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Best Mom in the 60s
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Fresh out of college, Xie Yi Lan finds herself transported back to the 1960s by a mysterious system, becoming an elderly lady in a rural setting.

To her dismay, she discovers that her entire family consists of individuals with questionable personalities: the eldest son is a mama’s boy, the second daughter a submissive woman, the third a violent man, the fourth, a s*ave to his wife, the fifth a parasitic man, and the sixth a gold-digger woman and more.

In order to survive, Xie Yi Lan must reform these family members, rectify their values, and help them become productive members of society. To add to the challenges, famine is looming, so she must work hard to hustle for food.

Readers Guidelines:

Don’t ask why the female lead has so many children; it’s just for plot convenience.

There are no romance in the female lead’s time-traveling journey; transforming jerks is her daily grind.

This is a narrative packed with despicable characters, so if you don’t enjoy reading about jerks, please steer clear!

Ordinary Heroines: Wake up in 60-90s, discover many buns calling her “Mommy”. Could they be the villains of the future? Don’t worry, just cook delicious food and watch them transform into kind-hearted individuals, growing up into respectable young men and women.

Our Heroine: Wakes up in the 60s to a bunch of middle-aged men calling to her “Mommy.” They’re all scum. Cooking doesn’t change a thing; they’re still scum. Time to bring out the broom!

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六零之穿成极品他妈
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Recommendations
Bai Fumei in the ’70s (1)
Transmigrated into a Parvenu’s Ex-wife in the ‘90s (1)
Back to the Sixties: Farm, Get Wealthy & Raise the Cubs (1)
How to Thrive in the ’60s (1)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Back to 60-90's of China
  2. anne 70/80/90 Rebirth
  3. 40-90's China [THE BEST LIST!]
  4. SOL / POOR TO RICH, yoo~ pt2
  5. 20th Century

Latest Release

Date Group Release
05/10/25 Inky Dragon Translations c280
05/10/25 Inky Dragon Translations c279
05/10/25 Inky Dragon Translations c278
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c277
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c276
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c275
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c274
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c273
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c272
04/13/25 Inky Dragon Translations c271
03/29/25 Inky Dragon Translations c270
03/29/25 Inky Dragon Translations c269
03/29/25 Inky Dragon Translations c268
03/29/25 Inky Dragon Translations c267
03/27/25 Inky Dragon Translations c266
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Review
5 Reviews


Fuyuneko
Fuyuneko
Aug 18, 2024
Status: Completed
I think this is the best 60's to 80's novel on JJWXC.

1) There isn't a control group. Other people's lives are not used to set off how perfect the MC's life is.

2) The story has a huge cast of characters, and most characters have good and bad points. I like that MC can acknowledge when her actions have negative unintended consequences and course correct. Although MC tries to control OO's children like puppets, they have their own will and ambitions. They might agree to MC's orders and go through the... more>> motions, but she can't change their personalities.*

3) Other novels that take place in the 60's and 70's portray the tragedy of that era as a few bad eggs taking advantage of their power to do evil. Whereas this novel shows again and again that it's the government policies that breeds corruption and ignorance and how terribly flawed those policies were. Yes, there are bad people to begin with, but those policies create countless opportunities for ab*se. The author even shows innocent children doing terrible things because of these policies.

In most Chinese webnovels, the protagonist blames other countries for China's problems, but this shows that it's mainly those government policies that caused China to fall behind in technology and research. The sheer death toll. I'm surprised that this novel hasn't been taken down by JJWXC.

* Depending on my mood, it feels a bit depressing that after years of MC's work, some of the characters don't change. They have good careers, don't do bad things, and respect her, but their lives aren't happy (although their happiness was never MC's goal). I like the realism though.

Some minor flaws that are easy to skim pass:

I agree with Stardust555's description of MC "MC is frankly internally irritated or apathetic towards her relatives most of the time. She tends to treat everyone as if they're less capable and intelligent than she is, and the narrative plays along."

The idea of the system being able to assign a numerical value to morality was interesting, but its too arbitrary and has too many exceptions. First, we're told if you kill someone than your morality level will be 0. Then, the author says there's an exception if you're a soldier or police officer that kill in the line of duty. Self-defense also counts towards this exception.
Spoiler

Late in the story, a teenage girl goes through with a plan to get government officials to kill a long-time ab*ser because that's the only way she can escape from him. She doesn't want to continue to be r*ped by her adopted father, but that isn't good enough for the system.

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Early on, when a villager praises MC for treating OO's children and their spouses equally, she thinks this is only possible because they're not her children. That's why the other villagers can't be an unbiased parent like her. She doesn't love them, so its easy to not favor one adult child over another. Which was nice bit of introspection.

But then, the author becomes too heavy-handed with praising MC for treating her children and their spouses equally in the second half of the novel. The word padding for that is so repetitive and cause the story to get draggy among other reasons. Can easily cut out 15% of many of the later chapters without missing anything. Plus, as the readers, we know she's only doing this for a ton of money. Around ch 300, the author finally tones down on it, and the story moves at a better pace.

There's a few times where the way that MC think is so messed up.

Spoiler

A character ("XYZ") was was almost killed by her jealous female students during the cultural revolution and is saved by MC. XYZ waits for several years to get married because her fiancé asked her. After years of suffering in the countryside where she smears stuff on her face to look ugly, she finally meets him again without the face stuff. He sees how beautiful she is. They part ways for the night.

The next morning, she wakes up naked next to her MC's son, and she can feel that her body has been r*ped. Police catch MC's son. MC asks her to say her son didn't r*pe her. So XYZ lies even though she think MC's son did it because MC saved her life. During this episode, the villagers see how beautiful she is. Widowers start harassing her at work, and people gossip maliciously because she was r*ped.

MC provides evidence that XYZ's fiancé is already married and has children and that he r*ped her and framed MC's son. The woman kills her ex-fiancé and then commit su*cide. The fiancé is battalion commander, and we're told the military would rather cover up his crime than punish him, so this might be the only way she can get her revenge.

MC's take on this is, XYZ is too fragile because her life went too smoothly. The normal human reaction would be to feel sad and sympathy for this poor woman.

Another example is one of MC's grandson asks her to help him find a wife after he divorces. He's still in love with his ex-wife despite initiating the divorce. MC say no, not until he learns how to be responsible dad. Later on, shortly after his ex-wife dies to an accident, she offers to find him a wife now. And of course, he says no. He's heartbroken. MC's reaction to this is, if you're going to feel bad, why did you divorce her? What kind of logic is this?! The timing of the offer and completely lack of empathy.

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0angel0
0angel0
Sep 02, 2024
Status: Completed
I liked how this story is very different from the usual back to the 60s/70s stories. The “kids” are all grown up with wives & children, all with their own set of problems & issues. This made each character multi dimensional, and very human - no one is a saint or a villain, and the everyone has shades of gray.

Was also surprised that this novel was anti-romance all the way to the end. I could say that the MC was a reflection of feminism, as she stands firm in her... more>> beliefs & independence.

The part that surprised me the most was the author’s criticism of the Cultural Revolution, the policy failures of the 60s, no blind nationalism (like in other books) or reviling of foreigners. The author actually managed to portray a very balanced & non glorified perspective of that age. How did this pass china’s censors? (Lol) <<less
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nik1999
nik1999
Apr 26, 2024
Status: c37
Well balanced so far, also theirs logic provided behind system, though a little confusing but acceptable. No unlimited money & benefits so far. Its good and simple and keeps you curious because she is working on adult children issue as well.
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frostcrystal
frostcrystal
Jan 04, 2025
Status: Completed
I really enjoy how this story doesn't pull it's punches politically. Most stories of this genre fall in the 70s, when the famine and revolution has passed and the time of prosperity has arrived, but this one depicts the most troubled times of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution with only a tolerable amount of lip service to the current government, which is very rare.

Downsides: It's very hard to keep track of the enormous cast of characters. I find myself running across a name and not knowing who... more>> on earth this person was. The story slows down toward the end and gets somewhat draggy, I found it hard to keep going. Also, I like MC much better as a person in the first half of the book.

Although I would likely rate the story a 4 on it's own merits, I'm rounding it up to 5 stars because I'm honestly so surprised that it wasn't censored to hell and back. Better read it while you can! <<less
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Stardust555
Stardust555
Jul 05, 2024
Status: c60
Rating: 4/5 so far. I'm rating higher because of the lack of ratings.

Translation: I want to give a special shoutout to the translator, Inky Dragon Translations! The translation quality is great and very clear. The translator updates frequently and consistently and includes relevant background information and pictures with every post! They really make the reading experience enjoyable!

Summary: The posted summary is fairly accurate but here we go! Xie Yi Lan (MC) was raised by her loving grandmother after her scumbag father skipped out on her. Right after she graduates from... more>> university, she's given the chance to go back in time as her own great-great-grandmother to give their family a new direction. Now situated as her deceased grandmother's own grandmother, MC must lead her relatives to live better, more fulfilling lives, and avoid the pitfalls that plagued her grandmother's life. This is complicated by the fact that the original Qian Shu Lan, whose body MC takes over, was a very problematic person who raised a horde of problematic children. MC will cram literacy, respect for elders, feminism, wisdom, and kindness down her relatives' throats if it's the last thing she does! Adding to the richness of the narrative's challenge and unique positioning is the backdrop of late 1950s China on the cusp of "The Great Leap Forward" and a corresponding famine and political tension.

Warnings:

    • Because the time period that MC travels to is plagued by famine and food scarcity, they eat some things that may be odd or off-putting to a modern day reader. More so if you are from a culture where such foods aren't eaten. While you are free to skip it, the translator will also include images of these foods at times, so beware and be respectful!
    • MC is an old woman. Not an attractive, rich, middle-aged woman, but a rural old woman. There's no romance and there's no consideration for beauty in this novel. The author is making a sincere attempt to be realistic.
    • Most of MC's relatives are problematic for their era's standards and even more for ours. They have a lot of personality issues that don't get solved quickly and easily. MC isn't a miracle worker, it takes time to reform someone. Sometimes things are solved in ways that are likely unacceptable by modern standards.
    • MC is also flawed. MC is frankly internally irritated or apathetic towards her relatives most of the time. She tends to treat everyone as if they're less capable and intelligent than she is, and the narrative plays along.
    • Very convenient Deus ex Machina golden finger for MC.
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          MC's time travel is aided by a system. This system's main purpose is to let her purchase things and communicate with other taskers. Other taskers come from various worlds including fantasy settings. MC is able to sell ordinary mundane objects to cultivators in exchange for food and pills. Very convenient in a time period dominated by communism and famine.

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        • About the Golden Finger -->
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          Furthermore, MC's great-great grandmother, the original Qian Shu Lan is somewhat still around. She is the one who made a deal with the system to reform her family but many male descendants have tried and failed. MC was the first female descendant and was chosen by the system, not QSL. Unknown why system made a deal with QSL in the first place.

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MC:

As I said before, she's a flawed character. She is a young woman taking on the burden of an old woman and struggles accordingly. I like that the author is really trying to commit to realism. I would say that MC focuses a lot more on her female descendants and seems to think that all the men in her family, and their wives, are s*upid. She's a little mean.

No Romance:

Not even a HINT. This novel is very practical in that sense. MC has sooo much more going on to have to deal with romance, hers or otherwise, on top of that.

Characters:

I like that we get a fairly rounded view of the characters. No one is plainly evil or awful, but has their own reasoning. At the same time, the narrative does not excuse their actions even with their own reasoning.

Setting:

Amazing! Besides the irritatingly convenient yet not convenient system, the setting feels very real. This feels like it could be turned into a show very easily. Descriptions of daily life and struggles are vivid and feel, to a non-Chinese person in the modern day, realistic.

Regarding my frustration with the system:

I typically see systems as either unhelpful on purpose or very much OP. Most stories with systems could classify as one of the two.

In some stories, the MC is limited by and/or punished by the system. In these stories, MC is actively fighting against the system for a good portion of the plot. It's a real obstacle imposed upon MC that justifiably nerfs MC at times.

In other stories, the system is MC's best friend and superpower. MC uses the system fairly freely and it helps MC conquer the plot with ease. For this kind of story, part of MC's coolness factor is the system and its function is to skip past the boring parts for the reader in a way.

This story is in-between. The system is too convenient and not challenging enough to be an obstacle for MC, but also not helpful enough or used enough to sufficiently skip the boring parts. It makes me feel like there was no need to have this system in the first place. Its function is just to bring MC to QSL's body and let her buy food. With this in mind, the author could just get rid of the system entirely and write some other reason to help MC get food.

It's not a huge detractor for me but it's a little irritating. <<less
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