In china, what did wealth equate to?

In China (about 3 thousand years ago), cowry shells and copies of these shells were used as currency. These shells are from a certain type of snail called cowry or cowrie. "Shell money" isn't exclusive to China, as there is evidence that this kind of "currency" was also used in other parts of Asia, and also America, Australia and parts of Africa.

from my own personal expirence food stamps has alot this makes it eaiser so we can affod bills and so we can life a better lifestyle not needing to worry about paying actual money to buy food since most people spend 100-300 dollars a month on food so this alot so we can afford other bills and other stuff we need