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- 1 Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady's To-Do List 重生八零：老太太的待办清单 On New Year's Eve, an old woman dies alone in a nursing home. She had six children, three sons and three daughters, yet ended up in a nursing home. Su Jintao, reborn, knows she can't count on anyone else. She can only rely on herself. She'll keep control of her own money. All she needs to do is raise her children until they're grown. A reborn old woman's to-do list in the 1980s: One: Get her eldest, who spent his entire previous life single, married and having children. Two: Don't give her sixth 2.5kReads7.0Score217Shelves
- 2 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 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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—Shelves
- 4 The 1970s Grandma: Better to Live for Yourself Than Please Others 七零老太：成全别人不如成全自己 After being reborn, Wu Dahong realized that it was better to work on herself than to work her children to the bone. At first, all she wanted was a steady job. Gradually, she discovered she thrived in that circle and was well suited to leading everyone in the village and the entire commune to prosperity. In her previous life, her husband loved her, and her children were reasonably filial. Wu Dahong devoted her whole life to her family, so perhaps it wasn’t all for nothing. But illness tormented h 409Reads8.1Score119Shelves
- 5 1970s: Ning Xiuxiu, the Matriarch Who Runs the Whole Family 七零，宁秀秀老太管全家 Ning Xiuxiu has traveled from the 2020s of the 21st century to the 1970s of the 20th century. Sigh! She got so immersed in the drama Sheng Wanwu that she suddenly found herself in the Feng family compound of the 1970s. At thirty, in the prime of her life, all the years she'd spent striving had vanished in an instant. Now, in this new era, she still has to level up and fight monsters. But she doesn't have to work hard anymore. She gets to become a mom without the pain of childbirth, take charge 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Reborn in the 1980s: Life as a Demolition Relocation Resident 重生八零拆迁户的日常 A feel-good story about getting rich after being reborn Liu Chunfen lived to the age of ninety and was always regarded as a long-lived elder, but only she knew how hard her life had been. Then one day, she was reborn, and none of it had happened yet. Determined not to repeat her old mistakes, Liu Chunfen encouraged her children to take the college entrance exams, bought houses again and again based on her memories, and tried to keep her husband from dying young. In the end, she became a famous d 118Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 7 Forty Million in Demolition Compensation: I Had My Parents Pretend to Go Broke to See Their True Colors 拆迁四千万，让父母假装破产看清嘴脸 Fate kicked Su Che back to 2006, just before his family’s home was due to be demolished for redevelopment. To show his parents what some of their friends and relatives were really like, the whole family pretends to go bankrupt and puts them to the test. His old friend says, “Old Su, you’re really bankrupt?” “Pay you back? Pay you back for what? When did I ever borrow money from you? What does your son being unable to afford school have to do with me?” His brother-in-law says, “What? My brother-i 49Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn in the Nineties at Sixty: I Tear the Trashy Man and His Family Apart from the Start 老太重生九零！开局手撕渣男一家 In her previous life, in the mid-1990s, the male lead ran off with his mistress and a huge sum of money. The female lead, Tan Qiaozhen, spent fifteen years paying off the debt and raising their son until he graduated from college, got married, and had a child. She thought she would enjoy a happy retirement and a peaceful old age, but then her son brought home the paralyzed scumbag and begged her to take care of him. After years of toil, she finally saw the scumbag off, only to collapse from exha 202Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 9 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 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 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 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Reborn as a Wicked Mother-in-Law in the 1980s: Helping My Daughter-in-Law Marry an Officer 八零恶婆婆重生，带儿媳改嫁军官 Reborn as an elderly woman + period setting + satisfying face-slapping revenge + delicious food + her husband and children beg her to take them back + a sweet daughter-in-law Old Madam Lu spent her whole life cooking. After becoming disabled while saving a child, she was starved to death by her own husband and son! She had gone hungry for seven whole days. Her husband went hiking and drinking coffee with his new sweetheart, her son went house-hunting and feasting with his mistress, and her daugh 318Reads8.0Score110Shelves
- 12 My Wife Awakens and Returns to the Years Before the 1990s Demolition Boom 媳妇觉醒，回到九十年代拆迁前 Lin Xiang woke up one day and found herself back before the demolition. After regaining her memories, she vowed to lead her whole family away from the villains’ persecution and secure their relocation compensation. After buying a home and settling in Shencheng, she met all kinds of new friends, and a different story unfolded. A little scene: “Shen Yuan, life as your wife is so blissful. You really are a① wonderful, perfect husband.” “What perfect husband? I didn’t catch that.” “...I said you’re —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Beloved Wife of Commander Shen 沈首长家的娇娇妻 When Shen Yan was ten, seven-year-old Lu Sheng saved him. As he got to know the little girl, he slowly realized she was a bit different from everyone else. How to put it? She was like a little fairy. Everything about her seemed wonderful, as if she had grown right inside his heart. Little Shen Yan didn’t know what love was, but he wanted to be with her forever. At eleven, Lu Yan heard the villagers say that if you married a girl, you’d be together forever. At twelve, Lu Yan’s father found him. H 166Reads—Score107Shelves
- 14 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 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 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 11Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 16 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 1.5kReads8.1Score101Shelves
- 17 An '80s Demolition-Rights Holder's Race Against Time for Love 80后拆迁户，争分夺秒的爱 Jiang Shuya is reborn fourteen years in the past. After falling in love at first sight with her husband, Huang Minghao, she married into Xixia Village. Now, on the eve of the village's demolition, she has a second chance at life. Xixia Village sits on Jiang Island, where more than a hundred varieties of grapes flourish amid breathtaking island scenery. Nearly every household has a vineyard, but the grapes are hard to sell for a good price, and a group of peddlers collude to drive prices down. Us 377Reads6.2Score106Shelves
- 18 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 190Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 19 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 140Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 20 The Laid-Back Life of a Rich Second-Generation Heir in the 1990s 九十年代富二代的悠闲生活 [Period setting + Slice of life + Native-born heroine] Zhou Xiyao is an only child born in the 1970s, a rarity in the “era of large families.” Her parents were among the first students to attend university after the college entrance examination was reinstated. Drawing on his economics education, her father went from reselling goods to trading foreign currencies and stocks, investing in real estate and businesses, and becoming one of Dongcheng District’s most prominent wealthy men by the 1990s. I 582Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 21 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—Score112Shelves
- 22 The 1980s: I’m Reborn, So Why Should I Put Up with Those Deadbeats? 八零，都重生了谁还惯着讨债鬼 Protagonist: Chen Ying [Reborn in a Bygone Era + Feel-Good Story + Daily Life + Family Drama] In her previous life, when Chen Ying was young, she was bold and hardworking. Together with her husband, she led the whole family out of poverty and into a comfortable life. She never favored sons over daughters or played favorites. The old couple not only emptied their savings to buy their children jobs and houses overseas, but also devoted their lives to looking after them. Yet their children not only 8kReads8.5Score628Shelves
- 23 Reborn in 1979: Even This Old Lady Can Go Wild 重生一九七九：老太太也疯狂 [Period setting + reborn + family life + building wealth + no golden finger + everyday life] Xu Wenxiu lies in a pool of blood and hears the secret the Zhang family has kept for years: her daughter isn’t hers, but the bastard child her scumbag husband had with another woman. In a fit of rage, she is reborn. Fine, fine. The daughter she cherished in her previous life? This time, she’ll smash that little brat to pieces. Xu Wenxiu spent her entire previous life as a drudge. She’s done with that. 5.4kReads8.2Score494Shelves
- 24 Granny Gao Is Reborn, and Her Dutiful Children and Grandchildren Come Crawling Back 高老太重生，孝子贤孙都来跪舔 [Period Drama] [Reborn] [Feel-Good Revenge] [Family Life] [Ensemble Cast] [Building Wealth] [No Golden Finger] In her past life, Gao Shulan worked herself to the bone for her children, spending her entire savings and giving them everything she had. In return, she ended up bedridden and ignored, spending her final years in misery. She returned to the turning point of her life: the year before the demolition began, before her family fell apart and before everyone turned cold! This time, she would 34Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 25 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 466Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 26 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 37Reads5.6Score104Shelves
- 27 Reborn Rich Through Demolition Compensation: I Lounged My Way into a Tycoon Family 重生拆迁暴富，躺着躺着成了豪门 Yu Rui worked hard for years, owning a car and a home in the United States and earning a high salary as an outstanding corporate drone, only to die suddenly from overwork. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn on the eve of her trip to study in the United States. Studying in the States? Whoever wants to go can go. She’s staying right here. Last time, she missed her chance to get rich from a demolition payout. This time, she has to seize it! Her rule for her new life: if she can get rich 293Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn in the ’80s: I Became a Tycoon Through Demolition Compensation 重生八零，从拆迁成为首富 [Period-era demolition and relocation + period-era business-building + strong heroine + female tycoon + face-slapping + watching the drama without getting involved] Chen Zhi woke up one day and discovered she had returned to age sixteen. In her previous life, her stepmother had drugged her and stolen the homestead slated for demolition, leaving her utterly crushed. This time, armed with a sharp tongue honed to perfection and a temper ready to flare at any moment, she was determined to take back 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: She Turns Her Daughter-in-Law into an Ace Pilot 恶婆婆重生：把儿媳卷成王牌机长 [Historical setting + a wicked mother-in-law reborn + family squabbles + military marriage + adorable child + no golden finger + no forgiveness + women helping women + hard work brings prosperity + no face-slapping] Wishing all my lovely readers great wealth and beauty! The moment Liang Guiying walked in, she heard her son forcing his wife to divorce him. In her previous life, Liang Guiying worried her fragile daughter-in-law wouldn't survive a divorce, so she stubbornly refused to let her worth 56Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 30 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—Shelves
- 31 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 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 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 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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 293Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 34 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 2.6kReads8.2Score177Shelves
- 35 Reborn as a 1970s Matriarch: I Refuse to Be My Children's Servant 重生七零老太：拒做儿女老妈子 [Period setting + pocket dimension + family squabbles + making money + no male lead] Lin Qiao opened her eyes and found that she had been reborn as her own grandmother, making her her mother’s mother. Her own uncles and aunts had to call her Mom. Her grandfather had just died, and they were already fighting to split up the family. In her previous life, her grandmother had worked herself to the bone raising her sons’ and daughters-in-law’s children, only to find that none of them would take care 166Reads7.5Score100Shelves
- 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 3.8kReads8.2Score420Shelves
- 37 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 462Reads7.0Score107Shelves
- 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 178Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn, the Timid Old Woman Leaves Her Husband and Children to Marry a Commander 窝囊老太重生后抛夫弃子嫁首长 Ratings for newly launched novels tend to be low and will gradually rise, so ignore them and read the story. [1970s] [Family Life] [Punishing Scumbags] [Military Marriage] [Ensemble Cast] [Feel-Good Read] Feng, an old woman, poured her heart and soul into raising her stepson and stepdaughter, helping them achieve their ambitions. In the end, they drove her from the house, and she died miserably beneath a bridge. Reborn in a new life, Feng would never again try to be the universally praised good 2.2kReads8.3Score227Shelves
- 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 834Reads8.3Score105Shelves
- 41 After Our Home Was Demolished, Gossip Made My Family Rich 拆迁后，我家靠吃瓜暴富了 [A potential hit] A different way to live as a demolition-compensation winner! Don't compete, don't fight, don't cause trouble. Keep a low profile and watch the neighbors make fools of themselves, then coast to victory and become a winner in life! While the whole village rushed to build illegal structures before demolition and fell out with one another over compensation, the Lin family shut their doors and calmly watched the show. While everyone else schemed to squeeze out more floor space, they 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 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—Shelves
- 43 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—Shelves
- 44 My Lie-Flat Diary After Getting Demolition Compensation 拿到拆迁款后的躺平日记 Food, drink, and fun, with an everyday-life feel and an ensemble cast. No heroine blazing a trail through obstacles, just a little girl enjoying life at her own pace. After Yang Xiaoyun suffers setbacks in both love and work, a notice arrives at the darkest moment of her life: her family's house is due to be demolished. Why hesitate? Sign the papers, collect the money, and lie flat. Work and marriage can wait. She's going to spend her time however she pleases. 867Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Back to the 80s: I Got Rich from Demolition 重回80：靠着拆迁暴富了 [Rebirth, farming, period setting, secret crush, revenge, cathartic comeuppance for awful people] In her previous life, her biological father and stepfather's family drained her dry, and she was killed by the wife of the man who had made her his mistress. Reborn in 1980, she refuses to be anyone's fool. Her scumbag father and awful relatives can forget about taking advantage of her. Anyone who crosses her will learn their lesson. Though she can't read a single character, she makes a living peddl 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 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 846Reads6.8Score113Shelves
- 47 Reborn in the 1980s: Auntie Jin Takes on the Whole Family 重生八零，金大妈吊打全家 [Period] [Reborn] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [Payback Is a Must] [Wealth and Glory] A guide to this life: Stay clear of the burdens of children, and enjoy a carefree life! Hang on to a big shot's coattails, and you'll never worry about food or drink! Jin Yulan, a scrap-collecting woman, froze to death beneath a bridge. Her son refused to pay for her funeral and burned her body by the river. When she opened her eyes again, Jin Yulan had returned to the late 1980s 138Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Reborn in 1980: Demolition, Riches, and Taking on the Worst of the Family 重生回80，拆迁！暴富！斗极品 [Working-class life + Demolition and relocation + Plenty of awful people + Family squabbles + Getting rich + A touch of ensemble cast] Hu Yan spent her whole life as a devoted wife and loving mother, only to die suddenly on a factory assembly line. In one moment, she returns to thirty years earlier, just two months after marrying Chen Guangze. At this point, the village houses haven't been demolished, and she and her husband haven't split from the family. They haven't given up their village home 14.9kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
- 49 Reborn in 1970: The Matriarch Plays Favorites 重生七零，老太要偏心 Zhang Cuihua knew that being a stepmother wasn’t easy. Having grown up under a stepmother herself, she swore she would become a good one. After her husband died, she raised her two stepsons, cared for her daughters-in-law during their postpartum confinement, and helped raise her grandchildren. At her husband’s deathbed request, her dutiful children and grandchildren promised to support her in her old age. She completely forgot about her own daughter, who had been widowed young. Raising two child 569Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 50 Reborn Grandma Is Fiercer Than a Tiger: She Smashes Her Daughter’s Wedding Feast from the Start 重生老太猛如虎，开局砸闺女婚宴 [Rebirth + feel-good fiction + no golden finger + period setting + a fool finally sees the light + face-slapping] You’re forcing me to stage an accident? Then I’ll take you all down with me when I die! Old Madam Wang, who had no pension, finally died while her son was forcing her to stage an accident. In her past life, her husband gave everything to others, her son was a leech, and she was terribly biased. Together, they ruined a family! She burned herself out raising two daughters and three son 380Reads7.1Score104Shelves
