Mo Yan should stay humble, father says  

莫言父亲:儿子从高粱地里走出去的 没什么大不了

“没想到，到现在都没想到获得这个这么大的奖。这些日子，家里院内遍地是来访的人，太多了，但儿子是从高粱地里走出去的，没什么大不了，希望莫言以后继续多读书，多写作，不要骄傲。”莫言的父亲管贻范24日在山东高密莫言家乡接受中新社记者采访时表示。

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.