Chiang Pi-yu eventually got married with a young Hakka man, Chung Ho-ming (who later changed his name to Chung Hao-tung). In 1940, eager to help unify China and resist the Japanese, the couple traveled to the mainland, where they organized a voluntary brigade to educate peasants in Guangdong's hill country.
一九四○年和客籍青年鐘和鳴（後改名鍾浩東）成親後，為尋求中國統一，參與對日抗戰，夫婦倆遂奔赴中國大陸，在廣東山區籌組服務隊教育當地民眾。