After four years of hard study, Liu Xinyu successfully passed the doctoral dissertation defense in February 1984.

It took four and a half years to study for a master's degree and a doctorate in English at the University of Edinburgh, but Liu Xinyu only took four years to complete all the subjects and get a doctoral diploma with a graduate student who enrolled half a year earlier than her.

It is rare to meet a student like Liu Xinyu, who is willing to be diamonds and thoughtful, and Professor Feldman certainly hopes that Liu Xinyu can stay in Edinburgh and continue to engage in related research.

Liu Xinyu politely rejected Professor Federman's enthusiasm and insisted on returning to China.

She has not returned to China for four years, let alone the opportunity to see her relatives.

In the past four years, Liu Xinyu has almost lost contact with his relatives at home, and only relied on a few letters that he rarely received to relieve his nostalgia.

In this era, there are no mobile phones, no Internet, and the means of communication are extremely poor, which is not the same as the feeling of studying abroad during the rainy period.

Liu Xinyu got her graduation certificate, turned around and booked a ticket back to China, waved goodbye to her mentor and friends in Edinburgh, and resolutely embarked on the journey back to China without walking a cloud of Edinburgh.

The journey back home was much smoother than when I went abroad, and although there was no direct flight from Edinburgh, it was possible to fly directly from London to Beijing.

After almost 10 hours of flight, Liu Xinyu's flight landed at the Capital Airport at about 3 p.m. on 4 March.

Although he has only been away for four years, Liu Xinyu couldn't help but burst into tears the moment he stepped on the country.

Liu Xinyu didn't notify anyone before coming back, and naturally no one could come to pick him up.

After getting off the plane and receiving the luggage, Liu Xinyu carried a heavy backpack on his back, dragged two huge suitcases, and stood at the exit looking up at the sky of the capital against the spring cold, with a bright smile on his face.

If it weren't for the image, Liu Xinyu would have wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, and then shouted: "Beijing, I'm back!" ”

If it weren't for someone behind him urging, I was afraid that Liu Xinyu would have to stand at the exit and continue to be stupid.

Originally, Liu Xinyu didn't plan to take a taxi, but the luggage was a bit much, and she couldn't get to Changchun Lane by airport bus, and she had to transfer twice, so she really didn't have the spirit to toss.

A taxi happened to come over, Liu Xinyu hurriedly beckoned, and stuffed the luggage into the trunk with the help of the driver's master.

"Master to Beijing." Liu Xinyu got into the car and reported his whereabouts.

The driver glanced at Liu Xinyu with a little surprise, then ignited the ignition, and the car left the airport and went straight to Beijing University.

Along the way, Liu Xinyu felt the changes in the capital, although this change does not seem to be big, but the change does exist, at least there are many more vehicles on the road than four years ago, and the city's sanitation has also improved greatly.

When he was about to arrive at Beijing University, Liu Xinyu redirected the way to the driver's master and asked the driver's master to drive to Changchun Lane.

Changchun Lane has not changed much, it is still a little narrow, considering the problem of turning around after the taxi enters, when the car arrived at the entrance of the alley, Liu Xinyu asked the master to stop the car.

The driver stopped the car steadily, got out of the car and opened the trunk, and helped Liu Xinyu take off the luggage.

Liu Xinyu took out a piece of Da Tuanjie, which had been treasured for four years, paid for the fare, and dragged his luggage to his house.

As soon as I entered the alley, I met two aunts from the neighborhood committee who were patrolling the alley wearing red armbands.

Although Liu Xinyu has lived in Changchun Lane for almost two years, because she usually doesn't go to school or stay at home to read calligraphy and painting design drawings, she doesn't have much communication, so there are not many people who know her, at least the two aunts in front of her definitely don't know her.

No, the two aunts stopped Liu Xinyu with a vigilant look and asked, "Girl, where are you looking for?" ”

Liu Xinyu stopped, put down the suitcase in his hand, stretched out his head to look into the alley, pointed ahead and said, "303." ”

"What does the owner of 303 have to do with you?" The fatter aunt frowned and looked at Liu Xinyu and asked.

Although the tone of the fat aunt is not very friendly, but with these vigilant aunts, the security of Changchun Lane can be guaranteed, so Liu Xinyu will not be disgusted by the fat aunt's attitude.

In order to avoid complications, Liu Xinyu thought about it and took out his passport from his bag and opened it, and said with a smile: "I am the owner of 303." My name is Liu Xinyu, I just came back from studying in the UK, and this is my passport. ”

Since the two aunts are street patrol officers of the neighborhood committee, they certainly know some about the residents of Changchun Lane, and they may not be able to remember the name of the 303 owner, but they can remember the basic information of the 303 owner.

They did know that the owner of 303 was a student from Beijing University, who went to study in the UK four years ago, and the house was temporarily handed over to his classmates to live in.

The current 303 is a young couple, but they don't come here very often, and only occasionally come to stay for a night or two.

As he was talking, someone who knew Liu Xinyu came over, stared at Liu Xinyu several times, and then shouted in surprise: "Yo, isn't this Xiao Liu?" Got back? ”

The aunt of the Lin family, a resident of the compound not far from Liu Xinyu's house, Liu Xinyu only knew her man's surname Lin, but did not know her surname, and she used to call her Aunt Lin all the time.

Finally came someone who knew him, Liu Xinyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and smiled: "Yes, after four years, I finally came back." Aunt Lin is still so energetic! ”

"Is there four years? It seems like yesterday that you said you were going to study abroad! Aunt Lin sighed with great emotion, turned to the two aunts and said: "When Xiao Liu went to study abroad, the two aunts were still working in the unit, so they should not be very familiar with Xiao Liu, but they must have heard of Xiao Liu, she is a top student of Beijing University!" ”

"Yes, yes, I've heard of it, but I haven't had the chance to see it. No, we didn't know each other when we met, and we stopped them. The two aunts looked at Liu Xinyu with some apologies and said with a little self-deprecation.

"Our Changchun Lane is because of a serious and responsible person like my aunt that we can live with peace of mind. I can't thank you enough! Liu Xinyu put away her passport and said in an extremely sincere tone.

The misunderstanding was resolved, Aunt Lin and the two aunts enthusiastically helped Liu Xinyu carry her luggage, and the group came to Liu Xinyu's house with a smile.

Liu Xinyu took out the spare key from her bag and tried to open the door, she was not sure if the key could still open her door, but the key was opened as soon as the lock was twisted.

Fang Jizhen hasn't changed the lock, it's really good!

Aunt Lin helped carry the luggage to the front of the door, and then said goodbye and left.

The two aunts seemed to want to go into the house to have a look, Liu Xinyu frowned slightly, and quickly smiled and said: "Thank you for the help of the two aunts, I won't delay the work of the two aunts, and when the two aunts don't go to work, I will invite you to come and sit down." ”

Although they couldn't go into the house to have a look, which made the two aunts a little dissatisfied, Liu Xinyu's words were very polite, and they did have patrol tasks, so the two smiled a little embarrassedly and turned around to patrol.