Married at the age of Mao, industrious and thrifty, and made an exception after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In a conversation with an American journalist, when asked about the relationship between the chairman and his wife, he made it clear: "We have never lived together, and we have not lived since."
I don't think she's my wife. ”
When everyone talks about ***'s first marriage, they may first think of Yang Kaihui, but in fact, there is also an original wife who was seriously married into the door in the chairman's family - Luo Yixiu.
Luo Yixiu was born on October 20, 1889, and her name was Xiu Meizi, and later because she was the eldest of the sisters, she was called "Yixiu" or "Daxiu".
She is four years older than ***, and the two are also related, Luo Yixiu's grandmother Mao is the sister of ***'s grandfather Mao Yichen, and she is also ***'s aunt and grandmother, so Luo Yixiu is ***'s cousin.
When eighteen-year-old Luo Yixiu married into the Mao family, he was plump, beautiful, docile and kind, and was deeply loved by his in-laws.
** has great ambitions, but his father Mao Shunsheng has different expectations for him. He only hopes that his sons will take over the family business and manage the fields and real estate.
In order to keep the heart of ***, Mao Shunsheng began to look for a wife for the 14-year-old him, and he liked Luo Yixiu very much, so he made a request to marry the Luo family.
At that time, intimacy was regarded as a beautiful thing, and the Luo family was a large local family, and Luo Yixiu's father was also a farmer with literature and ink, and land, so the two families agreed to this marriage.
In 1907, 18-year-old Luo Yixiu married *** and became his original wife. Although *** is only 14 years old, he has great respect for women and opposes marriages arranged by his parents.
Due to the age gap and the lack of a common language, Luo Yixiu married *** Although they have the name of husband and wife, they are not actually husband and wife. Although he was against an arranged marriage, in this case, out of respect for his parents, he chose to accept the marriage and study hard in his busy life.
Luo Yixiu is well-educated, gentle and virtuous, diligent and thrifty, and is a good hand in the Mao family. She respects her in-laws, is considerate of her husband, and is responsible for household chores. Although he was still young and a little shy when he first met Luo Yixiu, he respected her very much, cared about her, and loved her.
Luo Yixiu, a woman who silently dedicated herself to the Mao family, died of bacillary dysentery on the second day of the Lunar New Year in 1910 at the age of 21. In the last three years spent in the Mao family, she was deeply loved by the Mao family.
Although *** is reluctant to admit his marriage to Luo Yixiu, he has always been obsessed with Luo in his heart and has never forgotten her. After Luo Yixiu died, ** often went to his father-in-law's house to help.
In 1911, when he was studying in Changsha, it was the rice planting season, and he went to his father-in-law's house to help plant rice before setting off. Although Luo Yixiu has passed away, *** still misses her and falls in love and marries Yang Kaihui freely.
In 1925, when he returned to Shaoshan to engage in revolutionary activities, he also went to visit Luo's family.
** Passed Yang Kaihui's third son, Mao Anlong, to Luo Yixiu, and moved his grave to his parents' grave. In 1941, when the Mao family revised the family tree, ** deliberately listed Luo Yixiu as his main room, and wrote: "Luo is the original match, and Luo's son inherits the Yang family's heir Yuanzhi, and Luo's heir." ”
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he advocated economy and opposed waste, but he made an exception to receive Luo Yixiu's brother Luo Shiquan and took out part of his manuscript fee to fund him.
In feudal societies, many young men and women were forced to accept an emotionless marriage, which was a major problem.
Times have changed, and the concept of male superiority and female inferiority has long become history. Today's women are able to stand alone and hold up a piece of the sky. Back in the days when equality between men and women was promoted, we marvel at the evolution of society.