In ordinary people's minds, the living conditions of a famous writer like Mo Yan should be very comfortable, but Mo Yan's wife Du Qinlan recently said in an interview with Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po" that Mo Yan's current stable source of income is from serving as the director of the School of Liberal Arts of the China Academy of Arts.

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It often takes several years for him to create a work, and his works face serious piracy and infringement.

In order to take care of Mo Yan and his daughter Guan Xiaoxiao, his wife Du Qinlan never went out to work in Beijing. At that time, her daughter Guan Xiaoxiao was still in school. The whole family of three relied on Mo Yan's income alone, and the 90-year-old father also needed support.

Mo Yan and his wife Du Qinlan fell in love and got married in a cotton factory in Gaomi. Du Qinlan said that although his income was not huge, Mo Yan still tried his best to contribute to his hometown of Pingan Village. A merit monument at the entrance of the village is engraved with the year 2009

On the list of donors for building roads in the village, Mo Yan's name was listed first. One villager told reporters that Mo Yan donated 30,000 yuan.

Du Qinlan said that many neighbors asked her why a writer as big as Teacher Mo Yan, who earns so much money, rarely buys meat but buys a lot of vegetables every time.

She said that in fact, improving life at home means making dumplings.

Dumplings have been Mo Yan’s favorite food for decades.

Because they have lived in a 91-square-meter house in the army for so many years, now their daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter, and three generations of their husband and wife are crowded together, which is very cramped.

The couple had no choice but to take their granddaughter back to their hometown in Gaomi to help their daughter with the children.

Using the bonus to buy another house in Beijing, the family of five can live more comfortably, and the daughter and granddaughter do not have to be separated from each other.

After hearing that Mo Yan wanted to buy a house, Chen Guangbiao recently stated on his personal Weibo that he would donate his villa in Beijing to Mo Yan so that he could "free up more time and energy to create works that reflect the excellent national culture."

In response, Guan Moxin, Mo Yan's second brother and Mo Yan's "news spokesman", responded on behalf of Mo Yan: "Thank you Chen Guangbiao for your kindness, but you will not receive any reward for your merits. Mo Yan does not want Chen Guangbiao's villa." Mo Yan's father Guan Yifan also

He said that Mo Yan was born a farmer and did not want things that were not obtained by his own labor.