treat her two nephews from the eldest branch of the family like her own sons. She gave her easy job to her eldest nephew’s wife, helped raise their children, and even helped them build a house and find a bride. She gave all her retirement savings to her sec 1.1kReads7.8Score18514d adds
- 18 Back to the 1980s: Now That We're All Reborn, Who Cares About an Ungrateful Son? 重回八零：都重生了谁还管不孝子 In her previous life, Old Madam Xu devoted everything she had to her family. She raised her five sons to adulthood and helped them marry and establish their careers. She should have been able to enjoy her twilight years, but her sons ignored her and let her starve to death in her own home. When she opened her eyes, Old Madam Xu discovered that she had returned to the time when her late husband was still alive... 14Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn in the 1990s: I Stopped Raising Ungrateful Wolves and Finally Won 重生九零：不养白眼狼后我赢麻了 [Rebirth + Period Setting + Revenge + Entrepreneurship + Entertainment Industry] Renowned screenwriter Liu Zi was killed by her own son. Reborn overnight, she returns to 1998. The sooner she divorces, the better. Anyone who wants her ungrateful son can have him! Isn’t her soft, cuddly little daughter just adorable? What? Her vicious eldest son isn’t even hers, and her scumbag husband switched the babies and kept it secret. That’s finally pushed her over the edge. If he wasn’t born to be human, t 124Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 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
- 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 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
- 25 After Her Family Abandoned Her for Having Cancer, the Old Lady Was Reborn in the 1980s 老太太癌症被全家抛弃后重生八零 [Complete] [1980s] [Reborn] [Pocket Dimension] [Wish-Fulfillment] [Family Life] In her previous life, Shen Yunshu cared for her paralyzed mother-in-law and her good-for-nothing father-in-law until they both died of old age. She worked while raising six sons and four daughters. She arranged marriages for several of her sons, then helped raise their children. At sixty-eight, her youngest daughter-in-law kicked her out. Then she was diagnosed with cancer. When she told her sons she was sick, they s 9.1kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 I Became a Biased, Wicked Mother-in-Law, but I Use My Supermarket to Support the Whole Family 穿成偏心恶婆婆，我带超市养全家 [No Female Lead] [No CP] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Space] [Everyday Family Life] [Build Wealth] [Farming Life] Lin Wan opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of a notoriously biased old woman. Biased? Not on her watch. The eldest son, a lazy schemer: she would discipline him. The honest, hardworking second son: she would cherish him. The third son, who had left home in despair: she would indulge him. The smooth-talking fourth son: she would teach him a lesson. And the d 4.1kReads—Score29214d adds
- 28 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 2.6kReads8.5Score22114d adds
- 29 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
- 30 The Mad Old Lady Yang 疯狂的杨老太 [Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma Yang Has Had Enough] Grandma Yang died with her eyes wide open. She couldn't understand it. She had devoted her whole life to her family, swallowing her pride to serve her mother-in-law, care for her husband, and raise six children, both her own and those who weren't. She had even helped raise a whole brood of grandchildren and grandkids on her daughter's side, never taking a single day off. Yet when she became bedridden and unable to care for herself, her children 16.2kReads8.5Score84414d adds
- 31 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
- 32 Granny Song Reborn, Scumbag Men and Their Illegitimate Children, Get Lost 宋老太重生，渣男私生子都滚开 (No System or pocket dimension, no romance, family life, seaside cuisine, women helping one another, and sending scumbag men to prison to reform.) Eighty-year-old Song Xianglan has a house full of children and grandchildren, yet her life has become a joke. She spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her husband and children, giving them everything she had. But at the end of it all, her husband wanted a divorce for the woman he had always loved, and even tried to force her to leave w 20.8kReads8.5Score2.3k14d adds
- 33 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 23.9kReads8.5Score2k14d adds
- 34 Reborn at an Old Age, I Swap in My Own Twins? I’ll Wipe Out Your Whole Family 老太重生，换我龙凤胎？灭你满门 [Period] + [Reborn] + [Everyday family life] + [Pure satisfaction] The short drama is now available. "That old hag is surprisingly hard to kill." "That eyesore of a girl should be sold off to clear the way for my son." "You never saw this coming, did you? The children you've doted on all these years aren't even yours." Granny Lin was reborn. In her past life, she trusted the wrong people. That two-faced man had poisoned her for twenty years, and she'd scrimped and saved to leave her family's la 2.8kReads8.2Score32114d adds
- 35 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
- 36 A Confident Old Lady Uses Reason to Win in a Melodramatic Drama 自信老太在狗血剧里以理服人 Wang Cuihua is a trendsetter at the cutting edge of fashion. At seventy, she’s still active in her square-dancing group. Her greatest hobbies, besides dancing, are watching short dramas. Who could have guessed that while watching one, the pathetic heroine would raise her blood pressure so much that she’d have an attack? In an instant, she was transported into the world of short dramas. From then on, the short-drama world got its strictest, sharp-tongued mother yet. She scolds the pathetic heroin 65.7kReads9.2Score4.5k14d adds
- 37 The Old Lady Was Reborn in the 1980s! She Helps Her Dutiful Son Put the Ungrateful Ones in Their Place 老太重生八零！扶孝子整治白眼狼 [Period] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Feel-good wish fulfillment] [Family life] [No golden finger] Old Mrs. Lin and her husband devoted their lives to their children, yet they alone ignored their honest, simple second son, Du Jingfeng. Aside from Du Jingfeng and their eldest daughter, Du Jingmei, the other five children were all well-off, each living in a three-story house with a courtyard. But once the old couple could no longer work, the three sons they had doted on treated 15.8kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 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
- 40 Dumping Her Ungrateful Children, the Old Lady Finds Her Own Happiness 踹掉不孝子女，老太太独自美丽 In her previous life, Zhou Meifen worked herself to the bone raising five children, indulging them and caring for them in every way. She would have torn the flesh from her own bones to feed them, yet she raised a pack of ungrateful brats. After she got cancer, they kicked her around like a ball until she died full of bitterness. When she woke up, she was back twenty years in the past. This time, let’s see how she deals with those little brats. Before she was reborn, her eldest daughter had her l 973Reads7.4Score10414d adds
- 41 Reborn in the 1980s: Spring Peach in Full Bloom!!! 重生八零：春桃怒放！！！ Main character: Du Chuntao [Period setting + reborn for revenge + satisfying revenge against scumbags + family drama + no self-torment] “Chuntao, transfer the house to the eldest. He’s the eldest son of the Ye family, and we’ll have to rely on him to care for us when we’re old!” In her previous life, Du Chuntao was deceived by those words for her entire life. She devoted herself to raising her stepchildren, only to be thrown out of the house and killed by a car. She favored her stepdaughter and 156Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 42 The Capitalist Matriarch's Family Hears Her Thoughts, and They Turn the Tables 资本家老太太被读心后，全家掀桌 [Military marriage + period setting + spatial storage + mind-reading + punishing scumbags + adored by the family + devoted couple] Song Yutong transmigrates into a book, and things go disastrously wrong from the start. Her scumbag husband marries her, then fakes his own death, leaving her to be tormented and drained by his entire family. He even dumps four unwanted children on her and forces her to raise them. The eldest son is a mama's boy who hands all his wages over to his birth family, then 4.4kReads8.5Score47914d adds
- 43 Bedridden for Ten Years, She Dies Miserably! Grandma Chen Is Reborn in the 1980s 卧床十年惨死！陈老太重生八零 [Feel-good power fantasy + Family life + Rebirth in a bygone era + A touch of ensemble cast + Putting scumbags in their place + Rural life] Granny Chen was reborn on the day her third daughter was being forced by her husband to marry a fool. Of course, she refused to agree this time. First, she called off the engagement, then dealt with her abusive husband and unfilial children. She started by giving them a few slaps and refused to spoil them for even a moment. And that wicked mother-in-law who 8.8kReads8.8Score69614d adds
- 44 Reborn in the 1980s: Granny Li Goes on a Rampage to Discipline Her Children 重生八零：李老太发疯整治子女 [Period setting + 1980s + reborn + wish fulfillment + abusing scumbags + face-slapping + making a fortune] Eighty-year-old Li Xiuying is reborn. In her previous life, she devoted herself to her six children and raised seven grandchildren. Then, just before the end of her life, a car accident left her with an amputated leg. Her children argued so fiercely over her medical bills that their faces turned red, and not one of her grandchildren even visited her in the hospital. Desperate, Li Xiuying se 44Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in the 1980s: An Elderly Couple Teams Up to Teach Their Ungrateful Son a Lesson 重生八零老头老太携手整治不孝子 The rating just came out, so it's low. Feel free to ignore it. I'll do my best~ [Period] [The 1980s] [Light ensemble cast] [Reborn] [Feel-good power fantasy] [No golden finger] Wu Yulan is reborn, returning to the moment just after her old man got into trouble. Zhao Dashan is reborn too. Remembering how his wife struggled like a spinning top after he died, he decides he won't die this time around. Wu Yulan has five children. The eldest, Zhao Deyu, is just as selfish and cold-hearted in this life 349Reads7.9Score10214d adds
- 46 The Old Woman Is Reborn, Beating Her Ungrateful Children with an Iron Rod 老太太重生，铁棒爆打不孝子女 [Period Setting + Rebirth + Family Life + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Finger + Taking Down Scumbags + The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin] Also known as The Old Lady Is Reborn: She Leaves Her Husband and Sons and Torments Her Daughter-in-Law Old Mrs. Liu worked herself to the bone her whole life, squeezing every last drop of strength from herself to raise three sons. But once she grew old and could no longer help them, they kicked her around like a ball, treating her with nothing but disdain. One bitter 3.9kReads8.1Score36414d adds
- 47 After Transmigrating as an Old Woman, I Win Big with a Supermarket 穿成老太太后，我带着超市躺赢了 Su Mingyu was a middle-aged woman in the 21st century. Her children were devoted, she had a little money of her own, and life was pleasant. Then she woke up as a village woman. Her new home was bare, and she had a whole crowd of children and grandchildren. Su Mingyu’s heart sank, but luckily, her supermarket had come with her too. If she wanted a prosperous life, she had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and work hard to make money. Let’s see how a middle-aged woman makes a fortune in ancient 402Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 48 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 1kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 49 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! 8.7kReads7.9Score82514d adds
- 50 Joining Her Husband's Army on the Island: Mountain Delicacies and Seafood with Chicken and Duck 随军婆婆上岛：山珍海味配鸡鸭 The short drama adaptation is now available (no space, no romance, island military life, everyday life, family matters, raising kids, delicious food, capitalist daughter-in-law) In her previous life, Chen Guilan looked down on her daughter-in-law for being a capitalist's daughter and hated the hardships of island life. She refused to join her son at his post and care for his pregnant wife, choosing instead to stay nearby and look after her pregnant daughter. But her daughter, son-in-law, and gra 10.3kReads8.4Score89014d adds
