The term "store boy" refers to the person in charge of serving at post stations, teahouses, restaurants and inns in ancient times. In ancient times, young men in the society were called "Xiao Er" or "Xiao Er Brother". In the old society, living in the lower strata of society, the ordinary people generally have no name, only to go to school to have a school name, once the official also has an official name. However, the ordinary people can go to school or become an official is only a very small number, the vast majority do not have this opportunity. Therefore, their names were mostly called by their lineage or their parents' age combined with a number. The shopkeepers would help the customers to feed the horses, repair the carts, and even repair the shoes and so on. At this time, it was a bit like the star-rated hotels we have today. For example, the great-grandfather of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was called "Five-Four", his second brother was called "Heavy-Six", his third brother was called "Heavy-Seven", and he himself was called "Heavy-Eight". The name of the second brother is "Chong Liu", the third brother is "Chong Qi" and he himself is "Chong Ba". The waiters in ancient hotels or inns were obviously common people, so they were also given a number symbol to call them by. The boss of the house was rightly called the "store boss", and those who knew two words and could keep accounts were called "Mr.". These waiters are also called: "shopkeeper". Or said; 'small two'.

The origin of Xiaoyi: It is said that in ancient times in the clan hotel service personnel (some called fellows), people often call it Xiaoyi, or store Xiaoyi, as now we call the hotel, hotel in the waiter as waiter. It is said that before this, there is a waiter, called Wang Shek, when the word is written in the name of the vertical writing, the show is often written out of joints, written as two small, people will be affectionately called him for the king two small, passed on to the people said that into a small two, and then people will be the hotel hotel service personnel called "small two".