Chapter 81 passed away

In April 1964, two months before Jiang Menglin's death, Huang Jilu visited him in Shimen Reservoir. He said to Huang, "In twenty-two months, I will retire." Huang didn't understand why he counted in months. , he explained: "In another twenty-two months, I will be 80 years old as the Chinese say. People who are 80 years old should retire and should not block the future of future generations." Huang asked him what he would do after retirement. Planning, he said: "Teaching is too difficult, I plan to focus on writing." He also joked: "If you have a pen, you can do everything, but if you don't have money, you will be light."

On April 20, Jiang Menglin went to Chiang Kai-shek's banquet and leaned on two crutches.He didn't want to sit in a wheelchair, saying that it would be inconvenient for him to move. He would sit like a Bodhisattva and have two extra legs, so he could run around and chat with old friends.Seeing him, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Okay, okay, you are in good spirits. When can you not use crutches?" Jiang Menglin replied: "It will take another two months." Chiang Kai-shek said: "Take care of yourself, it doesn't matter even four months." Song Meiling He also came to say that his complexion was rosy and he was healthier than before.He smiled and said, "I am fine in everything, except that I have two extra feet."

On April 23, Jiang Menglin was admitted to the Veterans General Hospital due to symptoms such as physical discomfort and constant snoring.The doctor found a small hard lump in his right abdomen, which was judged to be liver cancer, which could not be treated with radiation or surgery.Because Tao Zenggu died of cancer, Jiang talked about the cancer, and the doctor dared not tell him about his condition. He didn't know how serious his condition was until he passed away. Jiang Menglin's family has a tradition of longevity and good health on weekdays, so they are very confident in their bodies.It's just that the marriage change and the lack of recuperation due to leg disease have greatly affected his health.Therefore, Jiang Menglin insisted on being discharged from the hospital, saying that it would be fine to take care of her.

On June 10 of that year, Jiang Menglin's condition deteriorated and he was admitted to the hospital again.In order to alleviate the pain of being ill and hope that he can see the opening of the Shimen Reservoir with his own eyes, relatives and friends specially invited Zhuang Shuqi, the director of the International Cancer Physique Improvement Research Association in Japan, to return to Taiwan to treat Jiang Menglin. Sometimes Jiang Menglin kept hiccupping, and the accompanying people inevitably panicked. Instead, he comforted: "Don't be nervous, all difficulties will pass smoothly." "It's nothing, my willpower is strong, and I will fight through it."

Chen Cheng went to the hospital to visit and told Jiang Menglin: "Take good care of your illness. We will live to be a hundred years old. Let's go back to the mainland together." Jiang smiled and said, "You are ten years younger than me." Chen Cheng comforted: "Your body has always been good!" On June 14, the Shimen Reservoir was completed. Jiang Menglin said happily: "I am very happy that the Shimen Reservoir is completed." Afterwards, Jiang Menglin coughed frequently, his sputum was bloody, his body was weak, and he fell into a coma from time to time, and had to use oxygen to survive.His daughter asked him what he was sad about, and he said "not sad", and he didn't agree to the glucose injection, and kept waving his hands and saying, "Get rid of it, get rid of it."

On June 17, Yang Lianggong and others went to the hospital to visit Jiang Menglin. His daughter Jiang Yanhua told Jiang that after they arrived, his eyes opened slightly and his head moved slightly. Fluctuates up and down, thinking he's not feeling well.Jiang Yanhua asked him, only to know that he motioned for everyone to sit down. In the early morning of June 19, 1964, Jiang Menglin died of illness.Jiang Menglin was buried with his wife Tao Zenggu in the First Yangmingshan Cemetery. Before Jiang Menglin's death, in order to thank Zhuang Shuqi for his diagnosis and treatment, and because of the lack of cancer prevention resources in Taiwan, Jiang Menglin allocated one-third of his inheritance, about 100,000 yuan, for Zhuang Shuqi's cancer medical research.Many years later, Zhuang Shuqi donated land near Yuanshan, Taipei and a large sum of money to establish an anti-cancer center and group.