Cold keeps tourists away from Mo's house  

莫言高密百年旧居渐复平静 老宅“火了”周边经济

11日下午，随着此间一辆鲁G牌小轿车驱车远去，莫言的二哥管谟欣轻轻地将旧居的两扇门带上，拿出那把老式门锁将简易的大门锁上，骑着自行车回家——这是管谟欣连日来每天下午5点的一个“必修课”。

Gaomi (CNS) -- The days are getting colder, so fewer tourists are visiting Mo Yan's old house, according to Mo's second-oldest brother Guan Moxin.

Life has finally returned to normal, Guan said Tuesday from the house in Gaomi, Shandong province.

Since Mo won the Nobel Prize, crowds of reporters and tourists have flooded the place, and in the past month my neighbors have called me a professional tour guide, said Guan.

Chinanews.com found that a courtyard wall damaged by tourists had been repaired and that Mo's things been placed in the east room. A marble sign with the words "Mo Yan's Old House" was on the wall.

The house was built in 1912, and Mo spent 22 years here from his birth to joining the army, said Guan.