 Now considered part of the Mao family , Luo lived with Mao Yichang and Wen Qimei at their home , but was publicly humiliated by her husband 's disappearance ; some locals considered her to be Yichang 's concubine . Luo Yixiu died of dysentery on February 11 , 1910 , the day after Chinese New Year . Mao Zedong returned home ; his father forgave him for his disobedience , and in the autumn of 1910 agreed to finance his son 's studies at the Dongshan Higher Primary School , and so Mao left Shaoshanchong . When in 1936 Mao told Snow " I do not consider her my wife " , he made no mention of her death . Luo Yixiu 's grave is located on the mountain facing Mao Zedong 's former residence in Shaoshanchong , a few steps away from the tomb of his parents . 
