Mo Yan should stay humble, father says  

莫言父親:兒子從高粱地里走出去的 沒什么大不了

“沒想到，到現在都沒想到獲得這個這么大的獎。這些日子，家里院內遍地是來訪的人，太多了，但兒子是從高粱地里走出去的，沒什么大不了，希望莫言以后繼續多讀書，多寫作，不要驕傲。”莫言的父親管貽范24日在山東高密莫言家鄉接受中新社記者采訪時表示。

Gaomi (CNS) - - Mo Yan has left the sorghum field but he shouldn't let it go to his head, said the Nobel laureate's father in his hometown on Wednesday.

Guan Yifan, 90, still lives in Gaomi, a county-level city in eastern Shandong province. He said he hadn't expected so many reporters, which had come from Chongqing, Sichuan Province, Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as Japan, Korea and the UK.

Guan said he had refused a proposal by the local government to restore Mo Yan's old house, because the family wants to keep a low profile and would do it themselves.

Mo achieved success through his own effort, and he will not accept the proposal either, Guan said.

I hope Mo will write more in the future, but not become conceited, he said.