> It is very common for a small family in village to own a couple of cows and a big portion of their wealth is the cattle. Which is actually the historically t

> It is very common for a small family in village to own a couple of cows and a big portion of their wealth is the cattle. Which is actually the historically typical case! (Since the agricultural revolution, anyway.) The word “capital” even traces its meaning to “head of cattle”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capital#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capital#Etymology