Novels like The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s, and the Ungrateful Brats All Kneel Before Me
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Old Lady Is Reborn in the 1980s, and the Ungrateful Brats All Kneel Before Me, best match first.
- 1 Transmigrating to a Year of Famine: Bestie, I Can’t Take It Anymore 穿越荒年：闺蜜我不行了 [No Romance + Best Friends + Pocket Dimension + Fleeing Famine + Transmigrate into a Book] Who would’ve thought! One day, my best friend and I would transmigrate into a book together, going from young women to towering, burly old ladies weighing two hundred jin, while my best friend became a skinny old spirit medium. And we were sworn enemies, too! If we had to transmigrate, fine! But why did we have to end up as two cannon fodder characters in the melodramatic novel The Legend of Hua Yuniang? W 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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
- 3 Transmigrated as a Terrible Old Lady, with Granddaughters Who All Become Big Shots 穿成极品老太太，孙女各个成大佬 Qin Qiulan transmigrated one day and went from being an old woman to the most awful old woman in a book. A terrible old woman raised terrible children, who in turn raised terrible grandchildren. The eldest was honest and dutiful, but only knew how to outsource his filial piety. The second was hot-tempered, but only ever slapped his daughter. The third was sly and full of schemes. The fourth was a rotten piece of trash, not worth mentioning. Qin Qiulan was furious all day long. She gave them thre 226Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 4 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, 668Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 5 The Duke’s Entire Household Is Cannon Fodder, So the Old Madam Cheats Her Way to Survival 国公府满门炮灰，老夫人开挂自救 After dying and coming back to life, the old madam of the Duke of Zhenguo's household realizes that the title “Duke of Zhenguo” is a bit ominous. In stories involving imperial power in ancient times, it appears 99 percent of the time, but there's at least a 90 percent chance the family ends up as cannon fodder. After returning to life, the old madam comes to her senses. Her family really is doomed to be cannon fodder, serving as stepping stones and foils for others. If she wants to live out her 3.4kReads7.8Score30314d adds
- 6 I've Transmigrated into a Vile Old Woman, So What's Wrong with Going a Little Crazy? 都穿成极品老妇了，发点癫怎么了 [No Romance + Food and Business + Lighthearted Comedy + Everyday Life + Building Wealth + Short Story] (Farming! Running a shop! There’s a System, but it’s not much use. The low rating is just because there aren’t many votes. The story is complete, so enjoy!) The System says: “Complete the mission and you can be reborn back in your own world to get revenge on the scumbags.” The mission is: “Take part in household intrigue, win over a domineering prince, and ‘ahem’ become a beautiful princess con 286Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 7 Fleeing Famine: Four Sons Are Eating Their Family into Poverty 逃荒：啊，四个儿子快把家吃穷了 [Older woman + famine + System + easygoing daily life + farming and business] He Wanqing wakes up to find herself the mother of four little ones in a refugee caravan. Though she presents herself as easygoing, she’s really just lazy and has no desire to put herself through a lot of trouble. But things don’t go her way. The kids can really eat, so she has no choice but to change her mind and get to work. Starting out by selling jelly noodles, she makes a fortune selling cakes. In Shangliu Village, 1.6kReads8.8Score21814d adds
- 8 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
- 9 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
- 10 My Granddaughter Is a Lucky Star, While I'm the Unlucky One 孙女是福星锦鲤，我是霉星极品 Liang Qing'e of Hewan Village has a terrible reputation. People in every village for miles around say she can't keep a leftover bun even in a doghouse, and that the Lin family's second branch has only grown poorer under her management. Whenever the family earns even a single extra coin, she spends it all on food, drink, and household needs. The three daughters-in-law who married into the family have learned to do the same: they never save a scrap of food, and even a dog couldn't keep two ounces 113Reads7.5Score15814d adds
- 11 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
- 12 Transmigrated into a Famine-Escape Novel: I Snatched the Heroine’s Space from the Start 穿进逃荒文：开局截胡女主空间 [Transmigration + Flight from Famine + Spatial Storage + Farming + No Romance] Lin Ruolan never expected that complaining too much while reading novels on Yangshijie would get her tossed into a famine-escape story as an old widow. Lin Ruolan was delighted. An old widow? Perfect. No giving birth or waiting on a husband, no cleaning up after children or raising them. She was straight to the top of the food chain. What a life! As for the heroine, her daughter-in-law, who never got along with her, L 8.5kReads7.0Score76814d adds
- 13 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
- 14 The 90-Year-Old Matriarch Runs the Family: Putting Her Useless Children and Grandchildren in Their Place 九零老太掌家：专治极品儿孙 Transmigration + a lightly ensemble cast + no golden finger + no CP + the 1990s + everyday family life + lighthearted comedy Zhang Hongying transmigrates to the 1990s, only to find herself in the body of an infamous old country woman. But that's fine. She's convinced that under her leadership, the whole family will go out and earn money while she sits back and happily collects it. Anyone who won't listen can get lost. But how did the family end up getting paid for a demolition relocation while t 12.3kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 15 The Li Family of Xishan 西山李家 The once-prosperous Marquis’s Estate was so destitute it could barely afford its next meal. Then, overnight, she transmigrated into the body of the estate’s Old Madam. No household intrigue or palace scheming for her. She was a skilled farmer, ready to take on the world. She reclaimed barren slopes, planted watermelons, expanded her sweet potato fields, and turned wasteland into a treasure trove. Others laughed at her ridiculous schemes, but with her farming know-how, she raised the entire estat 6.3kReads8.1Score72714d adds
- 16 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 509Reads—Score10714d adds
- 17 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 1.3kReads8.6Score10914d adds
- 18 After Reincarnating as an Old Woman, I Became Famous Across the Land 穿成老妇人后，我名扬天下了 [A personal space, martial arts, the ability to control ghosts, a snow disaster and famine in the early part, war and flight in the middle, an official career later on, romance not guaranteed] Xu Yin, the last heir to a family of mediums, transmigrates after an elevator accident into the body of a woman in the State of Wu who is over forty and has four children. She is then forced to take over the mess the woman left behind. The very next day, she quickly splits the household, planning to live q 1.4kReads9.0Score14014d adds
- 19 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 1.1kReads8.6Score11014d adds
- 20 The Capitalist Matriarch of the 1970s, Winning with Her Children 七零资本家老太，带着儿女躺赢了 [Transmigrate into a book + elderly woman + capitalist + no romance] Su Qingru transmigrates into a book! She becomes the villainous cannon-fodder mother-in-law of the heroine in a feel-good novel about a powerful woman! The heroine is ruthlessly self-serving, putting herself first in everything. If Su Qingru were the heroine, this would be a pretty satisfying story. But she's not the lead. Her whole family are unlucky stepping stones and cannon fodder on the heroine's shamelessly triumphant pat 266Reads7.1Score5914d adds
- 21 Is the Marquis's Household Really That Pathetic? The Crazy Old Madam Sends the Whole Family into a Frenzy 侯府窝囊？疯批老夫人带全家发癫 The short drama adaptation, The Splendor of the Marquis's Household: The Mighty Old Madam, is now streaming. The heroine has no parents, no love interest, and is utterly heartless and past menopause. On the third day after checking herself into a psychiatric hospital, Xiao Jinse finally saw the light: anyone who doesn't like her can't be any good, and anyone she doesn't like can't be any good either. She's the Greek goddess of morality in the story of her own life! One day, she transmigrates and 13kReads8.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 22 Transmigrated into an Old Woman 穿越成为古代老妇 No romance, a wholesome story about an old lady Song Xinyue, a modern woman, accidentally transmigrates to an alternate ancient world and becomes a forty-year-old woman. She also gets five wonderful sons and a daughter who dreams every day of marrying into a wealthy family. What can she do? She can only grit her teeth and raise her badly behaved children while rolling up her sleeves and working hard. Poverty, locust plagues, and turmoil: she overcomes them all! 782Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 23 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 4.2kReads8.1Score36314d adds
- 24 After Crushing My Scumbag Husband and Wicked Son, I Got Rich Farming 虐翻渣夫逆子后，我靠种田暴富了 [Transmigration / Wish-Fulfillment / No Romance / Strong Female Lead / Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place / Everyday Life / Building a Fortune] A satisfying story about never forgiving and never looking back Yang Qing had lived a miserable life. Her husband, Old Li, was violent and would beat her at the slightest provocation. Her children were cold and selfish, paying her no mind, and even her beloved youngest son had died on the battlefield. In despair, she ended her life with a 916Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 25 Seven Useless Sons: The Feisty Old Lady Beats the Whole Family 7个儿子太渣，极品老太揍全家 After being shot in the head in the apocalypse, Jiang Man wakes up transmigrated into the body of a fifty-year-old woman. The old woman has seven sons, all of them scoundrels. They are fighting to split up the family, and all twenty-eight members of the household have their own agendas, leaving the place in chaos. Jiang Man: You want to split up the family? Fine, I’ll grant your wish! But unexpectedly, the original owner’s soul is still around. She begs Jiang Man not to split up the family and g 2.7kReads7.5Score25414d adds
- 26 After the Biased Old Madam Is Reborn, the Marquis’s Household Is Turned Upside Down 偏心老夫人重生后，侯府变天了 [Published in print under the title: Weaving Splendid Misfortune] Original title: After the Biased Old Madam Was Reborn, the Marquis's Household Changed Wei Zhaorong, the old madam of the Mingde Marquis household, contracted smallpox and died miserably in the household's servants' courtyard. As she lay dying, her favorite eldest son, Xie Chuan, had been indulging his concubine, neglecting his wife, and carousing for days without coming home. Her second son, Xie Sheng, whom she had been so proud 6.7kReads8.5Score84514d adds
- 27 After I Died Peacefully of Old Age, I Was Forced Back to Work to Repay My Debts 老太我寿终正寝后，被迫营业还债 I was about to be reincarnated, but the King of Hell said I still had debts to repay? The cycle of cause and effect sent He Yun, who should have been reincarnated, back to life in the body of the matriarch of a declining earl's household so she could repay a debt of fate. When she opened her eyes again, she had acquired several children who weren't her own. In this era, where more children meant more blessings, other families had a dozen or twenty children. But look at the Earl's household: In t 2.3kReads8.9Score17014d adds
- 28 Granny Liang Is Reborn in the 1980s and Quits Her Job 梁老太重生八零，她撂挑子不干了 (Reborn in the 1980s + silver-haired heroine fiction + satisfying revenge against villains + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + fighting, scolding, and going wild + rising in status + ensemble cast) (Also known as: Reborn to Become the Most Evil, Wicked, and Notorious Old Lady) The spineless Liang Airong was so timid and useless that her five children all suffered. Her obedient, filial eldest, Ye Huazhen, and her third child, Ye Huashan, both died young. Of her three surviving chi 16.7kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
- 29 The Mighty Old Lady Transmigrates Into a Book, Farms, and Takes Out Her Whole Family Without Favoritism 大力老太穿书种田后平等创死全家 [Farming + space System + satisfying revenge + punishing scumbags + an old lady] Fu Qingfeng dies in a zombie horde at the end of the world and transmigrates into a book. But she’s not the heroine. She’s the vicious old neighbor who gets tortured to death by the heroine, and from the start she’s bound to a low-level System. The day she transmigrates into the book, the heroine also transmigrates with a high-level System in hand. Fine. We’ll each do our own thing, and stay out of each other’s way. 50.1kReads8.7Score7.4k14d adds
- 30 Retired Auntie Transmigrates, and Her Daughter Strikes It Rich! 退休大姨穿越，闺女暴富了！ After hearing the shocking news that her husband had died, Old Madam Su of the declining Earl’s household keeled over and died. When she woke up, the usually timid Old Madam Su had suddenly found her backbone. The concubine who had spent half her life causing trouble: “Waaah, husband, come back quickly! Madam is bullying me!” The illegitimate son waiting to take over his dowry: “Aaaah, Mother, please stop giving away our wealth! I’ll never defy you again!” The chief maid who betrayed her househo 3.9kReads9.3Score52314d adds
- 31 Stabbed to Death by My Own Grandson at 99: Reborn to Spoil My Granddaughter 99岁被亲孙捅死：重生狂宠孙女 Grandmother protagonist + family and neighborhood life + 1970s A runaway ox charges into the courtyard with a crowd of people in tow, catching an adulterous couple in the act. Yang Yuzhen, reborn at forty, pats her ample chest and vows to change her fate. She kicks out her scumbag husband, abandons her ungrateful children and grandchildren, and takes her granddaughter to join her eldest son in the military. In her previous life, her eldest son died tragically on a mission. This time, she’ll save 4.7kReads8.8Score57914d adds
- 32 I Became a Middle-Aged Princess Consort, and Dashing Is My Style 穿成中年王妃，飒爽才是我个性 Feel-good comedy + absurd palace intrigue + absurd household drama + the leads don't fall in love Young Gu Xinrou transmigrates into the body of a middle-aged princess consort. Her husband, Prince Jin, is a notorious flirt with seven concubines, and he even brings his mistress home. Unable to leave, Gu Xinrou refuses to put up with any misery and takes an unconventional approach: every day, she wants to beat up the prince. If she's unhappy, they fight it out. Facing the crowd, Gu Xinrou gives a 5.6kReads9.1Score51714d adds
- 33 Four Ungrateful Children from the Start? I'll Become a Landowner Myself 开局四个不孝子？老娘自己当地主 [Transmigration + Satisfying Read + Building Wealth + Pocket Dimension + Herb Gathering + Family Life] Chen Ru and her husband transmigrate to an alternate dynasty and find themselves saddled with four unfilial sons and a whole bunch of unfilial grandchildren. The original owner devoted herself to her children. She found wives for all four sons and raised their children, even bringing up a son who passed the scholar examinations. But in the end, they all believed that an old person who refused t 29.6kReads8.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 34 After Her Own Son Starves Her to Death, the Old Woman Is Reborn in the 1970s 老太太被亲儿子饿死后重生七零 [Satisfying revenge on scumbags + family squabbles + reborn in the 1970s + everyday rural ensemble] In her previous life, after being widowed, Huang Wanqing devoted herself entirely to her children and worked herself to the bone for fifty years! She helped her four sons start families and careers, raised eight grandchildren as an unpaid nanny, and even collected scrap to help with household expenses in her old age. But after a fall left her unable to work, they abandoned her in the old house, wh 7.7kReads8.8Score54214d adds
- 35 I Transmigrated into a Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Used My Pocket Dimension to Redeem Myself 穿越成极品恶婆婆，我靠空间洗白 [Completed + adapted as a live-action audio drama + farming + no romance + spatial supplies + character transformation + beloved mother-in-law redemption] Shen Huahua, with tens of millions in supplies and a powerful backer, transmigrates. Before: Shen Huahua, the only princess of the Shen family, cherished by her eighteen older brothers, a rising goddess in the entertainment industry, the original green tea, and a heartbreaker of male celebrities. After: Shen Huahua, a rural old woman with empt 3.6kReads9.3Score55014d adds
- 36 Granny Quit Her Job to Become a Nanny, Then Took the Whole Household by Storm 老太太裸辞做保姆家里家外杀疯了 The short drama adaptation, My Retirement as a Housekeeper Became Legendary, can be found by searching on Fanqie. [No CP] [Family Life] [No Golden Finger] [Gets Rich by Working as a Housekeeper for Powerful People] [Leaves Her Husband and Abandons Her Son and Daughter] [Dotes on Her Daughter-in-Law and Granddaughter] [Silver-Haired Protagonist] [Quits Her Job to Become a Housekeeper] [Fat, Plain, and Relaxed Female Lead] [Absolutely Refuses to Lose Weight] In her previous life, Ma Chunmei was st 26.3kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 37 Granny Returns to the ’80s: Dumping Her Scumbag Husband and Making a Fortune Selling Pickles 老太重回八零：踹翻渣男咸菜发家 (No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no golden finger) She’s reborn, and her younger daughter is about to be thrown into a living hell! Qin Sui’an was a timid old woman who had lived a miserable life. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the 1980s, right at the scene where her younger daughter is being tricked into a marriage! This old woman has had enough! After exposing the scoundrel who arranged the fraudulent marriage and kicking her useless husband to the curb, Qin Sui’ 6.1kReads9.1Score97814d adds
- 38 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.1kReads8.0Score22714d adds
- 39 After Becoming the Old Scoundrel in a Famine-Escape Novel, I Give Up 穿成逃荒文极品老头后，我摆烂了 (The rating just came in, so it's a little low. Please don't let it put you off, dear readers.) [Transmigration + the protagonist is a real piece of work + flight from famine + System + reforming the worst of the bunch + ensemble cast + feel-good power fantasy + family squabbles] Xu Mu was sent flying by a check from the domineering CEO's mother. When she opens her eyes again, she's transmigrated into the body of a thoroughly awful old man in an old-fashioned farming-and-famine novel. Not only h 6.6kReads8.0Score44414d adds
- 40 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.7kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 41 The Strong Widow and Her Children of Every Shape and Size Flee the Famine 大力寡妇与高矮胖瘦的儿女在逃荒 [No romance + widow + butcher + the whole village flees famine + farming + space + building wealth] Some people are killed by cars, others by people jumping from buildings, but Cheng Guqing is crushed to death by grain in a granary! Then she transmigrates. She wakes up as a 45-year-old widow, 180 centimeters tall and weighing 200 jin, whose husband has just died and who’s astonishingly strong. She goes straight from being an unmarried older woman to a grandmother, gaining a pile of children, in- 13.6kReads8.8Score82414d adds
- 42 Transmigrating Through a Parade of Mothers-in-Law 穿越之婆婆大集锦 Fang Cheng is unwillingly cast as one outrageous mother-in-law after another: the mother-in-law in an imperial-exam novel who sells her grandchildren to fund her younger son’s exams; the mother-in-law in a household-intrigue novel who pressures her son and daughter-in-law into taking her niece as a favored concubine; and the mother-in-law who demands good food and drink while fleeing famine. In short, she’s the worst of the worst. 7.9kReads9.0Score80014d adds
- 43 Reborn in the Eighties: Old Lady Li Leaves Her Husband and Son 重生八零，李老太她抛夫弃子 Li Shuping had worked hard all her life, raised three children, and helped raise her grandchildren, yet she had never enjoyed a single day of comfort. Her family had never acknowledged all she had done for them. After her second daughter-in-law pushed her down and broke her leg, her children treated her like a burden and dumped her in a nursing home. With no children visiting and fees often unpaid, going hungry and getting beaten by the caregivers became part of daily life. Bedsores filled with 33.6kReads8.8Score3.9k14d adds
- 44 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 45 My Name Is Wei Shufen! 俺叫魏淑芬！ Granny Wei is eighty-eight years old this year. She runs up the mountain every morning without even getting out of breath. Following the water pipe at home, she can climb all the way to the third floor with her bare hands! Wei Shufen, the Ancestor of Xuantian, failed her tribulation and arrived at Mount Dawang. She happened upon Granny Wei, who had just taken her last breath, and became her! After binding to a bragging System, she embarked on the road to the pinnacle of life! When her granddaugh 5.9kReads9.1Score80214d adds
- 46 I Became the Crown Prince’s Grandmother, and I’m Helping My Whole Family Build Their Reputations 穿成太子外祖母，我带全家立人设 No romance, feel-good story, raising children, transforming the whole family After an accident, Shi Ying transmigrated to the Great Yong Dynasty and became the Old Madam of the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence. Her daughter was the empress, and her grandson was the crown prince. Her late husband had been the emperor’s teacher. It all sounded incredibly grand. But what happened? The crown prince died young, and the empress was deposed. Her younger son was defeated in battle and taken prisoner. Her eld 10.9kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 47 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.4kReads9.0Score73814d adds
- 48 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 51.8kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 49 Abandoned by Her Children and Left to Die, Granny Zhang Is Reborn in 1980 被子女抛弃惨死，张老太重生八零 (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 72.2kReads9.1Score8.1k14d adds
- 50 After Becoming the Duke's Dowager, I Kicked Out Every Ungrateful Child and Grandchild 穿成国公老夫人后我把不孝儿孙全踢了 Qin Yun transmigrates into a book, and from the start, her whole family is being stripped of their possessions and exiled? Looking at this roomful of unfilial descendants, Qin Yun thinks the whole family has brought this on themselves. The eldest son's family is corrupt and lawless, and their servants commit acts of violence, bringing disaster upon the household. The second son's family is weak and hidebound, yet they pride themselves on being upright scholars. They presume to criticize the crow 1.7kReads9.1Score37114d adds
